Public International Law Part III

Oxford University

Lectures on international law issues by eminent scholars, practitioners and judges of national and international courts. The lecture series is brought to you by the Public International Law Discussion Group, part of the Law Faculty of the University of Oxford, and is supported by the British Branch of the International Law Association and Oxford University Press. Further details of this series can be found on the Public International Law -https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/research-subject-groups/graduate-discussion-group-index/public-international-law-discussion-group Oxford website.

  • 31 minutes 43 seconds
    A Weapon Is No Subordinate. Autonomous Weapons and the Scope of Superior Responsibility
    Dr. Alessandra Spadaro of Utrecht University outlines several challenges to the applicability of the doctrine of superior responsibility in the context of the use of autonomous weapons systems.
    24 February 2023, 1:35 pm
  • 46 minutes 26 seconds
    One Hundred Years of International Administrative Law: Is the Employment Law at International Organizations Working?
    Peter Quayle argues employment law of international organizations tends towards incoherence, however, mapping international administrative law onto a larger framework of international organizations law can realize a more workable version of the law.
    24 February 2023, 1:29 pm
  • 37 minutes 6 seconds
    Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at Sea: Informal Lawmaking in Action?
    Natalie Klein, Professor at UNSW Sydney, presents on the Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at Sea, adopted in March 2022 as an initiative of UK charity Human Rights at Sea, and on the Declaration's lawmaking potential. Natalie Klein, Professor at UNSW Sydney, presents on the Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at Sea, adopted in March 2022 as an initiative of UK charity Human Rights at Sea, and on the Declaration's lawmaking potential.
    20 January 2023, 11:02 am
  • 33 minutes 56 seconds
    Violent environments? Towards a political ecology of international law
    Dr Eliana Cusato, postdoctoral fellow at the Amsterdam Center for International Law, presents an overview of the key arguments in her book, 'The Ecology of War and Peace: Marginalising Slow and Structural Violence in International Law'.
    20 January 2023, 11:01 am
  • 54 minutes 23 seconds
    Climate Litigation in International Organs and Courts: The Torres Strait Islanders case
    Monica Feria-Tinta discusses a landmark 2022 decision of the UN Human Rights Committee which found that Australia failed to protect indigenous Torres Strait Islanders against adverse impacts of climate change, in breach of human rights law. Monica Feria-Tinta, is a barrister at Twenty Essex chambers
    20 January 2023, 10:59 am
  • 34 minutes 31 seconds
    Complicity in a War of Aggression
    Dr Nikola Hajdin outlines an analytical framework for criminal complicity in a war of aggression Dr Nikola Hajdin argues against the dominant view that a perpetrator of the crime of aggression must be in a position effectively to exercise control over, or direct, the political or military action of a state, and outlines an analytical framework for criminal complicity in a war of aggression
    20 January 2023, 10:57 am
  • 44 minutes
    Law of the Sea in the ‘Plasticene’
    Professor Karen Scott of the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, gives a presentation exploring the current regime complex for ocean plastics and considering how the law of the sea is likely to interact with a newly proposed plastics treaty.
    4 May 2022, 11:07 am
  • 29 minutes 21 seconds
    Revisiting Sovereignty and Recognition of Oppressive Governments; A focus on Myanmar
    Professor Errol P. Mendes of the University of Ottawa gives a presentation calling for a revisiting of the origins of the concept of sovereignty in Public International Law.
    8 April 2022, 12:59 pm
  • 29 minutes 40 seconds
    ‘Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown’: Recent developments regarding the immunities of heads of state and government
    Philippa Webb, Professor of Public International Law at King’s College London, gives a presentation on recent developments in English law in cases against current and former heads of state. Apologies that there was a brief technical issue shortly after the beginning of this recording.
    1 March 2022, 10:19 am
  • 32 minutes 22 seconds
    State Consent between Regionalism and Universalism: Particular Customary International Law before the International Court of Justice
    Freya Baetens, Professor of Public International Law at Oslo University, gives a presentation on how the International Court of Justice has addressed claims based on ‘regional’ customary international law.
    1 March 2022, 10:09 am
  • 51 minutes 38 seconds
    Six Faces of Globalization: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why It Matters
    Nicolas Lamp, Queen’s University, Canada gives a presentation to the Public International Law Discussion Group.
    24 January 2022, 5:38 pm
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