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Upcoming Events 2007

Sydney Centre for International and Global Law invites you to a Public Lecture

The New System of International Justice in they Wake of the International Criminal Court

Dr Luis Moreno O'Campo Chief
Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court

Time: 6pm
Date: Wednesday 8 August 2007
Place: Assembly Hall, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, 173-175 Phillip Street, Sydney.

About the Lecture:

"The International Criminal Court is the first ever permanent judicial body vested with jurisdiction over genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.  The court has recently embarked on its first prosecutions, with the trial of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo in respect of crimes allegedly committed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including recruitment of child soldiers, underway in The Hague and arrest warrants having been issued in respect of two individuals in respect of the situation in Darfur, Sudan, and five individuals regarding the situation in Uganda.  An investigation into crimes allegedly committed in the Central African Republic has recently commenced.  At the same time as the Court becomes operational, further countries are solidifying their support for the Court and recognising its role in promoting peace and security and the rule of law with Japan expected to accede to the Court's statute shortly.  The Court's Prosecutor, Mr Luis Moreno-Ocampo, will address the new system of international criminal justice being spearheaded by the Court."

About the Speaker:

On 21 April 2003, the Assembly of States Parties elected Mr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo of Argentina as first Chief Prosecutor of the Court. Mr. Moreno-Ocampo has a distinguished career as prosecutor, trial attorney, university lecturer and legal strategist on issues ranging from international criminal justice to human rights law, corruption control and journalists’ protection.  From October to April 1984, he led the investigations into the case against 9 senior Army commanders, including 3 former heads of state, from the military juntas which ruled Argentina between 1976 and 1980. The subsequent trial, which was held between October 1984 and April 1985 and led to the sentencing of the 5 of the accused, was the first case brought against individuals responsible for mass killings since the Nuremberg Trial of Nazi officers. During the proceedings, Mr. Moreno-Ocampo presented arguments for 700 counts of “murder, kidnapping and torture,” calling 835 witnesses and citing thousands of documents.  He later prosecuted those responsible for mass killings during the 1987 and 1992 military rebellions in Argentina. For a decade after the so-called “Junta Trials,” Mr. Moreno-Ocampo was involved in several high profile cases of international criminal justice, including the extradition of the former Nazi officer Mr. Erich Priebke to Italy, the trial of Chilean secret police for the murder of General Carlos Prats and case against military commanders accused of malpractice during the Malvinas/Falklands war. A member of the global board of Transparency International, Mr. Moreno-Ocampo has also been a visiting professor at both Stanford University and Harvard University. He has resigned from all of these institutions in order to remain impartial during his tenure as Chief Prosecutor of the Court.

 

About Discussion Paper No. 1: “How and Why the GATT Works – Or Doesn’t”

Date: 23 March 2007
Speaker: Dr Brett G.Williams

The paper proposes that there are three essential conditions for the success of the GATT system: reciprocity, a strict prohibition on quantitative restrictions and a strict non-discrimination rule. The paper explains how deviations from these three rules threaten the operation of the system. The paper uses the framework to consider such issues as multi-functionality, special and differential treatment and preferential trading arrangements. For more details, click here.

About the Speaker

Dr Brett G. Wiliams is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law where he teaches on the law of the World Trade Organization.

About the SCIGL Discussion Paper Series:

It is intended that the SCIGL Discussion Paper Series will comprise republications of works of Centre Associates or publications of working versions of research which may later form part of a journal publication. The Discussion Paper Series for the Programme in Public International Economic Law will comprise both theoretical and practical legal analyses of issues in international economic law, including the law of the World Trade Organization.

Past Events

Chair In Human Rights - Inaugural Lecture

On 6 December 2006, Professor David Kinley, Australia's first Chair in Human Rights Law, the Sydney Law School's Professor David Kinley, presented his inaugural public lecture tonight titled "Human Rights Fundamentalisms".
Further information is available here

Annual Clayton - Utz Commercial Arbitration Lecture

On 27 September Dr Karl-Heinz Bocksteigel delivered the 2006 Clayton Utz Lecture in International Commercial Arbitration, titled "Enterprise vs
State: The New David and Goliath?" Further information is available here

The Trial of David Hicks

As part of a CLE programme at the Faculty of Law, the Centre co-sponsored this seminar, held on Wednesday 19 October 2005, 5:30 pm - 7:00pm

Moving On: Forced Migration and Human Rights

** Papers from this event now available under "Publications" **

Date: A one-day conference on Tuesday, 22 November, 2005 in the theatrette of NSW Parliament House, Sydney

Keynote speaker: Dr Guy Goodwin-Gill, University of Oxford

Dr Goodwin-Gill is one of the world¹s leading scholars in international refugee law. Currently a Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College at the University of Oxford, he was previously the Professor of International Refugee Law at Oxford, the Professor of Asylum Law at the University of Amsterdam, and worked for over a decade for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. He is the author of the premiere refugee law text, The Refugee in International Law, and was the founding editor of the International Journal of Refugee Law. He has published extensively in the areas of refugee law, human rights, humanitarian law, migration, terrorism and electoral law. From time to time, he also practises as a barrister from Blackstone Chambers in London.

