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Please join us for a presentation by visiting researcher Antonio Foti, PhD candidate at the University of Milan. Antonio will deliver a paper based on the research he has been carrying out at Aberdeen (hosted by the Centre for Constitutional and Public International Law), followed by a Q&A session.  ‘Future Generations...

Co-hosted with the Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society, and the Rule of Law (CISRUL), this seminar is part of the series ‘What Is a Constitution? Reading Towards a Problem’. Building on our earlier reading seminars on environmental constitutionalism and economic constitutionalism, this seminar will examine the connections between the two forms of...

This reading seminar is being co-organised with the Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society, and the Rule of Law (CISRUL). Led by PhD researcher Boglárka Vincze, this seminar is part of the series ‘What Is a Constitution? Reading Toward a Problem’. Participants will be provided with further details on the readings before the seminar.  The...

Co-hosted with the Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society, and the Rule of Law (CISRUL), this seminar is part of the series ‘What Is a Constitution? Reading Towards a Problem’. Daisy Mugadza will lead a discussion on economic constitutionalism. The session will take the form of a reading seminar, intended to serve as...

The aim of the seminar is to examine how the notion of “online safety” has evolved from a focus on cybersecurity to a broader regulatory concern encompassing content, behaviour, and platform governance. Valère will show how platforms, regulators, and user communities each shape competing definitions of safety, revealing tensions between...

The Aberdeen Centre for Constitutional and Public International Law (ACCPIL) invites you to a one-day workshop on the theme 'Outlier or Leader?: Scotland's Approach to Human Rights and International Law'.  International human rights law leader, or outlier in the international system? The Scottish approach to international norms and human rights law...

Organised by the Aberdeen Centre for Constitutional and Public International Law (ACCPIL) and the Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society & Rule of Law (CISRUL)

ACCPIL member and Professor in Intellectual Property (IP) Law Abbe Brown has continued her contribution to the UN Marine Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) landscape. Abbe has partnered with Professor Marcel Jaspars (University of Aberdeen, Chemistry), the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and the Deep Ocean Stewardship Initiative...

How can citizens know how they ought legally to behave? The answer may seem simple: they should look at the laws of their country. If a law requires some action, they legally ought to perform it. If a law forbids it, they legally ought not to perform it. And if...

On 22 October, the School of Law and the Centre for Constitutional and Public International Law will host a guest seminar with ACCPIL's visiting researcher Dr. Ezeji Chiji Longinus (University of Johanessburg). All staff and students are very welcome to join in Taylor C11 from 1:00-2:00pm. Title: Evaluating the Responsive Uses of Artificial...