LCIL International Law Centre Podcast

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

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

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

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

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.

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 'Revitalizing the Practice of International Dispute Resolution' is the second of the three lectures given.

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 'Understanding the Higher Norm against Aggression' is the first of the three lectures given.

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 'Transformative Occupation and Creeping Unilateralsim', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 21 February 2014 by Professor Gregory H. Fox, Wayne State University School of Law. 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 LCIL website at http://www.lcil.cam.ac.uk

The 4th European Society of International Law (ESIL) biennial conference was held in Cambridge, UK, on 2-4 Sept. 2010. The theme of the conference was "International Law 1989-2010: A Performance Appraisal". Hosted by the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, the Conference was an outstanding success, with over 350 participants gathering to appraise the performance and direction of international law and international institutions from the end of the cold war to 2010 and beyond. This is a recording of the closing plenary session, and features: Professor James Crawford, Dr Anne Lagerwall, Dr Amanda Perreau-Saussine, Dr Thomas Skouteris, Dr Guglielmo Verdirame, Dr Jochen von Bernstorff, and Professor Andrew Hurrell.

The 4th European Society of International Law (ESIL) biennial conference was held in Cambridge, UK, on 2-4 Sept. 2010. The theme of the conference was "International Law 1989-2010: A Performance Appraisal". Hosted by the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, the Conference was an outstanding success, with over 350 participants gathering to appraise the performance and direction of international law and international institutions from the end of the cold war to 2010 and beyond. This is a recording of the opening plenary session, and features: Professor James Crawford, Professor Hélène Ruiz Fabri, Professor Sir Elihu Lauterpacht, Professor Andrew Hurrell, Sir Daniel Bethlehem, Professor Jutta Brunnée, Judge Bakhtyiar Tuzmukhamedov and Judge Xue Hanqin.