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 criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity. This lecture, entitled 'How Does Customary International Law Change? The Case of State Immunity'', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 10 May 2013 by Dr Pierre-Hugues Verdier, Associate Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law, and chaired by Dr Michael Waibel, University Lecturer in Law, Cambridge. Please note, the question and answer sections of LCIL lectures are omitted to facilitate a free and frank discussion with participants. Contributors appear in their own individual capacity. Any views expressed are their own and do not necessarily reflect of the views of the Lauterpacht Centre or other related institution. For more information about the series, please see the Lauterpacht Centre website at http://www.lcil.cam.ac.uk This entry provides an audio source for iTunesU.

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 International Lawyer and Social Media', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 26 April 2013 by Professor Sarah Joseph, Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law at Monash University and chaired by Dr Roger O'Keefe, Senior Lecturer in Law, Cambridge and Deputy Director of the Lauterpacht Centre. For more information about the series, please see the Lauterpacht Centre website at http://www.lcil.cam.ac.uk Please note, the question and answer sections of LCIL lectures are omitted to facilitate a free and frank discussion with participants. Contributors appear in their own individual capacity. Any views expressed are their own and do not necessarily reflect of the views of the Lauterpacht Centre or other related institution. This entry provides an audio source for iTunesU.

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 criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity. This lecture, entitled 'Too Much History: The Growth of the ius contra bellum', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 3 May 2013 by Professor Randall Lesaffer, Professor of Legal History at Tilburg University, and chaired by Dr Sarah Nouwen, University Lecturer in Law, Cambridge. Please note, the question and answer sections of LCIL lectures are omitted to facilitate a free and frank discussion with participants. Contributors appear in their own individual capacity. Any views expressed are their own and do not necessarily reflect of the views of the Lauterpacht Centre or other related institution. For more information about the series, please see the Lauterpacht Centre website at http://www.lcil.cam.ac.uk This entry provides an audio source for iTunesU.

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 2010-11 Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lecture series, entitled 'The United Nations of the Future. The Role of International Law' was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge, by Dr Nico Schrijver, Chair of Public International Law, Leiden University and President of the International Law Association, from Tuesday 22nd to Friday 24th February 2011. This part, entitled 'The Role of International Law in UN Reform' was the second of the three lectures given. Unfortunately, the third lecture in the series was not recorded.

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 2010-11 Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lecture series, entitled 'The United Nations of the Future. The Role of International Law' was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge, by Dr Nico Schrijver, Chair of Public International Law, Leiden University and President of the International Law Association, from Tuesday 22nd to Friday 24th February 2011. This part, entitled 'Introduction and UN Reform during the first sixty-five years' 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 'The True Nature of International Law', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 8 March 2013 by Professor Philip Allott, Emeritus Professor of International Public Law, University of Cambridge and chaired by Dr Sarah Nouwen. Unusually for LCIL lectures, the question and answer section of this lecture has been retained. For more information about the series, please see the Lauterpacht Centre website at http://www.lcil.cam.ac.uk This entry provides an audio source for iTunesU.

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 'Reducing Genocide to Law: Definition, Meaning, and the Ultimate Crime', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 22 February 2013 by Professor Payam Akhavan, Professor of International Law, McGill University. For further reading on the topic, please see Professor Akhavan's book, Reducing Genocide to Law, published in 2012 by Cambridge University Press. 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 (Photo: Cover extract from Akhavan, 'Reducing Genocide to Law', CUP, 2012 showing Eleanor Roosevelt dining with delegates in Paris during the 1948 meeting of the UN General Assembly at which both the Genocide Convention and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights were adopted.) This entry provides an audio source for iTunes U.

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 'Credit Rating Agencies: Using Indicators to Measure Transnational Governance Responses to the Global Financial Crisis', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 15 February 2013 by Professor Mary E.. Footer, Professor of International Economic Law, University of Nottingham 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 (Photo credit: Durand/The Telegraph)

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 International Criminal Court's Role in Promoting International Justice - A Comparison of the Sudan, Kenya and Libya Situations', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 1 February 2013 by Mr Karim Khan QC and Mr Rodney Dixon both of Temple Garden Chambers, London. 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 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 'Amity, Enmity and Identity', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 25th January 2013 by Dr Rory Brown, Barrister, 9 Stone Buildings, London and author, inter alia, of 'Fighting Monsters: British-American War-making and Law-making' (Hart, 2011). For more information about the series, please see the LCIL website at http://www.lcil.cam.ac.uk (Photo credit: Cristian V.)