(Day 1) 11th Annual Conference of the CILJ: 'Strengthening Global Governance through International Law: Challenges and Opportunities'

Invitation to Register | 11th Annual Cambridge International Law Conference

Online, 26-27 March 2022

Strengthening Global Governance through International Law: Challenges and Opportunities

• What are the challenges that international law must confront to strengthen global governance in the future?
• What opportunities might these present, and how may this challenge our current vision of international law?
• How are traditional and emerging actors in international law engaging and preparing for these challenges and opportunities?

If any of the above questions interest you, The Conference Team and Editorial Board of the Cambridge International Law Journal (CILJ) invite you to register to attend the 11th Annual Cambridge International Law Conference, taking place entirely online on 26-27 March 2022. Researchers will present their prepared papers and presentations spread across eight panels. Once registered, attendees will be able to listen to any or all panels of their choosing, as we have a linear programme planned.

For any queries, please write to us at conference@cilj.co.uk.

About the Conference

Global governance bodies increasingly perform activities of government, including through the regulation of individual human and collective State activity. Yet the integrity of global governance today is contingent on the function and role of international law. This is evidenced by States actively expanding the breadth and scope of international rules to regulate emerging challenges, including sea-level rise and cyberspace. The development of international rules on themes such as marine activities, armed conflict, international trade, and human rights, equally demonstrate the contribution of international law. However, as the Sustainable Development Goals indicate, international law must rise to meet new issues, including eradicating hunger and poverty, empowering girls and women, and protecting the environment. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic reminds us that for crises faced by humankind, solutions must be coordinated at a global scale.

Keynote speakers

Dr Pemmaraju Srinivasa Rao is a distinguished international lawyer from India. He is a former member of the International Law Commission (1987-2006) and was the Special Rapporteur for the subject of Prevention of Liability. He was also appointed as an ad hoc Judge of the International Court of Justice in the case concerning sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Pateh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge (Malaysia/Singapore) (2004–2008). In India, he was the head of the Legal and Treaties Division, Ministry of External Affairs, and was the chief legal advisor for India on international legal matters from 1985 to 2002.

Ms Maja Groff is an international lawyer who is a member of the Advisory Board of the Global Governance Forum. She has assisted in the development and servicing of several multilateral treaties in various areas and has worked at various international criminal tribunals alongside teaching regularly at the Hague Academy of International Law. A winner of the 2018 New Shape Prize for Global Governance Innovation, she has published extensively on matters in private and public international law, human rights and global governance.

Professor Ernst Ulrich Petersmann is an Emeritus professor at the European University Institute. He has teaching expertise in various universities around the world and has published extensively on international economic law, European law and comparative constitutional law. Professor Petersmann also worked as legal counsel for Germany in European and UN institutions (1978-1980), legal counsel in GATT and legal consultant for the WTO (1981-2021). He served as secretary, member or chairman on GATT and WTO dispute settlement panels and as chairman of the International Trade Law Committee of the International Law Association (1999-2014).

For more information please see the CILJ website.