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Category: International Law

International Law’s Past, Present and Future: A Conversation with Antony Anghie

By Andrea Shieber | 15 July 2019

An internationally renowned scholar in the field of international law, Professor Anghie looks beyond traditional legal sources and doctrines in order to critique the enduring … Read more

Hotspots and the Geography of Humanitarianism

By Andrea Shieber | 16 February 2018

Dr Polly Pallister-Wilkins of the Political Science department at the University of Amsterdam delivered a talk on ‘Hotspots and the Geography of Humanitarianism’ for the … Read more

What a Difference a Day Makes: Child Perpetrators of Genocide

By Andrea Shieber | 16 February 2018

Postdoctoral Research Dr Jastine Barrett presented an excellent talk entitled ‘What a Difference a Day Makes: Child Perpetrators of Genocide’ for the Kent Centre for … Read more

Professor Anne Orford delivers spell-binding talk for CeCIL Annual Lecture on ‘surplus population’

By Andrea Shieber | 09 January 2018

Professor Anne Orford of Melbourne Law School, one of international law’s greatest visionaries, delivered a spell-binding talk on surplus population and the history of international … Read more

Living on the Frontline: Indeterminacy, Value and Military Waste in Postwar Bosnia Herzegovina

By Andrea Shieber | 28 November 2017

CeCIL began a new round of lectures on Tuesday 14 November, hosting a joint event with the Kent Interdisciplinary Centre for Spatial Studies (KISS) that … Read more

The Ideal of International Criminal Justice: Subjectivity, Geography, Ethics

By Andrea Shieber | 19 October 2017

A report by Eric Loefflad on a talk by Dr Nesam McMillan of the University of Melbourne for the Kent Centre for Critical International Law … Read more

CeCIL lecture by Dr Darren Dinsmore on Turkey’s Gülenist Purge and the Defence of Human Rights

By Andrea Shieber | 01 August 2017

A report by Eric Loefflad on a talk by Dr Darren Dinsmore for the Kent Centre for Critical International Law (CeCIL) CeCIL hosted its final … Read more

Robert Knox: Imperialism, International Law and the Politics of Hypocrisy

By Andrea Shieber | 22 March 2017

A report by Eric Loefflad on a talk by Dr Robert Knox (University of Liverpool) for the Kent Centre for Critical International Law (CeCIL) The … Read more

CeCIL lecture by Professor Nick Grief on representing Marshall Islands case before International Court of Justice

By Andrea Shieber | 10 March 2017

A report by Eric Loefflad on a public lecture hosted by the Kent Centre for Critical International Law (CeCIL) in Canterbury Kent Law School Professor … Read more

CeCIL Film Night: Darwin’s Nightmare

By Andrea Shieber | 07 March 2017

A report by Eric Loefflad on a film screening jointly hosted by the Kent Centre for Critical International Law (CeCIL) and Social Critiques of Law … Read more

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