
LCIL International Law Centre Podcast
The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law is the scholarly home of International law at the University of Cambridge. The Centre, founded by Sir Elihu Lauterpacht QC in 1983, serves as a forum for the discussion and development of international law and is one of the specialist law centres of the Faculty of Law.
The Centre holds weekly lectures on topical issues of international law by leading practitioners and academics.
For more information see the LCIL website at http://www.lcil.cam.ac.uk/
Latest episodes

Mar 3, 2017 • 44min
'The End of the Global Rule of Law?' by Professor Andrew Hurrell
The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosted a special evening lecture by Andrew Hurrell, Montague Burton Professor of International Relations at Oxford University and a Fellow of Balliol College. The lecture, entitlted 'The End of the Global Rule of Law?', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Monday 27th February 2017.
For more information about events at the Centre, please see the LCIL website at http://www.lcil.cam.ac.uk

Feb 27, 2017 • 41min
'The Criminalisation of Aggression and Soldiers' Rights' by Dr Tom Dannenbaum
The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular Friday lunchtime lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of aggression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual responsibility criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity.
This lecture, entitled 'The Criminalisation of Aggression and Soldiers' Rights', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 24th February 2017 by Tom Dannenbaum, Lecturer in Human Rights at University College London.

Feb 27, 2017 • 48min
'Spoilt for Choice? The Reparation of Non-Material Damage in International Law' by Professor Stephan Wittich
The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular Friday lunchtime lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of aggression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual responsibility criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity.
This lecture, entitled 'Spoilt for Choice? The Reparation of Non-Material Damage in International Law', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 17th February 2017 by Stephan Wittich, Associate Professor, Department of International Law, University of Vienna .

Feb 16, 2017 • 38min
'The ICC at 15: prospects and challenges' by Professor Olympia Bekou
The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular Friday lunchtime lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of aggression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual responsibility criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity.
This lecture, entitled 'The ICC at 15: prospects and challenges', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 10th February 2017 by Olympia Bekou, Professor of Public International Law and Head, International Criminal Justice Unit, University of Nottingham Human Rights Law Centre.

Feb 6, 2017 • 35min
'The Rule of Law in Inter-national Relations: Contestation despite Diffusion - Diffusion through Contestation' by Antje Wiener
The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular Friday lunchtime lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of aggression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual responsibility criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity.
This lecture, entitled 'The Rule of Law in Inter-national Relations: Contestation despite Diffusion - Diffusion through Contestation', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 27th January 2017 by Antje Wiener, Professor of Political Science and Global Governance at Hamburg University.

Jan 24, 2017 • 34min
'Welcome to Eutopia!' by Philip Allott
The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular Friday lunchtime lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of aggression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual responsibility criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity.
This lecture, entitled 'Welcome to Eutopia!', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 20th January 2017 by Philip Allott, Professor Emeritus of International Public Law at Cambridge University.

Nov 29, 2016 • 20min
'Unilateral Regulation of Global Corporate Problems' by William Magnuson
The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular Friday lunchtime lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of aggression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual responsibility criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity.
This lecture, entitled 'Unilateral Regulation of Global Corporate Problems', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 25th November 2016 by William Magnuson, Associate Professor at Texas A&M University School of Law.

Nov 21, 2016 • 1h 9min
LCIL Book Launch: 'Genocide vs Crimes Against Humanity: A Conversation with Philippe Sands'
Philippe Sands, Professor of Law at University College London, came to the Lauterpacht Centre on Wednesday 2 November 2016, to discuss some of the issues arising from his latest book, 'East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity' (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2016). The conversation was led by Dr Sarah Nouwen (LCIL Deputy Director) and Dr Franziska Exeler (Faculty of History, University of Cambridge), and was followed by questions from the floor.

Nov 21, 2016 • 37min
'Late 19th-Century International Law: Between Facilitation and Constraint' by Doreen Lustig
The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular Friday lunchtime lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of aggression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual responsibility criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity.
This lecture, entitled 'Late 19th-Century International Law: Between Facilitation and Constraint', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 18th November 2016 by Doreen Lustig, Lecturer at Tel Aviv University.

Nov 14, 2016 • 43min
'Legal Capacity, State Responsibility, and the Use of Force' by Professor Jure Vidmar
The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular Friday lunchtime lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of aggression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual responsibility criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity.
This lecture, entitled 'Legal Capacity, State Responsibility, and the Use of Force', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 11th November 2016 by Jure Vidmar, Professor of Public International Law at Maastricht University.