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Read more at: A dilemma for the ICJ - Marc Weller

A dilemma for the ICJ - Marc Weller

Monday, 5 February 2024

Marc Weller is Professor of International Law in the University of Cambridge and an Associate Tenant at Doughty Street Chambers.

 

 

 


Read more at: The Emperor’s Clothes

The Emperor’s Clothes

Friday, 1 December 2023

Dr John Barker is a Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre and recently retired as Chairman of the Foreign Compensation Commission, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

 

 

 


Read more at: Writing international law at the border: A view from Samos

Writing international law at the border: A view from Samos

Monday, 27 November 2023

Dr Tugba Basaran is a Director of the Centre on the Study of Global Human Movement, Convenor of the Refugee Hub and a Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre.

 

 

 


Read more at: Pirates in the Legal Imagination - Tor Krever

Pirates in the Legal Imagination - Tor Krever

Tuesday, 21 November 2023

Tor Krever joined the University of Cambridge in 2023. He was previously Assistant Professor at the University of Warwick, Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra in Portugal and Visiting Fellow at the Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia. He was educated in Australia, the US and UK, completing his PhD in Law at the London School of Economics.

 

 


Read more at: Every War must aim for peace - Marc Weller and Malik Dahlan

Every War must aim for peace - Marc Weller and Malik Dahlan

Monday, 30 October 2023

Marc Weller holds the Chair of International Law and International Constitutional Studies in the University of Cambridge. He is the former Director and a Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law. He has served as United Nations Senior Mediation Expert and is a highly experienced international dispute settlement professional. He is certified and accredited as a professional mediator and was elected a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is a barrister (Middle Temple) and Associate Tenant at Doughty Street Chambers, London. Marc holds Doctorates in International Law and International Relations, in Law, and in Economic and Social Sciences from the Universities of Cambridge, Frankfurt and Hamburg respectively, and Masters’ degrees from the Fletcher School and the University of Cambridge. He also trained in advanced negotiation and dispute settlement at Harvard Law School and the Kennedy School of Government.


Read more at: Climate change and the advisory function of international courts and tribunals - Professor Jorge E. Viñuales

Climate change and the advisory function of international courts and tribunals - Professor Jorge E. Viñuales

Tuesday, 28 March 2023

Jorge E. Viñuales is Harold Samuel Professor of Law and Environmental Policy and Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre, University of Cambridge; Legal Counsel to the Republic of Vanuatu in the referenced matters. The opinions expressed in this piece are strictly in my academic capacity.

See also:

Seeking climate justice at the 'world court' (cam.ac.uk)

Jorge Viñuales advises Vanuatu in bid to request an advisory opinion on climate change from the 'World Court'


Read more at: Scrutinising the UK’s post-Brexit Free Trade Agreements - Prof Lorand Bartels MBE

Scrutinising the UK’s post-Brexit Free Trade Agreements - Prof Lorand Bartels MBE

Friday, 10 February 2023

Lorand Bartels is Professor of International Law in the Faculty of Law and a fellow of Trinity Hall and the Lauterpacht Centre at the University of Cambridge. He is Chair of the Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC) and was appointed an MBE in the 2022 Queen’s New Year Honours List for services to UK trade policy.

 

 


Read more at: Forcing a Referendum on Scottish Independence? - Prof Marc Weller

Forcing a Referendum on Scottish Independence? - Prof Marc Weller

Monday, 25 July 2022

Marc Weller holds the Chair of International Law and International Constitutional Studies in the University of Cambridge. He is the former Director and a Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law. He has served as United Nations Senior Mediation Expert and is a highly experienced international dispute settlement professional. He is certified and accredited as a professional mediator and was elected a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is a barrister (Middle Temple) and Associate Tenant at Doughty Street Chambers, London. Marc holds Doctorates in International Law and International Relations, in Law, and in Economic and Social Sciences from the Universities of Cambridge, Frankfurt and Hamburg respectively, and Masters’ degrees from the Fletcher School and the University of Cambridge. He also trained in advanced negotiation and dispute settlement at Harvard Law School and the Kennedy School of Government.


