ASIL’s Lieber Society on the Law of Armed Conflict annually recognizes a paper that significantly enhances the understanding and implementation of the law of war. The prize is given for exceptional writing in English by an active member of the regular or reserve armed forces, regardless of nationality. For details, click here.
May 12-14, 2014
Washington, DC, USA
*Organizers*
Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial
Museum
International Tracing Service, Bad Arolsen, Germany
*Call for Papers*
The Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial
Museum and the International Tracing Service invite applications for an
international conference designed to illustrate the broad academic research
potential of the ITS collections. The conference will be held May 12-14,
2014 in Washington, D.C., at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Participants will present their papers in sessions open to the public and
will also have the opportunity for discussion among the presenters on their
experiences using the ITS archives. Continue reading
Contact: info@hrdp.essex.ac.uk.
The International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy is currently seeking submissions for the third edition of its Journal Human Rights and Drugs. The Journal is the first and only international peer reviewed law journal focusing exclusively on human rights and drug policy issues.
For more info, see here.
Guest editors: Diane M. Nelson and Elizabeth Oglesby
Deadline: December 15, 2013 for proposals, submissions due June 1, 2014.
Contact: Please send proposals of approximately 300 words (paying particular attention to the originality or and source for the research) and a short c.v. to dmnelson@duke.edu and eoglesby@email.arizona.edu.
For more details, see here.
Series on Transitional Justice, Intersentia Publishers
Please contact stephan.parmentier@law.kuleuven.be if you are interested in submitting or proposing a monograph or edited volume for publication.
Reference: 497683
Element: Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance
Work type: Fixed term (two years)
Overview:
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow – Global Centre for Evidence-based Corrections and Sentencing (GCECS), Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance, Griffith University, is searching for one Post-Doctoral Research Fellow to become part of a collaborative corrections and sentencing research team (start date negotiable but no later than January 2014).
This is a fixed term (two years), full time position based at the Mt Gravatt campus.
The role:
The Post-Doctoral Research Fellow will work at the GCECS as part of a team conducting a variety of adult and juvenile corrections and sentencing research projects, including Queensland-focused research on correctional performance measurement, and selected comparative research projects conducted in collaboration with our global research consortium partners.
The Fellow will work autonomously based on direction provided by the Centre Director, and will contribute to the intellectual thrust of the GCECS. The role will include day-to-day management of one specific research project, and the supervision of casual research assistants. Continue reading
Kadir Has Üniversitesi, Istanbul
16 – 18 June 2014
A joint conference organized by:
Human Rights Section, International Studies Association
Human Rights Section, American Political Science Association
Human Rights Research Committee, International Political Science Association
Standing Group on Human Rights and Transition, European Consortium for Political Research
In association with:
Kadir Has Üniversitesi
Academic Council on the United Nations System
The human rights sections of the American Political Science Association, the European Consortium for Political Research, the International Political Science Association, and the International Studies Association, are pleased to announce the third joint international conference on human rights, on the theme “Human Rights and Change” to take place 16-18 June 2014 at Kadir Has Üniversitesi in Istanbul. The conference will take place immediately before the annual meeting of the Academic Council on the United Nations System (19 – 21 June), also in Istanbul (http://acuns.org/am2014/). Continue reading
Colby College, under the Oak Institute for the Study of International Human Rights, invites applications for its human rights fellowship. Funding enables a prominent practitioner in international human rights to take sabbatical leave from front-line work to spend the fall semester in residence at Colby. The fellow’s responsibilities include regular meetings with students and assistance in shaping a lecture series or symposium on his or her human rights interests. This year, the fellowship focuses on human rights protection in situations relating to gender. This focus is not limited to activism involving women, but also includes the protection of sexual minorities and activism on men or masculinity.
Activists working on sexual and reproductive rights, gender empowerment and education, human and sexual trafficking, activism against gender-based violence, gender- and sexual-based asylum, or gender and environmental rights, are invited to apply. Eligibility is restricted to those whose work takes place primarily outside the US. The fellowship includes a US$32,000 stipend, as well as health benefits, housing, a campus meal plan and transportation. The fellow will also receive research support, including office space, secretarial support, computer and library facilities and a student assistant. A limited budget is allocated to help offset the cost of transportation, housing and meals for dependent family members who accompany the fellow. Following the period of the award, the fellow is expected to return to her or his human rights work.
Closing date: 06 Dec 13
http://web.colby.edu/oak/
The International Review of the Red Cross recently launched a new book reviews section. Short reviews of 1,500-2,000 words on new/recent books on the laws of war, humanitarian action, international justice, or related topics are sought. Those interested in reviewing a particular book or authors interested in having their book reviewed should contact Jamie Williamson jwilliamson@icrc.org.
For the moment pirate attacks are down, but piracy continues to present a major threat to world shipping. Even with greatly expanded patrolling by international navies and increased use of private security forces, there have been 48 pirate attacks, 448 seamen were held hostage by pirates, and global economic losses due to piracy topped 5 billion dollars in the last twelve months. Meanwhile, renewed political turmoil in Somalia and Yemen is sowing the seeds for a fresh generation of pirates with increasingly deadly tactics. This conference brings together two-dozen of the world’s foremost counter-piracy experts to analyze the novel legal challenges and options related to this new phase in the fight against piracy.
Date: 6 September 2013
Location: Law School, Case Western Reserve University, USA
For more information, see the conference website.