8 May 2014

SHARES Lecture: ‘Some Aspects of Plural Responsibility as Evidenced by International Jurisprudence’, by Robert Kolb

On 8 May 2014, Professor Robert Kolb will give a lecture entitled: ‘Some Aspects of Plural Responsibility as Evidenced by International Jurisprudence’.

From 1999-2002 Professor Kolb was a lecturer in Public International Law at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva. From 2002-2007 he was an associate Professor at the University of Bern, and from 2003-2008 an adjunct Professor at the University of Neuchatel. Robert Kolb has also taught at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights (and its predecessor institute) as well as the Catholic University of Milan, since 2002. As of 2007 he has been Professor of Public International Law at the University of Geneva. (more…)

19 June 2014

SHARES Lecture: ‘A Marxist approach to state responsibility’, by Bill Bowring

On 19 June 2014, Professor Bill Bowring will give a lecture entitled: ‘A Marxist approach to state responsibility’.

Bill Bowring is Professor of Law at Birkbeck, University of London, and is a practising barrister at Field Court Chambers, Gray’s Inn.

He joined the Law School in 2006, and is currently Director of Mooting, the Teaching Laboratory, and Director of the LLM/MA in Human Rights. He is also a Fellow of the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex, a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, and a Visiting Professor at the University of Northampton.  (more…)

3 April 2014

SHARES Lecture: ‘International Law – the Law of All Laws’, by Philip Allott

On 3 April 2014, Professor Philip Allott will give a lecture entitled: ‘International Law – the Law of All Laws’.

Philip Allott is Professor Emeritus of International Public Law at the University of Cambridge and a barrister at Gray’s Inn. He has been a Fellow of Trinity College since 1973, and a member of the Law Faculty of the University of Cambridge since 1976.

From 1960 to 1973, he was a legal adviser in the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office and a member of the Diplomatic Service. From 1965 to 1968, he was the legal adviser to the British Military Government in Berlin. (more…)

13 February 2014

SHARES Lecture: ‘Complementarity in the Line of Fire: The Catalysing Effect of the International Criminal Court in Uganda and Sudan’, by Sarah Nouwen

On 13 February 2014, Dr. Sarah Nouwen will give a lecture entitled: ‘Complementarity in the Line of Fire: The Catalysing Effect of the International Criminal Court in Uganda and Sudan’ on the occasion of the publication of her new book Complementarity in the Line of Fire: The Catalysing Effect of the International Criminal Court in Uganda and Sudan (Cambridge University Press, 2013).

Dr. Sarah Nouwen is a university lecturer in law at the University of Cambridge and fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law and of Pembroke College. Her book, Complementarity in the Line of Fire: The Catalysing Effect of the International Criminal Court in Uganda and Sudan (part of Cambridge Studies in Law and Society) explores whether, how and why the complementarity principle in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court has had a catalysing effect on the legal systems of Uganda and Sudan. She spent many months in both countries, interviewing officials, observing proceedings and searching documents to discover whether domestic legal reforms have taken place in response to the Court’s involvement.  (more…)

12 December 2013

SHARES Lecture: ‘Beyond the Black Box of the State: Shared Responsibility and the Federated Entity under International Law’, by Gleider Hernández

On Thursday 12 December 2013, Dr. Gleider I. Hernández will give a lecture entitled: ‘Beyond the Black Box of the State: Shared Responsibility and the Federated Entity under International Law’.

Dr. Gleider Hernández is lecturer at Durham University, where he is member of the Human Rights Centre, and of the research groups Islam, Law and Modernity and Law and Conflict. He is also a member of the Academic Review Board of the Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law. (more…)