Other speakers included: Justice Tony North (Federal Court of Australia), Rodger Haines QC (NZ), Assoc Prof Arthur Glass (UNSW), Assoc Prof Mary Crock (Sydney), Assoc Prof Susan Kneebone (Monash), Dr Pene Mathew (ANU), Dr Savitri Taylor (La Trobe), Dr JP Fonteyene (ANU), Dr Ben Saul (UNSW), Dr Jane McAdam (Sydney) and Jennifer Burn (UTS).

• Summary of Keynote Address (doc)
• Programme (pdf)

Corporate World and Human Rights

As a part of CLE programme at the Faculty of Law, the Centre co-sponsored
"Bhopal, 20 Years On: Corporate Responsibility for Human Rights Violations Today". The seminar was held on 1 December from 5pm-7.30pm.

10th Anniversary Law of the Sea Convention Symposium

This event, entitled "Strategic Directions for Australia and the Law of the Sea" was jointly hosted by the Centre and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
It was held in Canberra on 16 November 2004.
The Hon Alexander Downer MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, was a keynote speaker. Other guests included Prof Ivan Shearer AO, Bill Campbell QC, Emeritus Prof Victor Prescott, Dr Greg French and Centre`s Director Prof Don Rothwell.

Australia's Antarctic Agenda

Invitation-only symposium involving Centre Associates and colleagues from the University of Tasmania. Various topics included Continental Shelf and Deep Sea, Bioprospecting, Climate, Whaling, Sub-Antarctic Environmental Management.
This conference was held on 4-5 November 2004.

The ACT Human Rights Act Seminar, Friday 29 October.

The Centre, in conjunction with the Gilbert+Tobin Centre of Public Law at the UNSW, held this event, entitled "The ACT Human Rights Act 2004: Australia`s First Bill of Rights", on Friday 29 October at Theatrette, New South Wales Parliament House, Macquarie St, Sydney.
Please click the link for a brochure.
Paper presented by Dr. Helen Watchirs is available here.

The Future of Refugee Protection in Australia

with Graham Thom (Amnesty International) and Dr. Mary Crook (Faculty of Law, University of Sydney).
This Thursday luncheon seminar was held at the Assembly Hall, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, on Thursday 28 October at 12.30pm.

The Legal Dimensions of Australia's Foreign Policy

A series of landmark public forums in the lead-up to the 2004 Federal Election at which Australian political leaders will present their views as to the interface between Australian foreign policy and international law.

Senator Aden Ridgeway (Australian Democrats) and Tanya Plibersek MP (Labor, Member for Sydney).
"Human Rights and International Law in Australia: At the Crossroads"
Senator Aden Ridgeway`s speech can be found here.
Wednesday 6th October 2004, 1.15pm

Senator Kerry Nettle, Australian Greens, Senator for New South Wales
"Australian Foreign Policy and International Law"
Wednesday 25 August 2004, 1pm

 

The Hon Alexander Downer MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs
"Harnessing the International System for Peace and Prosperity"
Friday 13 August 2004, 1.15pm

Clayton Utz/University of Sydney International Arbitration Lecture

Professor William R Park
"Apes, Neanderthals and Missing Links:
Evolution in International Business Arbitration"
Wednesday 11 August 2004, Banco Court, NSW Supreme Court

Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law
2004 Annual Conference, 18-20 June

Conference Program
Conference Information

2004 Julius Stone Address

Professor David Kennedy (Harvard Law School)
17 June 2004, "Challenging Expert Rule: The Politics of Global Governance"

International Law Seminar Series

The Trials of David Hicks and Saddam Hussein, 7 June 2004

Maritime Law and International Security, 24 May 2004

The Australia/US Trade Agreement, 12 May 2004

Why have a World Trade Organization?
Focussing on the Welfare Effects of the Law of the WTO

A Symposium jointly hosted by the Institute for International Business, Economics and Law and the Sydney Centre for International and Global Law
Wednesday, 25th February 2004, National Wine Centre of Australia - Adelaide
Papers presented at the Symposium are now available.