ACIL Lectures

15:30 - 17:00 | Lecture

In "The Corporation, Law and Capitalism: A Radical Perspective on the Role of Law in the Global Political Economy," Grietje Baars (City, University of London) offers a radical Marxist perspective on the role of law ...

15:00 - 18:00 | Lecture

In this first guest lecture in the ACIL Global Justice Lecture series, Judge Chung from the International Criminal Court will speak about recent developments at the International Criminal Court (ICC).

15:30 - 17:00 | Lecture

During this lecture Karen J. Alter will interrogate what might happen to international law should America turn its back on the international liberal order. She argues that most substantive international law will also ...

16:00 - 17:30 | Lecture

On 16 May 2019 at 16.00 hrs, ACIL director and Professor for International Law and Social Justice will deliver his inaugural lecture entitled 'International Law and the Spectre of Inequality.'

19:30 - 21:00 | Lecture

During this HILAC-lecture, we will talk with researcher Marina Lostal Becerril about the protection of cultural heritage in armed conflicts. Marina researched the behaviour of armed non-state groups in Iraq, Mali, ...

12:00 - 13:00 | Lecture

During the ACIL luncheon to be held on 29 April, visiting fellow Prof. Craig Martin will give a talk entitled 'Defending Humanity from Threats to the Atmosphere: Climate Change and Jus ad Bellum’.

15:00 - 18:00 | Lecture

In his guest lecture entitled ‘Judging Cybercrime: not business as usual,’ Christiaan Baardman (Senior Judge at the Court of Appeal The Hague) will provide background information on the Expertise Center on Cybercrime ...

15:00 - 18:00 | Lecture

In his guest lecture entitled ‘Investigating Cybercrime,’ Jordy Mullers will discuss how criminal procedural law regulates the investigation of cybercrime by law enforcement officials.

12:00 - 13:00 | Lecture

The legal challenges of starting up an international institution, in particular one as complex as a multilateral development bank, are considerable. Peter Quayle (AIIB) explores the innovations afforded by the ...

12:00 - 13:00 | Lecture

In this internal luncheon, ACIL visiting fellow Hemi Mistry (University of Nottingham) discusses ongoing work in her research on 'Rebellious Jurisprudence: A Ritual Theory of Institutional Dissent?'

11:00 - 14:00 | Lecture

In his guest lecture entitled ‘A forensic perspective on digital data: digital investigations and digital evidence,' Zeno Geradts (Netherlands Forensic Institute) will give an overview of methods in digital ...

12:00 - 13:00 | Lecture

In this luncheon, Lea Raible (University of Maastricht) discusses ongoing work on her research on 'Jurisdiction and Justification.'

12:00 - 13:00 | Lecture

In this internal luncheon An Hertogen (University of Auckland) discusses ongoing work on her research on 'Due Diligence: An Effective Response to Transboundary Harm?'

15:30 - 17:00 | Lecture

Note: Due to illness of the speaker this event has been cancelled. (In this session Lianne Boer will discuss how writers of international law are present in their texts, but how they themselves often remain invisible ...

15:00 - 18:00 | Lecture

Richard Harvey (Greenpeace) will give a guest lecture entitled 'Litigating environmental destruction: problems and prospects for international criminal law and human rights proceedings.'

15:30 - 17:00 | Lecture

Public unrest, terrorist attacks, natural disasters and events of equal severity have in recent years prompted states to declare state of emergency. The permissibility of state of emergency under human rights law is ...

12:00 - 13:00 | Lecture

In this internal luncheon, ACIL professor Kevin Jon Heller discusses ongoing work on a paper on the topic of 'Key issues in the jus ad bellum and jus in bello during the Vietnam War'

15:00 - 18:00 | Lecture

During his guest lecture, James Lin will explore the changing face of torture and the increasing reliance on forensic evidence in torture investigation. He will also discuss the challenges of working with traumatised ...

17:15 - 18:45 | Lecture

Professor Hélène Ruiz Fabri (Max Planck Institute Luxembourg) will discuss how considering the relationship between domestic law and international adjudication in terms of complexity will lead us to deconstruct the ...

12:00 - 13:00 | Lecture

In this internal luncheon, ACIL criminal law professor Harmen van der Wilt discusses ongoing work on his forthcoming paper on 'Customary international law and lack of state practice in IHL/ICL: does it matter?'