ESIL Lectures
The ESIL Lecture Series hosts broadcasts of presentations on international law topics held at partner institutions, allowing the presentation to reach a wider audience of ESIL members and non-members alike.
ESIL Lectures are available on our website, below, and on our YouTube Channel.
To propose an ESIL Lecture, please read the ESIL Conference Series Guidelines.
ESIL Lecture Series Coordinators: Giulio Bartolini and Edouard Fromageau.
Past Lectures and Dialogues
ESIL Lecture held during the 2024 ESIL Annual Conference in Vilnius
SPEAKERS: Simon Chesterman, Jekaterina Govina, Roxana Vatanparast
VENUE: Vilnius DATE: 5 September 2024
SPEAKER: Judge Hilary Charlesworth
LECTURE: Challenges facing the International Court of Justice
VENUE: Stockholm University DATE: 21 March 2024
ESIL DIALOGUE
SPEAKERS:
Siena Anstis, Jakub Dalek and Ron Deibert (all of Citizen Lab, University of Toronto)
Alexa Koenig (Berkeley)
Matthew Gillett (Essex)
Chair: Tamar Megiddo (Hebrew University)
TOPIC: Ethical Considerations in Open-source Investigations
VENUE: Online via Zoom DATE: 18 March 2024
SPEAKER: Judge Iulia Motoc
LECTURE: Humanism, Legal Technicality and Justice; Rethinking European Human Rights
VENUE: West University of Timișoara DATE: 27 February 2024
SPEAKER: Prof. William Schabas
LECTURE: 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Genocide Convention
VENUE: Belgrade Centre for Human Rights DATE: 5 October 2023
SPEAKER: Prof. Gleider Hernández
LECTURE: Beyond Formalism? (International) Legal Education in the 21st Century
VENUE: KU Leuven DATE: 28 September 2023
ESIL Lectures held during the 2023 ESIL Annual Conference in Aix-en Provence
LECTURE: Opening Discussion on “The Long Quest for Fairness”
SPEAKERS: Yves Daudet, Andrea Bianchi, Slim Laghmani, and Ineta Ziemele
VENUE: Aix-Marseille University DATE: 31 August 2023
LECTURE: Closing Discussion
SPEAKERS: Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Mathias Forteau, Surabhi Ranganathan, and Fuad Zarbiyev
VENUE: Aix-Marseille University DATE: 2 September 2023
LECTURE: Conversation with the winners of the 2023 ESIL Monograph Prize and Collaborative Book Prize
SPEAKERS: Freya Baetens, Frederick Cowell, Anne Peters, Jérôme de Hemptinne, and Robert Kolb
VENUE: Aix-Marseille University DATE: 2 September 2023
SPEAKER: Prof. Sergey Sayapin
LECTURE: Eurasian Integration and its Law in the Shadow of Russia’s War against Ukraine
VENUE: University of Tartu DATE: 28 April 2023
SPEAKER: Ms. Jelena Pejić
LECTURE: International humanitarian law against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine
VENUE: Aero Klub, Belgrade DATE: 5 October 2022
SPEAKER: Prof. Jean d’Aspremont
LECTURE: The Discourse on Customary International Law
VENUE: University of Graz DATE: 30 September 2022
SPEAKER: Prof. Jan Wouters
LECTURE: Enhancing the Rule of Law in Europe and in the World: Mission Impossible?
