Professor Pasha L. Hsieh, Assistant Professor of Law at the Singapore Management University School of Law, asked us to post the following announcement:

Registration Begins: 2011 ILA Asia-Pacific Regional Conference (Taipei, Taiwan)

 

The Chinese (Taiwan) Society of International Law is pleased to hold the International Law Association (ILA) Asia-Pacific Regional Conference from May 29 to June 1, 2011 at the Grand Formosa Regent Taipei, a Four Seasons Hotel, in Taipei, Taiwan.

 

The theme of the conference is “Contemporary International Law Issues in the Asia Pacific: Opportunities and Challenges.”

 

This conference will provide a forum for international law stakeholders to explore the full range of international and transnational legal issues related to the Asia-Pacific region.

 

Although the registration deadline is May 10, the Conference Committee suggests that interested participants register by April 10 in order to enjoy the early bird rates. Discounted registration fees are offered to ILA members and young scholars/professionals.

 

For detailed information, please visit the ILA Asia-Pacific Regional Conference website. Additional questions about the conference can be directed to Professor Pasha Hsieh, Conference Co-organizer, at pashahsieh@smu.edu.sg.

 

By Dov Jacobs 

GENOCIDE

Truth,Memory, Justice, and Recovery

PRELIMINARY CALL FORPAPERS

9^th Biennial Conference of the

International Association of Genocide Scholars

July 19- 22, 2011

Center for Genocide Studies

Universidad Nactional de Tres Febrero

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Over the lasttwo decades, the field of genocides has rapidly proliferated. To date, however,the field has not fully addressed the aftermaths of genocide, including theways in which post-conflict societies negotiate issues of truth and memory andseek justice and recovery.

This focus isparticularly appropriate given the venue, Argentina, and the fact that thiswill be the first IAGS conference ever held in Latin America. During 1980s and1990s, the phrase “truth, memory, and justice” became key watchword ofresistance and resilience. Despite periodic attempts to focus one of theseissues alone (for example, seeking truth instead of justice), many people inLatin America have and continue to insist that only the three pillars togetherenable individual and social recovery from the collective terror. Truth,Memory, and Justice, then, are the preconditions for the fourth pillar,Recovery.

Accordingly,while welcoming papers on all aspects of genocide studies, we are particularlyinterested in papers and sessions devoted to the theme of our 9^thBiennial conference, “Genocide: Truth, Memory, Justice, and Recovery.” Weinvite innovative panels and papers that consider the dynamics, causes, andconsequences of genocide, issues of memory and representation, the role ofjustice and truth in post-conflict societies, and the paths to individual andcollective recovery. Besides panels and paper, we invite other modes ofdialogue, including workshops, roundtable discussion, book presentations,cultural media, and artistic works/readings, including forums that relate topolicy initiatives, pedagogy, and education related to the history andprevention of genocide. Genocide studies covers a wide range of approaches andtheories. Scholars, practitioners, activists, graduate students, and teachersinterested in genocide studies from all disciplines are encouraged to apply.

Papers will beaccepted on a rolling basis. Further information about submissions,registration, and hotel fees will follow shortly at www.genocidescholars.org. Otherquestions may be directed to the conference organizers, Daniel Feierstein andAlex Hinton, at: iags2011@gmail.com.

Deadline: March 15, 2011

Knut Traisbach asked us to share the following announcement with our readers. Of course, I am happy to do so:  

The European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation (EIUC) in Venice will host a distinct human rights program this summer.

The inaugural session of the Venice Academy of Human Rights will take place from 12-17 July.

Confirmed speakers include:

• Jochen Abr. Frowein, Former director of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg
• Douglas A. Johnson, Executive Director of the Center for Victims of Torture, Minneapolis
• Theodor Meron, Judge and Former President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
• Manfred Nowak, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture
• Giorgio Sacerdoti, Former Member of the WTO Appellate Body
• Kathryn Sikkink, McKnight Presidential Chair in Political Science at the University of Minnesota 
• Amartya Sen, Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics, Thomas W. Lamont University Professor at Harvard University

The Academy offers interdisciplinary thematic programs open to academics, practitioners and Ph.D./J.S.D. students from anywhere in the world who have an advanced knowledge of human rights. It is open to a maximum of only 50 participants who attend the morning lectures in the plenum and will be divided in smaller groups for more intensive afternoon seminars.

For further information please visit: www.eiuc.org/veniceacademy.

Deadline for applications is 31 May 2010.

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By Tobias Thienel

Not content with holding an international conference this autumn, the Goettingen Journal of International Law is currently seeking submissions for its 3rd International Law Essay Competition. This year’s topic is "The Rise of Self-Determination".

The best article submitted will be published in an upcoming issue. Past winners of the Competition are Evelyne Schmid’s fine article on "The Right to a Fair Trial in Times of Terrorism: A Method to Identify the Non-Derogable Aspects of Article 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights", published in the first-ever issue of the GoJIL, and Marco Benatar’s impressive "The Use of Cyber Force: Need for Legal Justification?", published in GoJIL Vol 1 No 3.

The deadline for submissions this year is 15 June 2010.

The Goettingen Journal of International Law, Germany’s first student-run journal on international law, is set to hold its first international conference, titled "Resources of Conflict – Conflicts over Resources", from 7-9 October 2010. Judge Bruno Simma of the International Court of Justice has already agreed to give one of the two keynote addresses.

The broad topic of the conference will be subdivided into four panels, each of which will seek to bring together scholars – particularly emerging scholars and junior faculty – of international law, international politics and adjacent disciplines. The panels are planned as follows:

Panel 1: Actors of Armed Conflicts and International Law

Panel 2: Resources Before, During and After Conflicts

Panel 3: Resources of Conflict Prevention: Access, Sharing and Regulation

Panel 4: Knowledge as a Resource: Access, Assessment and Legal Consequences

Abstracts of presentations are invited until 1 June 2010. The full text of the Call for Papers is after the fold. Continue reading →