CANCELLED: LCIL Friday Lecture: 'Reforming the International Criminal Court' by Dr Douglas Guilfoyle, UNSW

LECTURE CANCELLED: 

Due to the industrial action to defend pay and pensions for university staff, and to push back against the widening inequalities across higher education, this lecture has been cancelled. You can find out more about the dispute at ucu.cam.ac.uk

Lecture summary: Over the last two years the court has faced a series of unprecedented challenges.  We have seen a run of acquittals, case collapses, and greater and lesser scandals involving judges and the Office of the Prosecutor. While the Court has been buoyed by a number of significant convictions of rebellion leaders, momentum for an inquiry into the Court’s functioning and serious reform is gathering in the Assembly of States Parties.  How has it come to this and what are the options going forward? 

Dr Douglas Guilfoyle is Associate Professor of International and Security Law and a Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Visiting Legal Fellow (2019-2020). He publishes largely in the fields of law of the sea and maritime operations, international and transnational criminal law and history of international law. His publications include Shipping Interdiction and the Law of the Sea (Cambridge University Press 2009) and numerous articles and chapters on maritime security, Somali piracy, naval warfare, and the South China Sea dispute.

The Lauterpacht Centre Friday lecture series is kindly supported by Cambridge University Press. 

A sandwich lunch is available for all attendees from 12.30 pm in the Old Library.

2 June 2020 - An audio recording of this lecture is available on the University's Streaming Media Service (33 mins 38 secs)

A list of all recorded events and lectures at the Lauterpacht Centre can be viewed in on this website in Media/Audio recordings.

Numbers are limited so please arrive early to avoid disappointment. Please note the lecture programme is subject to revision without notice.