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2026
January
2025
November
October
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Law School seminar with visiting scholar Dr. Ezeji Chiji Longinus
-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...
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ACCPIL hosts Dr Stijn van Deursen (Utrecht)
-On 10 October, the ACCPIL will host Dr Stijn van Deursen, Assistant Professor and Postdoctoral Researcher at the Molengraaf Institute for Private Law at Utrecht University. During his vist, he will deliver a guest seminar titled “Repositioning Courts between Litigating Parties, Society and Politics” at 1:00pm in Taylor C49. Abstract: In the Netherlands...
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Guest Lecture with Dr Alexander Maine on the For Women Scotland Judgment
-The Law School EDI Committee with support from the Centre for Constitutional and Public International Law and the Education Committee has organised a guest lecture by Dr Alexander Maine (City St George's, University of London) on the UK Supreme Court judgment in For Women Scotland. The event is part of a wider effort...
May
February
2024
February
2023
November
June
February
2022
June
April
March
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ACCPIL Seminar: Human Rights Reform and the Meaning of 'Public Authority' By Dr Erin Ferguson
-Human Rights Reform and the Meaning of ‘Public Authority’ Erin Ferguson In December 2021, the UK government published a consultation paper setting out its proposals to replace the Human Rights Act 1998 with a Bill of Rights. Amongst the questions it poses is whether a clearer definition of ‘public authority’ is needed...
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Reading Seminar: Allegations of Genocide under the convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide (Ukraine vs Russian Federation)
-The Aberdeen Centre for Constitutional and Public International Law is hosting a seminar for its memebers centred on Allegations of Genocide under the convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide (Ukraine vs Russian Federation)
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ACCPIL Seminar - The legal foundations of a people in outer space
-Within the framework of a colonisation of space, a physical distance could push the colonists to the refusal of any Earth legal order insofar as it would be difficult for the States on Earth to apply their sovereignty over these colonies. This factual situation could give rise to legal claims,...
February
2021
December
May
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Recent US Strikes in Syria: Broader Legal Issues
-Wednesday 26 May, 1-2pm, Teams Seminar: 'Recent US Strikes in Syria: Broader Legal Issues' by Professor Christian Henderson
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Can the European Union Rescue Captured National Courts?
-Professor Scheppele will discuss the domestic legal mechanisms through which the courts in Hungary and Poland have been captured and review the resources that exist in EU law to restore independent judiciaries. Kim Lane Scheppele is the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Sociology and International Affairs in the Princeton School of Public...
April
2020
December
November
May
February
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Conference on International Refugee Law
-The Aberdeen University Centre for Constitutional and Public International Law (CCCPIL) is pleased to host this expert conference on international refugee law: comparative policy perspectives from Asia and Europe. Featuring three world-leading experts in the field, the aim of this conference is to stimulate interest in current, real-world, challenges and...
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The Fine Line between Collective Self-Defence and Intervention by Invitation
-This seminar will show that the use of force against ‘IS’ in Syria has refined the line between the right of collective self-defence in reaction to a non-State armed attack and the legal title to military intervention by invitation of the territorial State.MR. CLAUS KRESS Professor and Director Institute of...
January
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Global Administrative Law and Cities: The Perfect Couple that Never Was
-Wednesday 29th January 2020, 12-1pm, Taylor Building A36: ‘Global Administrative Law and Cities: The Perfect Couple that Never Was’ by Edouard Fromageau
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Climate Change and the Voiceless: Protecting Future Generations, Wildlife, and Natural Resources
-Future generations, wildlife, and natural resources – collectively referred to as “the voiceless” in this presentation – are the most vulnerable and least equipped populations to protect themselves from the impacts of global climate change. Domestic and international law protections are beginning to recognize rights and responsibilities that apply to...
2019
November
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The prospects for an ambitious treaty on marine biodiversity for the high seas
-In this talk Joanna Mossop will describe the current state of negotiations for a new UN treaty on conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction. She will highlight some key points of contention in the negotiations and evaluate whether states are on track to achieve...
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'The State Theory of Hugo Grotius: Lessons for our Time?
-Grotius is not generally considered a state theorist, but a theorist and jurist of natural law. But his accounts of natural right, sociability and sovereign power – all building blocks of his carapace of a natural legal order – generate also an exoskeleton of political order that leans upon but is not reducible to the legal order...
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Implementing International Watercourses Law Through the WEF Nexus and SDGS: An Integrated Approach Illustrated in the Zambesi River Basin
-Wednesday 6th November 2020, 12-1pm, Old Senate Room: ‘Implementing International Watercourses Law Through the WEF Nexus and SDGS: An Integrated Approach Illustrated in the Zambesi River Basin’ by Professor Zeray Yihdego and Julie Gibson
October
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Environmental Rights in Cultural Context
-The seminar serves to discuss the Environmental Rights in Cultural Context (ERCC) project that Dirk Hanschel is currently conducting as a fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle, Germany. This project looks at laws in several countries of the Global South which have combined environmental protection...
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Litigating Climate Change under UNCLOS
-This seminar will discuss the role that litigation under Part XII of UNCLOS could play in enforcing states’ obligations to protect and preserve the marine environment from the effects of climate change. Inter-state litigation is a weapon employed by weaker states with limited diplomatic leverage over their bigger, more powerful...
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The Explanation of Judicial Decisions: An Empirical Approach
-Wednesday 9th October 2019, 12-1pm, OA-Edward Wright Building G73: ‘The Explanation of Judicial Decisions: An Empirical Approach’ by Professor Tamas Gyorfi
March
February
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Towards a State-Private Actor Partnership in Securing Cyberspace
-Wednesday 27th February 2019, 12-1pm, MacRobert Building 810: ‘Towards a State-Private Actor Partnership in Securing Cyberspace’ by Irene Couzigou
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Regulating Campaign Spending in the Age of the Internet
-Admission is free, no booking required
2018
December
October
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The Power(s) of Global Constitutionalism
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Due Diligence Obligation of States and Cyber-attacks: A Loose Cannon?
-Wednesday 3rd October 2018, 12-1pm, Sir Duncan Rice Library: ‘Due Diligence Obligation of States and Cyber-attacks: A Loose Cannon?’ by Enenu Okwori