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The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law is the scholarly home of International law at the University of Cambridge. The Centre, founded by Sir Elihu Lauterpacht QC in 1983, serves as a forum for the discussion and development of international law and is one of the specialist law centres of the Faculty of Law. The Centre holds weekly lectures on topical issues of international law by leading practitioners and academics. For more information see the LCIL website at http://www.lcil.cam.ac.uk/
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International Black Summit Interview Series
IBS Podcast
The International Black Summit Interview Series is a Podcast that interviews current and past participants and facilitators of the International Black Summit. The Podcast explores their Summit experiences and the ways in which they use the Summit Tools and Distinctions in their lives. The International Black Summit, Inc. is a 501c3, 100% volunteer-led organization. Founded by, attended by, and delivered to people of Black African descent committed to empowering and transforming the lives of ...
This podcast brings you an International Women's Day Series to explore feminism. We answer the questions: If feminism is just about equality, why do so many men and women find the term just a bit offensive? Should we be feminists? What is feminism all about today?Each episode contains an interview with some leading feminists! If you want to know more, listen now!
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LCIL International Law Seminar Series
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LCIL Friday Lecture: 'Digital Rights and the Outer Limits of International Human Rights Law' - Prof Yuval Shany, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Lecture summary: The lecture will explore the extent to which key normative and institutional responses to the challenges raised by the digital age are compatible with, or interact with, changes in key features of the existing international human rights law (IHRL) framework. Furthermore, it will be claimed that the IHRL framework is already changin…
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International Black Summit Interview Series
January 8, 2023 Black Summit Interviews Season 1, Episode #10 - KATHRYN COPPER, ROBBIN RANDOLPH & PERRY PARKS In this podcast episode, Glenn Greenidge and Grace Lawrence interview KATHRYN COPPER, ROBBIN RANDOLPH, and PERRY PARKS. Kathryn, Robbin and Perry are three of the Five OG’s (Five Original Facilitators) who facilitated the first IBS Annual E…
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LCIL International Law Seminar Series
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Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lecture 2022: 'International Law Futures' (Lecture 3): 'Replenishing the International Law Endowment in the Planetary Epoch' - Prof Benedict Kingsbury, NYU
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A series of three lectures by Benedict Kingsbury, New York University. Vice Dean and Murry and Ida Becker Professor of Law Director, Institute for International Law and Justice Faculty Director, Guarini Institute for Global Legal Studies. Benedict Kingsbury’s broad, theoretically grounded approach to international law closely integrates work in leg…
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LCIL International Law Seminar Series
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Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lecture 2022: 'International Law Futures' (Lecture 2): 'Infrastructure, Data & AI' - Prof Benedict Kingsbury, NYU
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A series of three lectures by Benedict Kingsbury, New York University. Vice Dean and Murry and Ida Becker Professor of Law Director, Institute for International Law and Justice Faculty Director, Guarini Institute for Global Legal Studies. Benedict Kingsbury’s broad, theoretically grounded approach to international law closely integrates work in leg…
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Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lecture 2022: 'International Law Futures' (Lecture 1): 'Futurities: International Law as Planning' - Prof Benedict Kingsbury, NYU
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A series of three lectures by Benedict Kingsbury, New York University. Vice Dean and Murry and Ida Becker Professor of Law Director, Institute for International Law and Justice Faculty Director, Guarini Institute for Global Legal Studies. Benedict Kingsbury’s broad, theoretically grounded approach to international law closely integrates work in leg…
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International Black Summit Interview Series
December 4, 2022 Black Summit Interviews Season 1, Episode #9 - Conrad Neblett In this podcast episode, Glenn Greenidge interviews CONRAD NEBLETT about how he effectively uses the Summit Tools and Distinctions in his career, in his life, and in the Summit. Conrad describes himself as an: IBS Facilitator, Entrepreneurial Artist, Teacher & Student of…
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LCIL Friday Lecture: 'Compensation under International Law and the International Law Commission' - Martins Paparinskis, UCL
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Lecture summary: ‘Is there an international law of remedies?’ asked Cambridge’s very own Christine Gray in 1985. The United Kingdom was sceptical in the 1993 UN General Assembly’s Sixth Committee, with a particular reference to compensation: ‘The international law of remedies was piecemeal and undeveloped … . Many of the authorities culled by the […
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International Black Summit Interview Series
November 6, 2022 Black Summit Interviews Season 1, Episode #8 - Alexis Pauline Gumbs In this podcast episode, Glenn Greenidge and Grace Lawrence interview ALEXIS PAULINE GUMBS about how she effectively uses the Summit Tools and Distinctions in her career, in her life, and in the Summit. Alexis Pauline Gumbs is cherished by a wide range of communiti…
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LCIL International Law Seminar Series
