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Migration, Refugees and International Law: Spring Meeting 2016

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On Wednesday 25 May 2016 the Spring Meeting was held in The Hague on the subject:

 

MIGRATION REFUGEES AND INTERNATIONAL LAW

Drs. Bram van Ojik
Special Envoy for Migration,
 Netherlands
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mr. Flip Schüller
Lawyer at Prakken d’Oliveira,
Amsterdam

and

Dr. Hans van Loon
Former Secretary-General of the Hague Conference on 
Private International Law

Asylum, migration and refugee issues dominate the news, and confront the community of international lawyers with pertinent questions as to clashes between political pragmatism, required given the magnitude of the problems at hand, and the obligation to live up to international law.  The KNVIR devoted its annual Spring meeting to this particular topic by organising a discussion among the Special Envoy for Migration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and two legal specialists, together representing the two ‘branches’ of the KNVIR:  Public and Private International Law.  The meeting also commemorated the late KNVIR Treasurer Dr. Peter J. van Krieken, who was a specialist in this field as well.

Annual General Meeting 2015

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On Friday 6 November 2015 the Annual General Meeting was held at the The Hague Institute for Global Justice, Sophialaan 10, 2514 JR The Hague.

The theme of the meeting was:

Settlement of International Trade Disputes:
Achievements and Challenges

 

The public part of the meeting was devoted to a discussion of four papers on the theme mentioned above:

  • Prof.dr P.L.H. Van den Bossche
    The WTO at 20:  A Glass Half Full, Half Empty … or Broken?
  • Mr dr F. Baetens
    Investment Chapters Including Dispute Settlement Mechanisms in Bilateral Trade Agreements
  • Prof.mr dr M.C.E.J. Bronckers
    Is Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) Superior to Litigation before Domestic Courts?
    An EU View on Bilateral Trade Agreements
  • Prof.dr G.A. Van Calster
    Multa, Multi et Distincta
    The Adjudication of International Trade Disputes Seen from a Conflict of Laws Perspective

Annual General Meeting, 6 November 2015

The printed version of the papers has been published by T.M.C. Asser Press in The Hague and may be ordered here. Members have received the papers via regular mail.

The proceedings of the meeting are being prepared and will be published on this website as soon as they are available.

 

ESIL 11th Annual Conference

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ESIL 11th Annual Conference: The Judicialization of International Law – A Mixed Blessing?, Oslo, 10 – 12 September 2015

The 2015 ESIL Annual Conference will be held on Thursday 10 – Saturday 12 September 2015 at the University of Oslo.

The Call for Agora Proposals and Papers and Call for Posters are now open, and the deadline for submissions is 31 January 2015.

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Further details of the event can be found on the conference website…

Annual General Meeting 2014

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On Friday 7 November 2014 the Annual General Meeting was held at the Raadzaal of Utrecht University, Achter Sint Pieter 200, 3512 HT Utrecht.

The theme of the meeting was:

Refining human rights obligations in conflict situations

The public part of the meeting was devoted to a discussion of three papers on the theme mentioned above:

  • Prof.dr. Paolo Palchetti
    International responsibility for conduct of UN peacekeeping forces: The question of attribution
  • Prof.dr. Wouter Vandenhole
    Human rights obligations in peace operations: The perspective of the European Convention on Human Rights
  • Dr. Louwrens R. Kiestra and Prof.dr. Jannet A. Pontier
    The role of human rights law in private international law cases in matters related to tort

The printed version of the papers has been published by T.M.C. Asser Press in The Hague and may be ordered here or by applying to . Members have received the papers via regular mail.

The proceedings of the meeting are being prepared and will be published on this website as soon as they are available.

Annual Meeting 2013

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The annual meeting of the Royal Netherlands Society of International Law took place on Friday 1 November 2013 at the Peace Palace in The Hague and was devoted to a discussion of three papers on the theme: “One Century Peace Palace, from Past to Present”.

The printed version of the papers has been published by T.M.C. Asser Press in The Hague and may be ordered here or by applying to . Members have received the papers via regular mail.