News and Events
Events in 2010
Fall 2010
Global Festive Reception
December 9, 2010
NYU Investment Law Forum: How bad is investor-state arbitration for the development of host countries? With Prof. Dr. August Reinisch, University of Vienna. Discussants: Prof. Jose Alvarez, NYU Law School and Luke Eric Peterson, Investment Law Project Affiliate and Publisher of Investment Arbitration Reporter (online).
December 6, 2010
The Joseph and Gwendolyn Straus Public Lecture Presented by Michael Walzer. Topic: "Global and Local Justice".
November 16, 2010
NYU Investment Law Forum: Provisional Measures in the ICJ and Investment Treaty Arbitration: Dialogue and Development. With Donald Donovan, Robert Howse and Ingo Venzke.
November 15, 2010
The Tikvah Annual Conference: The Enduring Legacy of Just and Unjust Wars - 35 Years Later. In conjunction with The Jean Monnet Center for International and Regional Economic Law & Justice, the European Journal of International Law, and the Institute for International Law and Justice, The Tikvah Center presented its first Annual Conference in Fall 2010. The conference honored the 35th anniversary of Michael Walzer’s seminal book, Just and Unjust Wars. Draft papers presented at the conference are available.
November 8-10, 2010
World Bank Legal Forum. Organized in partnership with NYU School of Law-IILJ.
November 8-9, 2010
Launch of New Report on Foreign Land Deals and Human Rights. The Center for Human Rights and Global Justice (CHRGJ) and the Institute for International Law and Justice (IILJ) launched a new CHRGJ report on foreign land deals and human rights. The launch included a panel discussion featuring Olivier De Schutter, U.N. Special Rapporteur on the right to food, and Professor Smita Narula, Faculty Director of CHRGJ and Associate Professor of Clinical Law. Event Flyer, NYU Law news coverage
October 28, 2010
A Conversation with the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo. This was a rare event to participate in a candid conversation with Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the first prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. Mr. Moreno-Ocampo agreed to answer questions from a distinguished panel consisting of Jose Alvarez, Gabriella Blum, James Jacobs and David Tolbert. Co-sponsored by IILJ, CHRGJ and HGLSP. Event flyer, Prosecutor and panelist bios, Webcast (video)[To view the webcast you will need the RealPlayer software. You may download the FREE software at www.real.com.] NYU Law news coverage, Pictures.
October 26, 2010
On Thin Ice: International Law and Environmental Protection in a Melting Arctic. JILP-ELJ symposium on Arctic Governance. Agenda
October 22, 2010
LCT Shannon Beebe and Prof. Mary Kaldor discussed their new book: “The Ultimate Weapon is No Weapon: Human Security and the New Rules of War and Peace” Moderator: Rob Howse, NYU School of Law Professor; discussants: Joanne Mariner, Human Rights Watch and Eyal Benvenisti, NYU School of Law Global Professor. Event flyer, Discussant's bios, Webcast (video)[To view the webcast you will need the RealPlayer software. You may download the FREE software at www.real.com.] NYU Law News coverage
October 18, 2010
The Domestic Consequences of International Human Rights Treaty Ratification, co-organized by Professors Ryan Goodman (NYU) and Beth Simmons (Harvard) and hosted by NYU School of Law’s Center for Human Rights and Global Justice. This conference brought together scholars from law and the social sciences working on the consequences of international law in the domestic setting.
October 15-16, 2010
NYU Investment Law Forum: International Investment Agreements in the UNCTAD World Investment Report 2010. Panel discussion with Elisabeth Tuerk, UNCTAD Secretariat. Discussants: Professor Jose Alvarez, NYU Law School; Dr. Efraim Chalamish, international lawyer and policy adviser; Dr. Americo Beviglia-Zampetti, Counsellor and Head of the Economic Section, Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations, NY; and Nikki Reisch, IILJ Scholar NYU Law School. Webcast (video) and PowerPoint presentation available here.
October 11, 2010
International Human Rights Litigation in U.S. Courts & the Alien Tort Statute (ATCA)
Paul Hoffman, NYU ’76, discussed bringing claims under the Alien Tort Statute, the principle statute used to litigate international human rights claims in U.S. courts.
October 7th, 2010
NYU Investment Law Forum: The Legal Theory of International Arbitration. With Emmanuel Gaillard, Shearman & Sterling and University of Paris XII. Discussants: George A. Bermann, Columbia Law School; and Joseph H. H. Weiler, Visiting Prof. Columbia Law School.
September 20th, 2010
Seminar: "The New Public Law in a Global (Dis)Order – A Perspective from Italy" (program and other seminar materials are available here) An initiative borne of the collaboration between the Jean Monnet Center at NYU School of Law and the Irpa (Institute for research on public administration).
September 19-20, 2010
Conference: Indicators as a Technology of Global Governance - a meeting of academics, practitioners, NGO representatives and policy makers.
