1. Call for Papers: Transformations of Citizenship. This conference seeks to illuminate, elucidate and review the juxtaposition and tension inherent in the concept of citizenship today in an effort to understand the processes responsible for the key transformations in citizenship that we have witnessed in recent years. The deadline for submissions is 1 July 2018. The conference will be hosed 20 – 21 November 2018 at the University of Graz. For more information, please see here. 

 

2. Annual Conference of the Italian Society of International and EU Law (SIDI-ISIL). On 7 – 8 June 2018, the University of Ferrara will host the XXIII Annual Conference of the Italian Society of International and EU Law (SIDI-ISIL). The Conference’s theme is Codification in International and EU Law. The full program of the Conference and the calendar of the pre-conference events organised by the Interests Group of the Society are available here. For registration and further info: convegnosidi2018 {at} unife(.)it.

 

3. Call for Papers: Joint North American Conference of International Economic Law. The ASIL International Economic Law Interest Group, the Canadian Council on International Law, and The Centre for International Governance Innovation, together with McGill University Faculty Of Law are organizing a Joint North American Conference on International Economic Law that incorporates the 2018 ASIL IEcLIG Biennial. It will be held at McGill University Faculty of Law, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 21 – 22 September 2018. The conference theme is “Managing International Economic (Dis)Integration: Challenges and Opportunities.” We invite unpublished paper and panel proposals relating to the conference theme, but will also consider submissions on other topics in international economic law. Paper proposals are to comprise abstracts of no more than 500 words, whereas panel proposals should not exceed 1,500 words. Proposals should be sent to 2018naiel {at} gmail(.)com, and the submission deadline is 4 June 2018. The complete call for papers is available here.

 

4. New Additions to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law. The Codification Division of the UN Office of Legal Affairs recently added a series of lectures on various subjects of the Council of Europe to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law website. The lectures were given on “The Council of Europe: Its Objectives and Activities” by Mr. Jörg Polakiewicz, “The Council of Europe’s Work on the Protection of Minorities” by Mr. Marco Leidekker, “Social Rights and the Council of Europe” by Mr. Henrik Kristensen, “The Work of the Committee of Legal Advisers on Public International Law” by Ms. Marta Requena, and “Preventing Torture and Other Ill-Treatment in Europe: The Role of the Council of Europe” by Mr. Jeroen Schokkenbroek. The UN Audiovisual Library of International Law provides high quality international law training and research materials to users around the world free of charge.