VENUE: University of Granada DATE: 18 March 2022
SPEAKER: Prof. Pierre Bodeau-Livinec
VENUE: University of Geneva DATE: 14 December 2021
SPEAKER: Prof. Mariano Aznar Gómez
LECTURE: Maritime Claims and Underwater Archaeology. When History Meets Politics
VENUE: University of Helsinki, Center for European Studies DATE: 25 November 2021
SPEAKER: Prof. Concepción Escobar Hernández
LECTURE: Immunity of State officials from criminal jurisdiction
VENUE: University of Deusto DATE: 20 September 2021
SPEAKER: Catharine Titi
LECTURE: Nationality and Representation on the International Bench
VENUE: Online DATE: 25 November 2020
SPEAKER: Robin Geiß
LECTURE: Disruptive Military Technologies
VENUE: Geneva Academy DATE: 26 February 2020
SPEAKER: Anastasios Gourgourinis
LECTURE: Attribution of Lawful Conduct to the State for the Purposes of International Responsibility
VENUE: Athens Mediation & Arbitration Organization DATE: 31 May 2019
SPEAKER: Giovanni Distefano
LECTURE: Le pacte Briand-Kellog à l’heure de ses 90 ans – La consécration d’une idée révolutionnaire
VENUE: University of Geneva DATE: 27 November 2018
SPEAKER: Christian J. Tams
LECTURE: The Centenary of a ”Great Experiment”: The League of Nations and its Legacy
VENUE: University of Geneva DATE: 23 October 2018
SPEAKER: José Manuel Sobrino Heredia
LECTURE: Coexistence de l’activité de pêche avec les industries gazières, pétrolières et minières sous-marines
VENUE: University of Nantes DATE: 16 October 2018
SPEAKER: Manfred Nowak
LECTURE: The need to fight for human rights: Vojin Dimitrijevic memorial lecture
VENUE: Belgrade Center for Human Rights DATE: 5 October 2018
SPEAKER: Ekaterina Trendafilova
LECTURE: The Kosovo Specialist Chambers as a New Model of Transitional Justice in the Balkan Region
VENUE: University of Sofia DATE: 24 April 2018
SPEAKER: Veronika Fikfak
LECTURE: Monetising Human Rights
VENUE: King’s College London DATE: 13 April 2018
SPEAKER: Attila Tanzi
LECTURE: The Prevention And Settlement Of Hydroelectric Industry Related Disputes Under International Law: A Multi-Layered Approach
VENUE: Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London DATE: 5 April 2018
SPEAKER: Lorenzo Gradoni
LECTURE: Position and Agency of the WTO Dispute Settlement System in the Fragmented World of International Adjudication
VENUE: University of Naples Federico II DATE: 28 February 2018
SPEAKER: Olivier de Frouville
LECTURE: Le Rôle de la Société Civile dans les Organisations Internationales : Théorie(s) et Pratique(s)
VENUE: University of Geneva DATE: 31 October 2017
SPEAKER: Morten Kjaerum
LECTURE: The duty to engage – the recipe for trust in a world of angst.
VENUE: Belgrade Centre for Human Rights DATE: 4 October 2017
SPEAKER: Erika de Wet, University of Pretoria
LECTURE: “Military Intervention by Invitation in the 21st Century”
VENUE: Université de Genève DATE: 20 February 2017
SPEAKER: Jean-Marc Sorel, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
LECTURE: “Le foisonnement et la variété des organismes dans la régulation financière internationale”
VENUE: University of Geneva DATE: 25 October 2016
SPEAKER: Christian Tomuschat, Humboldt University (Berlin)
LECTURE: “Syria – Challenge to the International System for the Protection of Human Rights”
VENUE: Belgrade Centre for Human Rights DATE: 4 October 2016
SPEAKER: Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, University of Minnesota Law School
LECTURE: “The Gendered Landscape of International, Regional and Local Approaches to Peacemaking”
VENUE: Ulster University, Northern Ireland DATE: 27 June 2016
SPEAKER: James Hathaway, University of Michigan Law School
LECTURE: “Fixing the Refugee System”
VENUE: University of Amsterdam School of Law DATE: 13 May 2016
SPEAKER: Christine Bell, Edinburgh Law School
LECTURE: “The Role of Human Rights in Peace Settlements – A Twenty-Five Year History: Northern Ireland’s Past and Current Struggles in Global Perspective”
VENUE: Queen’s University of Belfast DATE: 23 November 2015
SPEAKER: Niels Blokker, Leiden University, NL
LECTURE: “Who Is Governing International Courts and Tribunals? On the Need for an Institutional Law Approach”
VENUE: University of Geneva DATE: 17 November 2015
SPEAKER: Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, European Court of Human Rights
LECTURE: “The European Court of Human Rights Facing Europe in Crisis“
VENUE: European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg DATE: 16 October 2015
SPEAKER: Fausto Pocar, University of Milan
LECTURE: “Freedom of Movement and the Migration Issue in the European Context”
