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University puts water governance in Africa under the spotlight
Experts from the University of Aberdeen’s Centre for Constitutional and Public International Law helped lead discussions on the future of transboundary water governance in Africa this week as part of a global forum focused on advancing water resources knowledge, policy and management. Nearly half the population of Africa have no access...
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Law Expert and PhD Student participate in University Côte d'Azur Summer School
Dr Irene Couzigou, expert in Public International Law, and PhD student, Alina Holzhausen, recently attended a four-day International Summer School in Nice.
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Dr Fromageau contributed to the Research Handbook on International Law and Cities
Dr Edouard Fromageau wrote a chapter on Global Administrative Law (GAL) and Cities in the just published Research Handbook on International Law and Cities (edited by Helmut P.Aust, Janne E. Nijman and Miha Marcenko). This groundbreaking Research Handbook provides a comprehensive analysis and assessment of the impact of international law...
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Law Academics Will Take Part in a Funded Erasmus and Strategic Partnership on Digitalization in Law
Digitalization has transformed almost all aspects of our society, including the legal profession. Legal education, however, is still trying to bridge the gap between emerging technologies and their implications for legal practice, on the one hand, and the knowledge and skills that our graduates need for the digital age, on...
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Dr Yiallourides participates in Lebanese public webinar
On Tuesday 13th April our Dr Constantinos Yiallourides participated in a public webinar organised by the Lebanese Oil and Gas Initiative (LOGI) and the Lebanese Transparency Association (TLA) to discuss progress and next steps concerning the delimitation of Lebanon’s maritime boundaries in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea and principles of good...
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Dr Yiallourides received the 2020 International Law Association Scholarship Award
Dr Constantinos Yiallourides gave a speech at the Closing Ceremony of the International Law Association (ILA) Biennial Conference Kyoto, Japan. The general theme of the Conference, held between 29 November- 13 December 2020, was 'Bridging for the Future'. Delegations examined how international law can bridge the past, present and future...
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Dr Irene Couzigou presented a paper in the Cyberlaw section of the Society of Legal Scholars
Dr Irene Couzigou presented a paper in the Cyberlaw section of the Society of Legal Scholars at the beginning of September titled ‘‘Public-Private Partnership in Securing Cyberspace’’. She published two articles in the same month: ‘‘A Necessary Harmonised Criminalisation of Online Acts Precursor of Terrorism’’, Internet Law Bulletin, 2020, no. 3, 46-51; and...
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A major work and policy brief led by Prof Yihdego has been published on the Global Water Forum
A major research work and policy brief led by our Professor Zeray Yihdego has been published on the Global Water Forum website (https://globalwaterforum.org/2020/04/16/international-law-connotations-of-us-mediated-blue-nile-dam-negotiations-and-outcomes-background/). The four-piece work concerns itself with the challenges arising between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia due to the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and the...
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Conference on International Refugee Law organised by School of Law experts
Last month, the Research Centre for Constitutional and Public International Law organised an expert conference on international refugee law: comparative policy perspectives from Asia and Europe. Featuring law faculty members and researchers from Kobe University (Japan), the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (London) and De Montfort University (Leicester),...
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New research publication from Dr Constantinos Yiallourides and Prof Roy A Partain
"Offshore Methane Hydrates in Japan: Prospects, Challenges and the Law"