
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

Feb 4, 2015 • 29min
'International Law's Objects' by Dr Jessie Hohmann
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 'International Law's Objects' was delivered on Friday 24 October 2014 by Dr Jessie Hohmann, Lecturer, Queen Mary, University of London. For more information about the series, please see the LCIL website at www.lcil.cam.ac.uk

Nov 21, 2014 • 44min
'The Principle of Legality in Foreign Relations' by Professor Campbell McLachlan
The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL) and the Centre for Public Law (CPL) hosted a guest lecture entitled 'The Principle of Legality in Foreign Relations', which was delivered at the Faculty of Law on 17 November 2014 by Professor Campbell McLachlan, Professor of International Law in Victoria University of Wellington.
For more information about the series, please see the LCIL website at www.lcil.cam.ac.uk and the CPL website at www.cpl.law.cam.ac.uk

Oct 23, 2014 • 33min
'The Changing Structure of International Law and Its Normative Consequences: International IP Law as an Example' by Dr Holger Hestermeyer
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 Changing Structure of International Law and Its Normative Consequences: International IP Law as an Example' was delivered on Friday 17th October 2014 by Dr Holger Hestermeyer, Référendaire in the cabinet of Advocate General Cruz Villalón at the Court of Justice of the European Union. For more information about the series, please see the LCIL website at www.lcil.cam.ac.uk

May 12, 2014 • 27min
'Big Brother's Little Helpers: Corporate Responsibility under Human Rights Law and Intelligence Gathering' by Dr Yael Ronen
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 'Big Brother's Little Helpers: Corporate Responsibility under Human Rights Law and Intelligence Gathering' was delivered on Friday 9th May 2014 by Dr Yaël Ronen, senior lecturer of public international law at Sha'arei Mishpat Law School, Israel, and academic editor of the Israel Law Review (Cambridge University Press). For more information about the series, please see the LCIL website at www.lcil.cam.ac.uk

May 7, 2014 • 46min
'International Law and the Global Green Economy' by Dr Markus Gehring
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 'International Law and the Global Green Economy' was delivered on Friday 2nd May 2014 by Dr Markus Gehring, Deputy Director of the Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS), Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge and a Fellow of LCIL. For more information about the series, please see the LCIL website at www.lcil.cam.ac.uk

Apr 28, 2014 • 36min
'Rights for others: the slow home-coming of human rights in the Netherlands' by Professor Barbara Oomen
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 'Rights for others: the slow home-coming of human rights in the Netherlands' was delivered on Friday 25th April 2014 by Professor Barbara Oomen of Utrecht University. For more information about the series, please see the LCIL website at www.lcil.cam.ac.uk

Mar 19, 2014 • 54min
'The Role and Limits of International Law in Settling the South China Sea Dispute' by Professor Taisaku Ikeshima
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 Role and Limits of International Law in Settling the South China Sea Dispute', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday, 14 March 2014 by Professor Taisaku Ikeshima, School of International Liberal Studies (SILS), Waseda University, Japan , and chaired by Dr Brendan Plant, Cambridge.
Please note, the question and answer sections of LCIL lectures are omitted to facilitate a free and frank discussion with participants.
For more information about the series, please see the Lauterpacht Centre website at http://www.lcil.cam.ac.uk

Mar 13, 2014 • 43min
'Who may exercise the International Residual Responsibility to Protect?' by Professor Ademola Abass
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 True Nature of International Law', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 7 March 2014 by Professor Ademola Abass, United Nations University Comparative Regional Integration Studies, Belgium, and chaired by Professor Marc Weller, Cambridge.
Please note, the question and answer sections of LCIL lectures are omitted to facilitate a free and frank discussion with participants.
For more information about the series, please see the Lauterpacht Centre website at http://www.lcil.cam.ac.uk

Mar 6, 2014 • 40min
'Stability and Change in Times of Fragmentation. The Limits of Pacta sunt Servanda revisited' by Professor Christina Binder
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 'Stability and Change in Times of Fragmentation: the limits of Pacta sunt Servanda revisited', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 28 February 2014 by Professor Christina Binder, Associate Professor of International Law at the Department of European, International and Comparative Law of the University of Vienna.
Please note, the question and answer sections of LCIL lectures are omitted to facilitate a free and frank discussion with participants.
For more information about the series, please see the Lauterpacht Centre website at http://www.lcil.cam.ac.uk

Feb 28, 2014 • 49min
Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lectures 2013-2014 'International Law and the Art of Peace. Part III: Attracting Law Compliance' by Professor Mary Ellen O'Connell
The Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lecture is an annual lecture series given in Cambridge to commemorate the unique contribution to the development of international law of Sir Hersch Lauterpacht. These lectures are given annually by a person of eminence in the field of international law and a revised and expanded version of the lectures is usually published in the Hersch Lauterpacht Lecture Series by Cambridge University Press. The lecture comprises three parts, delivered on consecutive evenings, followed by a Q&A session on the fourth day.
The 2013-2014 Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lecture series, entitled 'International Law and the Art of Peace' was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge, by Professor Mary Ellen O'Connell, Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law and Research Professor of International Dispute Resolution at the Kroc Institute for Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame , from Monday 17 to Thursday 20th February 2014.
This part, entitled 'Attracting Law Compliance' is the third of the three lectures given.