Program (with video webcast of some sessions), Invitation, Pictures
September 13-14, 2010
Hauser Globalization Colloquium. Guest speakers included: Professors Eric Posner, Michael Doyle, Mary Dudziak, Tim Buthe, Kal Raustiala, Peter Katzenstein, Oona Hathaway, Scott Shapiro, Kathryn Sikkink, Benedict Kingsbury, and Beth Simmons.
Spring 2010
6th Global Administrative Law Viterbo Seminar: The Financial Crisis and the Global Regulatory Governance.
Viterbo, Italy. Pictures
June 11-12, 2010
Global Farewell Reception
April 27, 2010
Indicators Conference: Midiendo el Derecho: el uso de indicadores en el ejercicio poder global - a meeting of academics, practitioners, NGO representatives and government officials. Event flyer, agenda and conference webpages (Spanish).
Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia.
April 26-27, 2010
Book event: The Philosophy of International Law. With Samantha Besson, co-editor of the volume, Jean Cohen, Robert Howse, Benedict Kingsbury, Liam Murphy, Benjamin Straumann, Ruti Teitel, and Jeremy Waldron. Invitation, event flyer, News.
April 15, 2010
New Diplomacy and International Law: a discussion with Independent Diplomat. A discussion with senior team members of the organization, Independent Diplomat. ID provides confidential and independent advice and assistance in diplomatic technique and strategy to governments, political groups, international institutions and non-governmental organizations. Their work assists those facing complex international and political challenges to achieve their objectives. Independent Diplomat is a unique non-profit venture in the world of international relations, diplomacy and conflict prevention. The speakers discussed the negotiations they are and have been involved with as well as the role that international law plays in their work. Speakers: Carne Ross, Executive Director; Dean Bialek, UN Representative; Jennifer Lake, Legal Advisor. This panel was moderated by Brian Abrams (3L).
April 8, 2010
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon One Year On: Challenges and Achievements, with Dr. Guido Acquaviva. Sponsored by CHRGJ.
March 22, 2010
Conflict of Laws in International Commercial Arbitration - a three-day conference at the Verona University School of Law in Verona, Italy. This conference examined conflict of laws in various contexts, such as jurisdiction, procedure, and adjudication of the merits of a case. The center’s executive director, Franco Ferrari, currently the Inge Rennert Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at NYU and a professor at Verona University School of Law, delivered the opening remarks. On March 19, Linda Silberman, Martin Lipton Professor of Law, joined Ferrari to discuss what law should apply to the merits of an international dispute. Co-sponsored by the Center for Transnational Litigation and Commercial Law.
March 18, 2010
Tracking Human Rights Worldwide: A Conversation on Human Rights in the 21st Century and the State Department’s 2009 Country Reports. A conversation on the trends in human rights for the year 2009 and how those trends and the findings of the reports will influence the democracy and human rights goals of the Department for 2010, as well as those of non-governmental organizations and the United Nations. With Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, Mike Posner, Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions Philip Alston and Amnesty USA’s Executive Director, Larry Cox. Co-sponsored by the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice (CHRGJ) and the Hauser Global Law School Program. Event flyer, News and full event video, event pictures.
March 12, 2010
Panel discussion on Affluence and International Human Rights Law. Presentation by Dr. Margot E Salomon with Phillip Alston and Robert Howse as commentators. Co-sponsored by CHRGJ.
Background reading, abstract & bio, event flyer, event pictures.
March 11, 2010
NYU Investment Law Forum with Jose Alvarez: "Revisiting the Necessity Defense in the Argentina Cases". Commentators: Beth Simmons (Straus Fellow NYU; government professor, Harvard University) and Veronica Lavista (LLM candidate NYU; former attorney, Government of Argentina).
March 8, 2010
IILJ Scholars Conference. Extended discussion of research papers authored by IILJ Scholars. For a detailed Conference Program, please see Here.
March 5-6, 2010
Careers in International Development Panel. Panel about possible career paths for lawyers interested in international development. Panelists shared their thoughts on the role of law and lawyers in development and answered questions about the best ways to break into this field. Audio file of the session.
March 4, 2010
NYU Investment Law Forum with Robert Howse: "Custom in International Investment Law: Glamis Gold and other developments" Commentators: Benedict Kingsbury and Andreas F Lowenfeld.
February 8, 2010
NYU Investment Law Forum with Professor Joseph Weiler:"National Treatment and the Public Interest: the Hermeneutics of the Unwritten Exception." Commentators: Barry Appleton (Appleton & Associates International Lawyers, Toronto and Washington DC) and Robert Howse.
January 11, 2010
IILJ International Legal Theory Colloquium Spring 2010: The Turn to Governance: The Exercise of Power in the International Public Space. Convened by Professors Kingsbury and Weiler.
