News and Events
2007
Fall 2007
IILJ and Global Programs Festive Reception
December 3, 2007
United Nations Secretary-General’s Colloquium on Climate Change at NYU
Speakers included UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, former US President Bill Clinton and academic experts from around the world.
November 28 - 29, 2007
Overview, List of Participants, Photo Gallery
Legal Cultures in Muslim Societies
The first event in a series, Legal Cultures in Muslim Societies, sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the CLS. Discussion with Noah Feldman of Harvard Law School and Nathan Brown of George Washington University.
November 16
Privacy in the Age of National Security
Panels examined the evolution of the right to privacy in the wake of the Patriot Act and subsequent policies. The conference also addressed how these policies affect citizens and the private sector among other issues. It featured panelists from the FBI, IBM, NYU School of Law, the Washington Post, and others. Sponsored by the CLS.
November 14
Colloquium: Law and Globalization from Below: Toward a Post-Westphalian Theory of Transnational Legal Mobilization.
Sponsored by NYU Law and Society. Speaker: Cesar Rodriquez-Garavito, University of The Andes (Bogota, Columbia) and Fellow of the Institute for Legal Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
November 13
International Administrative Tribunals in a Changing World Conference
Co-sponsored by the IILJ and the United Nations Administrative Tribunal.
November 9 Proposed program
IILJ Friday Speaker Series: Tracing responsibility: Missing links?
This session had Marie Jacobsson, member of the UN International Law Commission as guest speaker and Professor Thomas Franck as commentator.
November 2
IILJ@UN. Seminar on the Security Council and the Rule of Law
Held at the UN, in the series co-convened by the IILJ and the Austrian Mission to the UN.
November 1
The 12th Annual Herbert Rubin and Justice Rose Luttan Rubin International Law Symposium: The Future of a Continent: Law and Policy of Sub-Saharan African Children
Presented by the New York University Journal of International Law and Politics.
October 29
A Climate for Justice? Equity Imperatives in the Legal Response to Climate Change Symposium
October 26
Agenda
Panel Discussion with Profs. Manfred Nowak and Meg Satterthwaite: CIA “Black Sites” and Rendition in the Spotlight
Sponsored by CHRGJ.
October 25
IILJ Friday Speaker Series
This session focused on tax law, with Visiting Professor Mitchell Kane as guest speaker and Professor Kevin Davis as commentator.
October 19
The Emilio Mignone Lecture on Transitional Justice
Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, senator for Buenos Aires and presidential candidate for the Argentine October 2007 elections, discussed transitional justice with Judge Baltazar Garzon, Judge of the Spanish “Audiencia Nacional” (High Criminal Court). Sponsored by ICTJ and CHRGJ.
September 24
IILJ Friday Speaker Series
The first session of the academic year focused on human rights, with Professor Ryan Goodman of Harvard Law School as guest speaker, and Professor Philip Alston as commentator.
September 21
Talk and Reception with the Rt. Honorable Justice Lawrence Collins: Practicing International Law in the Private Sector
September 7
Global Programs Welcome Reception
September 7
IILJ Scholars Welcome Dinner
September 7
SUMMER 2007
Viterbo III Seminar on Global Administrative Law, Viterbo, Italy
Theme: Participation of Private Actors in Global Administrative Law.
June 15-16, 2007
SPRING 2007
Signs of Crisis: Religious Conflict, Human Rights and the New Documentary Film in Southern Asia
May 17-19
Annual Emile Noël Lecture: The State of the (European) Union
José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission
April 26
IILJ JD-LLM Scholars, LLM Thesis Drafts Workshop
April 13
Secrecy and Government: America Faces the Future
Convened by The Center on Law and Security
April 12
Panel Discussion: Implications of the World Court's Decision in the Genocide Case (Bosnia v. Serbia)
Panelists: Santiago Villalpando and Professors Thomas M. Franck, Benedict Kingsbury and David Golove
April 12
Background readings: 1, 2, 3, 4 and panel report.
Fourth Annual Emerging Human Rights Scholarship Conference
April 6
Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law
March 28-31, 2007
Symposium: The United Nations & Three Challenges of the 21st Century: Peace and Security, the Promotion of Human Rights, and the Reduction of Poverty
Convened by the International Law Society
March 29, 2007
The Security Council and the Individual: Rights and Responsibilities
IILJ@UN Series. Convened jointly by the Austrian Mission to the U.N. and the IILJ.
Speakers included Ms. Louise Frechette (Centre for International Governance Innovation; former Deputy Secretary-General); Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy (Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict); Mr. Nicolas Michel (UN Legal Counsel and Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs).
March 27, 2007
Regulating the Private Commercial Military Sector (closed workshop)
March 22-24, 2007
Seminar: Outsourcing of Public Activities in Comparative Law
Paris, France
March 23, 2007
Global Administrative Law workshop, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Convened jointly by the University of San Andres and the IILJ
March 9-10, 2007
ILS Panel: International Legal Careers in the Public Sector
Co-sponsored by PILC
March 6, 2007
Symposium: The Mirage of the State: Fragmentation, Fragility, and Failure and the Implications on Law and Security
Sponsored by the Journal of International Law and Politics, the IILJ, and the Center for Law & Security
March 1, 2007
Conference: Iraq, Iran & Beyond: America Faces the Future
Presented by The Center on Law and Security
January 24, 2007