Read more at: A cause worthy of more effort: the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Climate Change decision

A cause worthy of more effort: the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Climate Change decision

Monday, 13 June 2022

Dr Stefan Theil

Dr Stefan Theil is the John Thornley Fellow in Law at Sidney Sussex College. He completed his first degree in law at the University of Bayreuth (2011) in Germany. After brief stints working for a commercial law firm in Munich and for the Research Services of the German Bundestag in Berlin, Stefan earned an LLM from University College London (2013). Inspired to pursue a career in academia, he completed his doctoral work at the University of Cambridge (2018) and was the inaugural Research Fellow in Civil and Political Rights at Bonavero Institute, University of Oxford (2017-2021). Stefan is a Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre.

 


Read more at: The War in Ukraine

The War in Ukraine

Friday, 18 March 2022

Marc Weller holds the Chair of International Law and International Constitutional Studies in the University of Cambridge. He is the former Director and a Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law. He has served as United Nations Senior Mediation Expert and is a highly experienced international dispute settlement professional. He is certified and accredited as a professional mediator and was elected a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is a barrister (Middle Temple) and Associate Tenant at Doughty Street Chambers, London. Marc holds Doctorates in International Law and International Relations, in Law, and in Economic and Social Sciences from the Universities of Cambridge, Frankfurt and Hamburg respectively, and Masters’ degrees from the Fletcher School and the University of Cambridge. He also trained in advanced negotiation and dispute settlement at Harvard Law School and the Kennedy School of Government.


Read more at: Leading Experts at COP26 from the University of Cambridge and around the world Commit to Scale-Up Climate Law & Governance Capacity Worldwide TENFOLD from 600 to 6,000 by 2024

Leading Experts at COP26 from the University of Cambridge and around the world Commit to Scale-Up Climate Law & Governance Capacity Worldwide TENFOLD from 600 to 6,000 by 2024

Tuesday, 14 December 2021

Fellows of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law were a part of key pledges at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, including a commitment to scale-up climate law & governance capacity worldwide tenfold by 2024.

 

 


Read more at: The International Law of Prolonged Sieges and Blockades: Gaza as a Case Study - Prof Eyal Benvenisti

The International Law of Prolonged Sieges and Blockades: Gaza as a Case Study - Prof Eyal Benvenisti

Friday, 16 July 2021

Eyal Benvenisti is Whewell Professor of International Law, University of Cambridge, Director of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, C C Ng Fellow, Jesus College, Cambridge, Visiting Professor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

 

 

 


Read more at: A Cover Story: Dialogue of Two Editors

A Cover Story: Dialogue of Two Editors

Wednesday, 2 June 2021

In memoriam: HE Judge James Crawford AC SC FBA

A sketch written by Judge Crawford in 2012 to describe how he and Martti Koskenniemi came to agree upon a cover for the Cambridge Companion to International Law.

 

 


Read more at: A global pandemic treaty should aim for deep prevention - Professor Jorge E. Viñuales

A global pandemic treaty should aim for deep prevention - Professor Jorge E. Viñuales

Thursday, 29 April 2021

Jorge E. Viñuales holds the Harold Samuel Chair at Cambridge and is a Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre. He is also the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Distributive Justice newly established by the Institut de Droit International.

 

 


Read more at: Exploring the Role of International Law in Sustainable Natural Resources Management for Development - Prof Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger

Exploring the Role of International Law in Sustainable Natural Resources Management for Development - Prof Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger

Thursday, 18 March 2021

Professor Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger is an Affiliated Fellow of the Centre, and Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professor in the University of Cambridge with the Bennett Institute for Public Policy, the Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Governance (C-EENRG) and other partners. She also serves as Senior Director of the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL) in Montreal, Canada; Executive Secretary of the Climate Law and Governance Initiative (CLGI) with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bonn, Germany; and a Full Professor of International Law for the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Canada. She is Law Fellow and Director of Studies for the LLM/MCL at Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge; and laureate of the Justitia Fundamentum Regnorum Award (2016) and the Weeramantry International Justice Award (2020), among other distinctions.