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LCIL Friday Lecture: 'Why Systemic Integration Matters Now' - Professor Campbell McLachlan KC
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Lecture summary: What explains the persistence of the idea of international law’s systematicity in view of its decentralised nature, constantly dependent upon the shifting consent of states and the vagaries of political will? To what extent can its systemic character endure and adapt as the tectonic plates of geo-politics shift? In this lecture, Ca…
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International Black Summit Interview Series
October 2, 2022 Black Summit Interviews Season 1, Episode #7 - Peter Trevor Wilson [AUDIO CORRECTION: The correct website for the IBS is BlackSummit.ORG (not .com)] In this podcast episode, Grace Lawrence interviews PETER TREVOR WILSON about how he effectively uses the Summit Tools and Distinctions in his career, in his life, and in the Summit. Pet…
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International Black Summit Interview Series
September 11, 2022 Black Summit Interviews Season 1, Episode #6 - Dr. Mwangaza Michael-Bandele In this podcast episode, Glenn Greenidge and Grace Lawrence interview DR. MWANGAZA MICHAEL-BANDELE about how she effectively uses the Summit Tools and Distinctions in her career, in her life, and in the Summit. Dr. Mwangaza Michael-Bandele—veteran educato…
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International Black Summit Interview Series
August 14, 2022 Black Summit Interviews Season 1, Episode #5 - Lorraine "Dr. Rain" Warren, PhD In this podcast episode, Glenn Greenidge and Grace Lawrence interview LORRAINE "DR. RAIN" WARREN, PhD about how she effectively uses the Summit Tools and Distinctions in her career, in her life, and in the Summit. Dr. Rain's career as a facilitator, educa…
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International Black Summit Interview Series
July 24, 2022 Black Summit Interviews Season 1, Episode #4 - Malika Redmond In this podcast session, Glenn Greenidge and Grace Lawrence interview Malika Redmond about her work as a former Youth Facilitator of the International Black Summit and as a leader in women's rights, racial justice, and youth empowerment who has effectively used the Summit T…
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International Black Summit Interview Series
June 5, 2022 Black Summit Interviews Season 1, Episode #3 - Ted Marsh In this podcast session, Glenn Greenidge and Grace Lawrence interview Ted Marsh about his work as a community Elder and master coach who effectively uses the Summit Tools and Distinctions in his work and in his life. Baba Ted Marsh is a community Elder and a master coach committe…
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LCIL International Law Seminar Series
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LCIL Friday Lecture: 'Where Vienna and Geneva meet: Treaty interpretation and the Geneva Conventions' - Jean-Marie Henckaerts, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
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Lecture summary: The Geneva Conventions were adopted more than 70 years ago. How has their interpretation evolved over time? This lecture will look at the application of the rules on treaty interpretation to ‘older’ treaties, such as the 1949 Geneva Conventions. It draws upon the experience the speaker has gained in updating the commentaries on the…
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LCIL International Law Seminar Series
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LCIL Friday Lecture: 'Judging ISIS Fighters Before Non-State Kurdish Courts in Syria: Is a Fair Trial Possible?'
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A lecture delivered by Professor René Provost, McGill University at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL) on 29 April 2022.Several hundred European ISIS fighters, reportedly including nine British men and fifteen British women, have been held without trial by Syrian Kurdish forces for several years. The UK, like many European governme…
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April 3, 2022 Black Summit Interviews Season 1, Episode #1 - Adrienne Coddett On April 3, 2022, we recorded the first International Black Summit Interview Podcast. In this inaugural podcast session, Glenn Greenidge and Grace Lawrence interview Adrienne Coddett about her work as an educator and sports coach in Ottawa, Canada who effectively uses the…
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LCIL International Law Seminar Series
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Online Discussion: 'New Critical Engagements with Humanitarian Law and International Justice'
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Friday, 18 March 2022 - 2.00pmLocation: Online webinarThis online event will be held from 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm.This event, divided into two panels, showcases recent scholarship in international criminal law and international humanitarian law. Transcending disciplinary boundaries and theoretical traditions whilst harnessing extensive archival research…
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LCIL Friday Lecture: 'Current issues in International Climate Law: The Paris Agreement and Beyond' - Prof Christina Voigt, University of Oslo
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Dr Christina Voigt is Professor of Law at the University of Oslo, Norway. She is an internationally renowned expert in international environmental law and teaches, speaks and publishes widely on legal issues of climate change, environmental multilateralism and sustainability.From 2009-2018, she worked as principal legal adviser for the Government o…
In the last in the series, I meet with leading male divorce coach Tom Nash and dig into a male perspective on where bias shows up in divorce. We talk about children, about mindset and blame. Tom Nash, better known as Mr Divorce Coach, is UK's premiere Male Divorce Coach. He is an international certified Coach and Master Practitioner in NLP, TimeLin…
