Judge Fausto Pocar (ICTY) on Contribution of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia to the Development of International Humanitarian Law
May 2021
The Jurisprudence of the Inter-American Human Rights System: Standard-setting or International Law-making?
Ignacio de Casas, Austral University, Argentina, gives a seminar for the PIL discussion group. The terms ‘international human rights standards’ or ‘inter-American human rights standards’ are often used by the Inter-American human rights bodies as almost a synonym for human rights ... Show More
41m 58s
May 2022
International Law, Politics and Ethics of Humanitarian Military Intervention
Dr Iacovos Kareklas, Visiting Fellow at the Changing Character of War Centre (CCW), presents a strongly argued thesis that there is a legal and moral right to unilateral humanitarian intervention which dates back to the Peloponnesian War. The presented paper adopts a fresh approa ... Show More
45m 28s
Feb 2021
Two Visions of the International Rule of Law
Professor Monica Hakimi, University of Michigan, gives a talk for the PIL discussion series. When we speak of the rule of law, we generally mean to describe the attributes that make law, as an enterprise, worthwhile--the qualities that lead us to aspire to live in a society gover ... Show More
33m 35s
Jan 2024
Episode 23: Unhappy New Year! Genocide in the Courtroom
In this episode, Dapo Akande, Marko Milanovic and Philippa Webb, joined by Mike Becker, discuss the oral hearings before the International Court of Justice on provisional measures in the South Africa v. Israel case, in which it is alleged that Israel is committing genocide in Gaz ... Show More
55m 26s