Read more at: Could Scotland stage an independence referendum without UK approval? What the law says - Prof Marc Weller

Could Scotland stage an independence referendum without UK approval? What the law says - Prof Marc Weller

Thursday, 18 February 2021

Marc Weller holds the Chair of International Law and International Constitutional Studies in the University of Cambridge. He is the former Director and a Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law. He has served as United Nations Senior Mediation Expert and is a highly experienced international dispute settlement professional. He is certified and accredited as a professional mediator and was elected a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is a barrister (Middle Temple) and Associate Tenant at Doughty Street Chambers, London. Marc holds Doctorates in International Law and International Relations, in Law, and in Economic and Social Sciences from the Universities of Cambridge, Frankfurt and Hamburg respectively, and Masters’ degrees from the Fletcher School and the University of Cambridge. He also trained in advanced negotiation and dispute settlement at Harvard Law School and the Kennedy School of Government.


Read more at: Progress in Global Anti-Corruption Efforts? Not So Fast - Professor Jason Sharman

Progress in Global Anti-Corruption Efforts? Not So Fast - Professor Jason Sharman

Tuesday, 3 November 2020

Jason Sharman is the Sir Patrick Sheehy Professor of International Relations in the Department of Politics and International Studies at Cambridge. He received his PhD in political science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1999, and his undergraduate degree in history and politics from the University of Western Australia. Previously, Jason worked at American University in Bulgaria, the University of Sydney and Griffith University, and he has spent shorter periods as a visitor at St Petersburg State University, Columbia University and the London School of Economics. Jason’s research interests range from the study of international corruption, money laundering and tax havens, to the global politics of the early modern world.

Progress in Global Anti-Corruption Efforts? Not So Fast is written by Jason Sharman, University of Cambridge; Daniel L Nielson, Brigham Young University and Michael G Findley, University of Texas at Austin


Read more at: A Red Notice against Trump? - When INTERPOL is asked to intervene against targeted killing - Dr Rutsel Silvestre J Martha

A Red Notice against Trump? - When INTERPOL is asked to intervene against targeted killing - Dr Rutsel Silvestre J Martha

Friday, 4 September 2020

Dr Martha is the principal of Lindeborg Counsellors at Law, a London-based public international law boutique firm, and Fellow Partner of  the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law. From 2004 to 2008 he was the General Counsel and Director of Legal Affairs of INTERPOL.

His publications on international law include: The Legal Foundations of INTERPOL (Hart Publishing, Oxford, 2010.), “Challenging Acts of INTERPOL in Domestic Courts” In: Challenging Acts of International Organizations Before National Courts, Edited by August Reinisch, OUP, September 2010., and “Remedies Against INTERPOL: role and practice of defense lawyers” Conference European Criminal Bar Association Lyon, 6 October 2007 (online).


Read more at: Towards an Honourable Future? Bridging the Capacity Chasm to Address Critical Global Challenges and Advance our Sustainable Development Goals - Prof Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger

Towards an Honourable Future? Bridging the Capacity Chasm to Address Critical Global Challenges and Advance our Sustainable Development Goals - Prof Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger

Monday, 3 August 2020

Professor Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger1 is an Affiliated Fellow of the Centre, and Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professor in the University of Cambridge with the Bennett Institute for Public Policy, the Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Governance (C-EENRG) and other partners. She also serves as Senior Director of the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL) in Montreal, Canada; Executive Secretary of the Climate Law and Governance Initiative (CLGI) with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bonn, Germany; and a Full Professor of International Law for the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Canada. She is Law Fellow and Director of Studies for the LLM/MCL at Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge; and laureate of the Justitia Fundamentum Regnorum Award (2016) and the Weeramantry International Justice Award (2020), among other distinctions.


Read more at: Exceptions in International Law (OUP, 2020)* - Dr Lorand Bartels & Dr Federica Paddeu (Eds)

Exceptions in International Law (OUP, 2020)* - Dr Lorand Bartels & Dr Federica Paddeu (Eds)

Thursday, 23 July 2020

Dr Lorand Bartels is a Reader in International Law in the Faculty of Law, a Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law and a Fellow of Trinity Hall at the University of Cambridge where he teaches international law, WTO law and EU law. 

Dr Federica Paddeu is the John Tiley Fellow in Law at Queens’ College and a Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law. Her main research interests are international law, the law of state responsibility and the law on the use of force. 

* Adapted from the Introduction to this volume.