VENUE: Belgrade Centre for Human Rights DATE: 5 October 2015
SPEAKER: Giorgio Sacerdoti, Bocconi University
LECTURE: “Le rôle de l’Organe d’appel dans la construction du droit international économique”
VENUE: Centre de droit international et transnational (CDIT) de la Faculté de droit de l’Université Laval (Canada) DATE: 17 September 2015
SPEAKER: Gary Born, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
LECTURE: “BITs, BATs, and Buts: Reflections on International Dispute Resolution”
VENUE: University of Nottingham School of Law DATE: 25 March 2015
SPEAKER: Serge Sur, Université Panthéon-Assas – Paris 2
LECTURE: “La paix et la sécurité internationales selon la Charte des Nations Unies: virtualités et pratiques”
VENUE: University of Geneva DATE: 25 November 2014
SPEAKER: Hilary Charlesworth, Australian National University
LECTURE: “Rituals and Ritualism in the International Human Rights System”
VENUE: London School of Economics and Political Science DATE: 21 October 2014
SPEAKER: Rosalyn Higgins, former President of the International Court of Justice
LECTURE: “Rules, Choices, and International Law”, Inaugural Memorial Lecture for Professor Vojin Dimitrijević
VENUE: Belgrade Centre for Human Rights DATE: 6 October 2014
SPEAKER: Interview with Helen Keller, European Court of Human Rights
LECTURE: ‘Human Rights Protection: The Role of the European Court of Human Rights’
VENUE: University of Oslo, PluriCourts DATE: 8 September 2014
SPEAKER: Dianne Otto, Melbourne Law School
LECTURE: ‘Feminist Encounters with International Human Rights Law’
VENUE: Melbourne Law School DATE:9 May 2014
SPEAKER: Ruti Teitel, New York Law School
LECTURE: Judging and Judgment in the 21st Century: The International Criminal Court and the Challenge from Africa’s Leaders’
VENUE: New York Law School DATE: 19 February 2014
SPEAKER: Marise Cremona, European University Institute
LECTURE: ‘Constitutional Foundations of EU External Relations’
VENUE: University of Granada DATE: 28 November 2013
SPEAKER: Vera Gowlland-Debbas, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
LECTURE: ‘The Evolution of the Charter Concept of Collective Security’
VENUE: University of Geneva DATE: 26 November 2013
SPEAKER: Anne Peters, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
LECTURE: ‘La transparence comme principe du droit international public’
VENUE: Université Panthéon-Assas DATE: 21 November 2013
SPEAKER: James Crawford, University of Cambridge
LECTURE: ‘Individual and Collective Responsibility of States for Acts of International Organizations’
VENUE: T.M.C. Asser Institute DATE: 19 September 2013
SPEAKER: Philip Allott, University of Cambridge
LECTURE: ‘The True Nature of International Law’
VENUE: Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge DATE: 8 March 2013
Lecture Handout (PDF)
‘We are witnessing the dawn of a new human world. What will be the role of law in the making and managing of the new human world? The conceptual structure of International Law that we have inherited from the 18th century is no longer appropriate. We must imagine the conceptual structure of a new kind of International Law for a new kind of human world. The time is near when International Law is at last recognised as true law within an international society that recognises itself as a true society, that is to say, the society of all human beings and all human societies‘.
SPEAKER: An Interview with Jürgen Habermas (questions by Armin von Bogdandy)
LECTURE: ‘Discourse Theory and International Law’
VENUE: Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law DATE: February 2013
Text of the Interview (Audio/video not available for this event)
SPEAKER: Anne Orford, University of Melbourne
LECTURE: ‘Histories of International Law and Empire’
VENUE: University Paris 1 (Panthéon Sorbonne) DATE: 23 January 2013
Abstract (PDF)
SPEAKER: Interview with Bruno Simma, former Judge at the International Court of Justice
LECTURE: International Law and Contemporary Challenges: Which Role for the ICJ?
VENUE: University of Oslo DATE: 10 September 2012
SPEAKER: Armin Von Bogdandy, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
LECTURE: ‘Sovereign Debt Restructuring as Exercises of Public Authority’
VENUE: Universidad Autonoma de Madrid DATE: 2 March 2012
SPEAKER: David Kennedy, Harvard Law School
LECTURE: ‘Governance and the Return of Political Economy’
VENUE: American University in Cairo DATE: 12 February 2012
SPEAKER: Daniel Goldhagen, Harvard University
LECTURE: ‘Worse than War’
VENUE: University of Basel DATE: 26 October 2011
