The Department of International and European Law of the Law Faculty of the Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands in cooperation with the Seconda Università di Napoli, Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza, Italy and Ghent Human Rights Centre, Belgium will host a two-day conference on ‘Urgency and Human Rights’ planned for Friday 29 and Saturday 30 May 2015, in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

This conference firstly aims to bring together existing scholarship regarding urgency and human rights and discuss the evolving practices in this respect with practitioners.

Secondly, its objective is to allow for in-depth discussion of what should be the role of the domestic judiciary when dealing with urgent cases.

For the Call for Papers and the Concept Paper for the conference see: www.ru.nl/law/urgencyandhumanrights.

The Kalliopi Koufa Foundation on the Promotion of International Law and Human Rights organizes the inaugural session of the Thessaloniki Summer Courses on International Law and Human Rights from 1 to 10 July 2015 in Thessaloniki, Greece, on the topic of “International Aspects and Issues of Energy Law”. The Thessaloniki Summer Courses are open to students, especially LLM students and PhD candidates, researchers and practitioners from all over the world.
The 2015 course will introduce the subject of international energy law and examine its links and interaction with various relevant fields of international law, such as environmental law, investment law and arbitration, trade law, law of the sea etc. The session will consist of 10-day intensive, introductory and specialized, courses on the topic as well as lectures, roundtables and discussions involving academics, experts and practitioners.
The Faculty of the 2015 session includes, among others: Catherine Redgwell (University of Oxford), August Reinisch (University of Vienna), Andreas Ziegler (University of Lausanne), Andrea Bjorklund (McGill University), Anastasia Strati (Greek MFA and European Commission), Danae Azaria (University College London).
For more information including registration and the provisional programme, please click here.

Dear readers of the blog,

The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies of Geneva, Switzerland, invites applications for a full-time position at the rank of Assistant Professor in International Law. For more info, please look at this flyer.

Best,

Otto

Dear readers of the blog,

At the request of UNIS Geneva, please find in this letter some information on the next Graduate Study Programme which is now planned for 6 to 17 July 2015. Please note that the deadline for applications is 27 February 2015. If you have any questions on this programme, please contact: cmomal-vanian@unog.ch.

Best,

Otto

Uitnodiging Film en Debat
Movies that Matter Den Haag

Locatie: Filmhuis Den Haag (Spui 191)
Datum: Zondag 11 januari 2015
Aanvang: 14.00 uur
Toegang: 8,50 euro*
Reserveren: (070) 365 60 30
www.filmhuisdenhaag.nl

Op zondag 11 januari a.s. is de screening door Movies that Matter on Tour van de speelfilm Siddharth (2013) van regisseur Richie Mehta in het Filmhuis Den Haag.

De arme ritsenmaker Mahendra woont met zijn gezin in een provinciestadje in India. Hij komt nauwelijks rond en stuurt zijn twaalf jaar oude zoon Siddharth naar New Delhi voor een tijdelijke baan in een fabriek. Wanneer de jongen na enkele maanden niet naar huis komt, begint Mahendra zich ernstige zorgen te maken. Van lokale autoriteiten verneemt hij dat zijn zoon mogelijk slachtoffer is geworden van mensenhandel. Hij start de zoektocht naar zijn Siddharth: een haast onmogelijke missie in een land met 1,2 miljard inwoners. Prachtig verteld verhaal, gebaseerd op een werkelijke ontmoeting met ouders van in India vermiste kinderen.

Na de film wordt een toelichting gegeven door Luuk Esser. Hij is als onderzoeker werkzaam bij de Nationaal Rapporteur Mensenhandel en ook als promovendus bij het Instituut voor Strafrecht en Criminologie van de Universiteit Leiden.

Speelfilm, 96 min.
Gesproken taal: Hindi, Engels ondertiteld

Dear readers of the blog,

Please have a look at this flyer to read all about the call.

Happy New Year!

Otto

Dear readers of the Invisible College Blog,

The Chinese (Taiwan) Society of International Law will hold the ILA-ASIL Asia-Pacific Research Forum on May 25-26, 2015 in Taipei, Taiwan. The theme of the Research Forum is “Integrating the Asia-Pacific: Why International Law Matters?” Paper proposals should be submitted by January 20, 2015 to ila@nccu.edu.tw.

The call for papers is available at http://www.csil.org.tw/2015-research-forum/. Other inquiries can be directed to Pasha Hsieh, co-chair of the Research Forum (pashahsieh@smu.edu.sg).

Many thanks,

Otto

Dear readers,

please have a look at my blog post on The Sustainable Development Goals Process: Making International Water Law More Sustainable and Ecosystem and Public Participation-Friendly: http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2014/09/21/the-sustainable-development-goals-process-making-international-water-law-more-sustainable-and-ecosystem-and-public-participation-friendly/.

Otto

The Utrecht Journal of International and European Law will publish its upcoming issue on “Privacy under International and European Law.” Please have a  look at this Utrecht Journal Call for Papers – Privacy and International Law.

Dear readers of the Invisible College Blog,

You are all cordially invited to an NJCM Seminar on Modern forms of Slavery on 18 September 2014 at Clifford Chance in Amsterdam (it is in Dutch). For more info and to register, please go to the NJCM website.

Many thanks,

Otto Spijkers