There is a gulf between people’s perception of what the law is, and the reality of what it is. Kate and I discuss this and how this can create bias, in the fourth of the Breaking the Bias in Divorce series. In the fourth in the series, I meet Kate Daly, a creator of change who is the Co-Founder of Amicable, a top 100 UK start-up in the world of div…
Where does a lawyer feel bias shows up in divorce? In this episode we here first hand where bias for men and women exists. Ceri Griffiths meets Laura Naser, she is a Senior Associate in Family Law and author of "The Family Lawyer's Guide to Separation and Divorce - How to Get What You Both Want", a modern guide to a more amicable separation. Follow…
Only 2 in 10 divorces discuss pensions! Shocking!!! Ceri Griffiths meets Samantha Gould, she is Head of PR and Campaigns at NOW: Pensions. Sam’s work in promoting pension gaps have won her numerous awards including Women and the city Rising Start 2021, as well as being Shortlisted for UN Women UK Person of the year. Listen in to hear about the huge…
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LCIL International Law Seminar Series
The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL) and the Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS) held an online Rapid Response Seminar on the War in Ukraine on 7 March 2022.On the 24 February 2022 Russian troops launched a fully-fledged invasion of Ukraine after force had been used between the two countries in February 2014 with the annexing of…
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In Defence of the Gold Digger!!! In the first of our series Ceri speaks to Dr Sharon Thompson about the myths around divorce, specifically they dig into the gold digger trope. What impact does this terminology have? Does it have any basis in truth? What biases do we see when this phrase is used? If you are a woman divorcing or you work with women d…
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LCIL International Law Seminar Series
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LCIL Friday Lecture: 'Facebook as the New Sovereign? International Law’s Continued Struggle to Regulating Transnational Corporate Human Rights Abuses' - Prof Surya Deva, Macquarie University
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Lecture summary: The history of corporate human rights abuses is much older than the history of international human rights law. The activities of colonial corporations are a case in point. However, the relation between the state and corporations has changed significantly over the years. Unlike colonial corporations deriving their powers from the Ro…
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LCIL Friday Lecture: 'How should we think about agility?: Regulatory agility and new landscapes of global regulatory governance' - Prof Andrew Lang, University of Edinburgh Law School
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Lecture summary: In December 2020, the UK and five partners signed the 'Agile Nations Charter', reflecting its participants commitment to 'a more agile approach to rule-making ... to unlock the potential of innovation.' Around the same time, the World Economic Forum published a toolkit on 'Agile Regulation for the Fourth Industrial Revolution'. The…
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LCIL International Law Seminar Series
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LCIL Friday Lecture: 'Current challenges regarding deep sea mining and protection of ocean life beyond national boundaries' - Kristina M Gjerde, Senior High Seas Advisor, IUCN
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Lecture summary: The legal regime for deep seabed mining in the international seabed Area is a rare example of the international community joining forces to regulate a potential new industry in the interests of humankind as a whole. As set forth under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the international seabed Area a…
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LCIL Friday Lecture: 'International Law and the Politics of History' - Prof Anne Orford, Melbourne Law School
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Lecture summary: As the future of international law has become a growing site of struggle within and between powerful states, debates over the history of international law have become increasingly heated. In this lecture discussing her new book 'International Law and the Politics of History', Anne Orford explores the ideological, political, and mat…
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LCIL Friday Lecture: 'Road Not Taken: Comparative International Judicial Dissent' - Prof Jeffrey L Dunoff, Temple University, Beasley School of Law
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Lecture summary: Dissent has a long and controversial history in international adjudication. This lecture excavates a now-forgotten history of debate over dissent, and identifies competing claims regarding dissent’s effect on judicial legitimacy, independence, and legal doctrine. To evaluate these claims, I undertake a comparative study of dissent …
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LCIL Friday Lecture: 'Defending Social Rights during and beyond multiple global crises: Reflections on emerging challenges to the Right to Adequate Housing' - Prof Balakrishnan Rajagopal, Professor of ...
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Lecture summary: The talk will draw upon my recent report submitted to the UNHRC earlier this year.See: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Housing/Pages/CFI_20years_SR_adequate_housing.aspxBalakrishnan Rajagopal is currently a Professor of Law and Development at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology…
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LCIL Friday Lecture: 'The Lauterpacht Centre 1995-2014: Personal Recollections and Reflections' - Professor Roger O'Keefe, Bocconi University
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Lecture summary: From 1995, when he arrived in Cambridge, to 2014, when he left, Roger O'Keefe witnessed first hand the evolution and expansion of the small, somewhat homespun Research Centre for International Law into the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, one of the world's leading centres for the research, teaching, and discussion of publ…
