Term Lectures: 2008-09

During the University term, the Centre holds Friday Lunchtime Lectures on topical issues in international law given by leading academics and practitioners.  The lecture programme for the academic year 2008-09 appears below. A pdf of the lecture programme is available here.  Information on the current programme of lectures is available here.

Lectures usually take place from 1pm - 2pm with a sandwich lunch, sponsored by Cambridge University Press provided at the Centre from 12:30 pm.

	10 October 2008 Victims' Participation in ICC Proceedings Ms Olivia Struyven Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court  More »

17 October 2008 Somalian Piracy, the IMO and Security Council Resolution 1816 Dr Douglas Guilfoyle Lecturer in Law, University College London  More »

24 October 2008 Hans Kelsen as an International Lawyer Dr Jochen von Bernstorff Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg  More »

31 October 2008 The Accountability Deficit in International Territorial Administration Dr Ralph Wilde Reader in Law, University College London  More »

7 November 2008 Sovereignty and Occupation: Still a Valid Distinction? Professor Martti Koskenniemi Goodhart Visiting Professor of Legal Science, University of Cambridge

14 November 2008 Discussion on the Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lectures: Policy and Discretion in Investment Treaty Arbitration Dr Andres Rigo Sureda Former Deputy Legal Counsel, World Bank  More »

21 November 2008 Toward a Legal Framework for Regime Interaction: Lessons from International Trade and Fisheries Regimes Dr Margaret Young William Charnley Research Fellow, Pembroke College  More »

28 November 2008 Litigating over Whales? Lessons for Australia Dr Natalie Klein Department of Law, Macquarie University  More »

5 December 2008 The Cambodia Genocide Tribunal Professor Michael Scharf Case Western Reserve University School of Law, USA

16 January 2009 International Responsibility of International Organizations and Member States Dr José Caicedo Member, Dechert LLP, Paris   More »

23 January 2009 Sustainable Globalisation? Environment and Development Aspects of International Trade and Investment Law Ms Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger Director, Centre for International Sustainable Development Law, Montreal; Fellow, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law

30 January 2009 Investor-State Aribration: Politics, Legitimacy and the New UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules Mr Toby Landau QC Essex Court Chambers     More »

6 February 2009 Reservations in Marine Conservation Treaties: a Classic Element of Treaty Law in an Evolving Environmental Landscape Dr Howard Schiffman Clinical Associate Professor, Center for Global Affairs, New York University   More »

13 February 2009 Recent Developments in International Environmental Law Professor Alan Boyle Professor of Public International Law, University of Edinburgh   More »

20 February 2009 Financial Crises in International Law Dr Michael Waibel British Academy Research Fellow, Lauterpacht Centre/Downing College, Cambridge

27 February 2009 Law of the Sea: National Interests or Common Interests in the Arctic? Professor Paul Berkman Head, Arctic Ocean Geopolitics Programme, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge   More »

6 March 2009 Competing Rights in International Criminal Tribunals Mr Dan Saxon Senior Prosecuting Trial Attorney, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

13 March 2009 The Obama Administration and International Law Professor Gregory H. Fox Associate Professor of Law, Wayne State University Law School   More »

24 April 2009 Reform of the Administration of Justice System within the United Nations: Strengths and Weaknesses of the New System Dr Christina Knahr Department of European, International and Comparative Law, University of Vienna   More »

1 May 2009 Climate Change and the WTO Professor Gabrielle Marceau Counsellor to the Cabinet of the Director-General, WTO; Associate Professor of Law, Geneva University

8 May 2009 Kosovo's Declaration of Independence and the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion Ms Magdalena Kmak    Research Fellow, Erik Castrén Institute for International Law and Human Rights, University of Helsinki  More »

MONDAY 11 May 2009 Transnational Public Policy in International Arbitration Professor Pierre Lalive Senior Partner, Lalive et cie, Geneva   More »

15 May 2009 Cyprus: the Consequences of Failure Dr Tim Potier Associate Professor of International Law, University of Nicosia, Cyprus; Visiting Fellow at the Centre of International Studies, University of Cambridge  More »

WEDNESDAY EVENING 27 May 2009 Socializing States - Promoting Human Rights through International Law Professor Ryan Goodman Rita E Hauser Professor of Human Rights & Humanitarian Law; Director, Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School  Background reading »

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