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#LCIL24 Our Investor-State Disputes panel features chair Professor Mavluda Sattorova and speakers Andrea Menaker, White & Case, Christophe Bondy, Steptoe & Johnson, Catherine Drummond, 3VB and Jessica Gladstone, Clifford Chance. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/d8epCGpt
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#LCIL2024 will explore the effectiveness and limitations of existing legal principles & the ability of international law to address contemporary & future challenges. Our first plenary session is with members of the International Law Commission, find out more: https://bit.ly/LCIL2024
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Thank you to all those who attended the Young Public International Law Group (YPILG) Relaunch Event last week. Great to see many familiar and new faces among the international law community. 📣 Join our group and stay tuned for future events! www.ypilg.com
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Delighted to spread this news. Professor Dapo Akande is an exceptional international lawyer and member of the prestigious International Law Commission. We will be doing all we can to support his ICJ candidacy. https://lnkd.in/em-XvdFE
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Today UK Ambassador Joanna Roper announced that Professor Dapo Akande will be nominated for election as a judge to the International Court of Justice in 2026 by the UK National Group. See more - https://lnkd.in/efDbBGxJ Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - Legal
Chaired by FCDO Legal Director, Andy Murdoch, this panel will discuss the relationship between new technologies and international humanitarian law.
In the 75th anniversary year of the Geneva Conventions, #LCIL24 ‘Old and New: Changing Technologies in Warfare and International Humanitarian Law' panel will explore the implications of new technologies in warfare, strategic considerations and humanitarian impacts. https://bit.ly/LCIL2024
FCDO Legal Director Paul Berman will be joining Professor Rossana Deplano, Dr Gershon Hasin, and Dr Erin Pobjie to discuss the latest developments in space law at the London Conference on International Law
The final frontier? The Space Law panel at #LCIL24 will examine current developments in an area which is the subject of increasing international attention and concern. View the full programme: https://lnkd.in/edNtB-Uf
FCDO’s Nicholas Waddell will join an expert panel at the London Conference on International Law to discuss ‘Sanctions – is it really the West versus the Rest?’
Is it really ‘the West versus the Rest’? Join the the #LCIL24 Sanctions, Economic Measures, and the Use of Economic Coercion panel to explore the current sanctions practice of States and other international actors. Full information and speaker list: https://lnkd.in/edNtB-Uf