ACIL Lectures
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09Oct2017Read more
The United States and International Human Rights Law
15:30 - 17:00 | Lecture
The United States has an uneasy relationship with international human rights law. In this lecture, Professor David Sloss will address the origins and implications of the US's schizophrenic approach to human rights law.
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04Oct2017
Read moreMark Drumbl: 'Tragic Perpetrators and Imperfect Victims'
18:00 - 19:30 | Lecture
The Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL) and the T.M.C. Asser Instituut invited Professor Drumbl to lecture about the relationship between and roles of victims and perpetrators under the title of 'Tragic ...
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27June2017Read more
ACIL Luncheon
12:00 - 13:00 | Lecture
In this ACIL Luncheon, Letizia Lo Giacco will present her paper on the practice by both national and international courts of citing previous judicial decisions rather than primary sources in their decisions.
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25Apr2017Read more
ACIL Luncheon
13:00 - 14:00 | Lecture
In this ACIL Luncheon, Luca Bonadiman inquires into the notion of faith, with particular reference to international law.
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15Dec2016Read more
Framing Proportionality: Rationality and Cognitive Biases (ACIL Lecture)
16:00 - 17:30 | Lecture
Prof. van Aaken will present a paper that addresses certain features of proportionality analysis which may influence the outcome of the decision due to biases and heuristics of the relevant decision-makers.
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01Dec2016Read more
Using International Law to Shape Foreign Policy (ACIL Lecture)
17:15 - 18:45 | Lecture
Dr. Kattan will present an article that looks at the attempts of government legal advisers to invent new codes that seek to establish new rules on the use of force in international law.
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16Nov2016Read more
Constitutional Blasphemy and Liminal Crisis? (ACIL Lecture)
16:00 - 17:30 | Lecture
Prof. Rajkovic will present a paper that discusses the Rome Statute and its 'gravity' threshold as a synonym and antonym of penal accountability.
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13Oct2016Read more
The Simplification of the Law of Extradition at a Global Level (ACIL Lecture)
16:00 - 17:30 | Lecture
Prof. Neil Boister will present a paper that addresses double criminality in the law of extradition.
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13Sept2016Read more
International Social Reform and the Invention of Development (ACIL Lecture)
16:00 - 17:30 | Lecture
Dr. Guy Sinclair will present a paper which traces the origins of postwar development theory and practices to the interwar international movement for social reform spearheaded by the International Labor Organization.
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09June2016Read more
The Authority of International Law (ACIL Lecture)
16:00 - 17:30 | Lecture
Dr. Başak Çali will address the question whether a critical reconstruction of the authority of international law is desirable and if so, what direction this must take.
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20May2016Read more
The Viability of Including Incitement to Aggression in the Catalogue of International Crimes (ACIL Lecture)
16:00 - 17:30 | Lecture
Prof. Gregory Gordon will present a paper which considers whether 'incitement to aggression' may be a viable crime.
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12May2016Read more
Two Types of International Law Historiography in International Humanitarian Law (ACIL Lecture)
16:00 - 17:30 | Lecture
Dr. Rotem Giladi will identify, demonstrate, explain, and critique two historiographic types used in the writing of the past of international humanitarian law.
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21Apr2016Read more
Global Commons (ACIL Lecture)
16:00 - 17:30 | Lecture
Dr. Surabhi Ranganathan presents a paper which offers a critical account on the origins of the concepts ‘the tragedy of the commons’ and ‘the common heritage of mankind’.
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05Apr2016Read more
Proportionality and Deference in Investor-State Arbitration (ACIL Lecture)
16:00 - 17:30 | Lecture
Dr. Caroline Henckels will speak about the topic of her new book 'Balancing Investment Protection and Regulatory Autonomy: Proportionality and Standards of Review in Investor-State Arbitration'.
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11Feb2016Read more
The WTO and International Investment Law (ACIL Lecture)
16:00 - 17:30 | Lecture
Prof. Jürgen Kurtz will speak about the first chapter of his upcoming book about the growing connection between trade and investment law.