Law

Talking Animals, Law and Philosophy event: ‘Global Animal Law and Global Warming’

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Please join us for our next event in the Talking Animals, Law & Philosophy series. Speaker: Anne Peters, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg All events take place on Zoom from 5-6.30pm (UK time). They are free and open to all. For more information about the…

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Evening Lecture: ‘The End (and Future) of States’ – Prof Monica Hakimi, Columbia Law School

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Lecture and Q&A: 5 pm – 6 pm Please note this event is in person only. No registration required. Lecture summary: This talk draws attention to—and offers a theory that ties together and explains—two globally transformative trends. First, states across the world are facing extraordinary threats, ranging from interstate aggression to violent nonstate groups to…

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‘The Anatomy of an Investment Treaty Case’ – Camilla Gambarini, Withers

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Time: 2 pm – 3 pm This event is in person only. No registration required. Speaker: Camilla Gambarini is a Special Counsel in the public international law and international arbitration team of Withers in London. Dual qualified as Avvocato (Italy) and Solicitor Advocate (England & Wales), Camilla’s expertise in public international law covers boundary disputes,…

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Friday Lecture: ‘The Systemic Function of General Principles’ – Prof Mads Andenas & Prof Johann Ruben Leiss, University of Oslo

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Register here if attending online Lecture summary: The lecture explores the systemic function of general principles in international law in light of the ongoing work of the ILC on general principles of law and recent practice of international courts and tribunals, such as the Climate Change Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice from…

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Friday Lecture: ‘The Systemic Function of General Principles’ – Prof Mads Andenas & Prof Johann Ruben Leiss, University of Oslo

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Register here if attending online Lecture summary: The lecture explores the systemic function of general principles in international law in light of the ongoing work of the ILC on general principles of law and recent practice of international courts and tribunals, such as the Climate Change Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice from…

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CULS event: ‘Climate Change and the Law Panel’

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Join CULS x Cambridge Climate Society for a panel discussion on Climate Change and the Law! The event brings together leading experts to explore how legal systems are adapting to the climate crisis following the ICJ’s 2025 Advisory opinion. Speakers include Dr Lovleen Bhullar (who will be covering the content of the ICJ…

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Friday Lecture: ‘Due Diligence at a Crossroads: The Old Road, the New Road, and the Bridge Between’ – Dr Penelope Ridings, International Law Commission

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Register here if attending online Lecture summary: In the last several decades, scholarly views of due diligence in international law have shifted from due diligence as a primary obligation under customary international law, to due diligence as a standard of conduct attached to a primary obligation. Thus, for example, due diligence is required to meet…

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‘Rethinking International Law’s Role in the Climate Crisis: A TWAIL Analysis of the Coloniality of Global Climate Responses’

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Speaker: Visiting PhD researcher Maryam Yabo Abstract: This research applies a Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) lens to the international community’s responses to the climate crisis. It argues that while these responses aim to advance decarbonisation and global justice, they often reproduce the epistemic…

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Pluriloguing with ourselves: non-dominant feminisms in global governance (a conversation with Gina Heathcote and Amena Yassine)

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2:00 pm to 3:30 pm What are the current dialogues that occur (or not) between non-dominant (i.e., non-Western, non-White, and non-Anglophone) feminist actors in global governance? In this conversation between Professor Gina Heathcote (Newcastle Law School) and Dr Amena Yassine (Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), they explore this question by looking from the following departure…

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Inaugural Lecture of the Hatton Chair in Climate Law: ‘The Globalisation of Climate Law’

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Speaker: Professor Harro van Asselt, Hatton Professor of Climate Law The lecture will be followed by a Panel on: The Prospects of Global Climate Law Moderator: Professor Jorge E. Viñuales Panelists: Professor Francesco Sindico Professor Joana Setzer Professor Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh Professor Annalisa Savaresi Harro van Asselt is the Hatton Professor of Climate Law with the…

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