Archive of Events

15:00 - 17:30 | Event

This is a closed event on invitation only. Guest lectures by Craig Martin (Washburn University) on 'Climate Change from a National Security Perspective' and Hanna Bourgeois (KU Leuven) on 'Protection of Civilians in ...

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?'

16:00 - 18:00 | Event

Panel discussion based on the launch of the 2019 Annual Report on Universal Jurisdiction. The report highlights how universal jurisdiction is increasingly used all around the world to ensure accountability and ...

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'

18:00 - 16:00 | Workshop

The 2019 Frankfurt Investment Law Workshop addresses the challenges investor-state dispute settlement and substantive investment protection face in light of increasing digitalisation.

17:00 - 18:30 | Event

International institutional law has a binary character, being at the same time a domain of international law, but also a technical, splintered and pragmatic practice, fine-tuned to the managerial exigencies of ...

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 ...

09:45 - 16:15 | Workshop

International law today is marked by ‘judicialisation’ as a result of the proliferation of international courts and tribunals. Emphasis has been put on how international courts and tribunals actively make ...

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?'

15:00 - 18:00 | Lecture

In his lecture 'The International Criminal Court and the role of states' Shehzad Charania (UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office) will discuss the role of States in the system of the Rome Statute of the International ...

15:00 - 18:00 | Lecture

Clive Baldwin (Human Rights Watch) will discuss the allegations, investigations and court cases regarding the allegations of UK war crimes in Iraq.