The McCoubrey Centre for International Law at the University of Hull will host a two day conference on 2 and 3 July 2015 on the topic of customary international law entitled “Making International Custom More Tangible”.The conference will be held at the University of Hull (UK) and will include panels chaired by leading academics and a key note speech by Sir Michael Wood, ILC Special Rapporteur on the Identification of Customary International Law.

The conference is particularly aimed at research students and early career academics. Interested participants should provide an abstract of 500 words by 15 February 2015. Further information including the call for papers and facility for the online submission of abstracts are available at www.hull.ac.uk/mccoubrey2015 .