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Category: International Law

Fleur Johns: Data Territories: Changing Architectures of Association in International Law

By Andrea Shieber | 10 February 2017

Fleur Johns challenged the common ways we think about and discuss international law during a talk this month on ‘Data Territories’, delivered as part of … Read more

Carlos Bernal: Transitional Constitutionalism and the Colombian Peace Process

By Andrea Shieber | 30 January 2017

CeCIL began the new semester with a fascinating talk on 24 January by Dr Carols Bernal of Macquarie University entitled ‘Transitional Constitutionalism and the Colombian … Read more

John Strawson: ‘International Law and the Making of Palestine’

By Andrea Shieber | 06 December 2016

[Note: while the events discussed here are extremely controversial and a full explanation certainly exceeds the scope of this blog post, for those interested I … Read more

Dr Marina Lostal presents on The Al-Mahdi Case at the International Criminal Court: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

By | 16 November 2016

CeCIL and the Centre for Cultural Heritage were delighted to welcome Dr Marina Lostal (The Hague University) for a joint seminar on international law and … Read more

CeCIL in Canterbury lecture series begins with Dr Sophie Vigneron’s talk on the destruction of cultural heritage

By | 03 November 2016

Kent Law School’s Dr Sophie Vigneron delivered a public lecture on ‘The Destruction of Cultural Heritage: From Byzantine Iconoclasm to Daesh’ in Canterbury city centre … Read more

The 1951 Refugee Convention 65 years on – still relevant to today’s crisis?

By | 21 October 2016

On Tuesday 18 October, CeCIL’s exploration of vulnerability and resistance in contemporary international law was greatly enriched by an engaging and insightful talk by Alan … Read more

Investigating Genocide?: ISIS Crimes against the Yazidis law lecture

By | 12 October 2016

On Tuesday 2 October 2016, Kent Law School’s Centre for Critical International Law (‘CeCIL’) kicked off the 2016-17 academic year with an incredibly articulate and … Read more

Colombia: Counter/Revolution in Present Tense

By Andrea Shieber | 07 October 2016

This article, authored by Senior Lecturer in International Law Dr Luis Eslava, was originally published on the Critical Legal Thinking blog Facing the negative results … Read more

The message at Westgate Avenue through the eyes of a spatial detective

By Andrea Shieber | 09 March 2016

The following article is authored by Kent Law School PhD student Ahmed Memon On a bench at a stop by the road in a little … Read more

Julian Assange verdict: how this curious episode might be brought to an end

By Andrea Shieber | 08 February 2016

This article by Gbenga Oduntan was originally published on The Conversation.  The UN’s Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has decided that Julian Assange is being … Read more

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