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2021
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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...