The role of Law in meeting contemporary global challenges
KLSPosterA3Lecture Theatre 2
Eliot College,
University of Kent.
| Conference Programme
Monday, 5 June 2017 (DAY 1) 9:30 – 10:00 Arrival and registration |
| 10:00 – 10:05 Welcome Address by Professor Toni Williams (Head of Kent Law School) |
| 10:05 – 10:15 Introduction of Professor Philippe Cullet by Luminita Olteanu (KLS Postgraduate Conference Committee) |
| 10:15 – 10:45 Keynote by Professor Cullet, SOAS, University of London
10:45 – 11:00 Q & A Session |
| 11:00 – 11:30 – Coffee and Networking Break | |||
| 11:30 – 12:45 – International Human Rights Panel. Panel Chair: Professor Nick Grief | |||
| 1. | Benjamin Goh | LLM Candidate, University of Kent | An affront to humanity? Critique and the claims of human rights |
| 2. | E. Glevey | LLM Candidate, Birkbeck, University of London | What is the future for a World Court of Human Rights? |
| 3. | Faraz Khan Yousafzai | LLM Candidate, University of Kent | Humans and terrorists: analyzing the human rights of terrorists in light of Pakistan’s military courts. |
| 12:45 – 13:15 Lunch Break
Eliot LT2 Foyer |
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| 13:15 – 14:30 – Transnational and International Criminal Law Panel. Panel Chair: Dr. Emily Haslam | |||
| 4. | Aslihan Sagun | LLM Candidate, University of Reading | Transnational organized crime and the fight against this global challenge through law |
| 5. | Patryk Gacka | LLM Candidate, University of Warsaw | Where to draw the semantic line between victims and perpetrators? Some reflections on the Dominic Ongwen’s trials before the ICC |
| 6. | Mao Xiao | LLM Candidate, University College London | Lessons from the Tokyo Military Tribunal in prosecuting crimes of aggression: focusing on the principle of legality |
| 14:30 – 15:45 – Globalization Panel. Panel Chair: Professor Iain Ramsay | |||
| 7. | Saad Almohammed | Ph.D Researcher, Queens University Belfast | Convergence foreign investment policies: what an emerging economy can learn from the US and UK |
| 8. | Christelle Chidiac | LLM Candidate, University of Kent | The problems related to gender and economics internationally from a socio-legal as well as feminist perspective |
| 9. | Lizzette Robleto de Howarth | LLM Candidate, Birkbeck, University of London | Are constitutions still relevant in the context of globalization? |
| 16:00 – 16:10 Remarks and Introduction of Professor Fiona Macmillan by Dr. José Bellido
16:10 – 18:00 Annual Clive Schmitthoff Memorial Lecture by Professor Fiona Macmillan, Birkbeck, University of London Title: International Economic Law: Between Colonialism and Hyper-capitalism |
| Tuesday, 6 June 2017 (DAY 2) | |||
| 9:15 – 10:30 Terrorism and International Law Panel. Panel Chair: Dr. Sara Kendall | |||
| 1. | Mahmudul Hasan | University of Development Alternative (UODA) (Dhaka, Bangladesh) | Extra-legal factors are disregarded in international law that influence terrorism |
| 2. | Claudia Candelmo
Valentina Nardone |
Ph.D Researcher, Sapienza, University of Rome
Ph.D Researcher, Sapienza, University of Rome |
Digital counter-terrorism strategies: when the net helps prevent tragedies |
| 10:30 – 10:45: Coffee Break | |||
| 10:45 – 12:00 Human Rights Panel. Panel Chair: Dr. Gavin Sullivan | |||
| 3. | Taffney Clark-Piper | LLM Candidate, University of Kent | Is international and domestic human rights protecting privacy whilst governments introduce laws to combat terrorism when they Introduce invasive laws such as the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (Snooper’s Charter)? |
| 4. | Tommy Chadwick | LLM Candidate, Canterbury Christchurch University | The legality of surveillance in the shadow of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 |
| 12:00 – 13:15: Human Rights and Access to Justice Panel. Panel Chair: Dr Nicola Barker | |||
| 5. | Zhang Tianze | LLM Candidate, University College London | Can the justice be reached with the profit? On the discussion of the third-party funding promoting access to justice. |
| 6. | Devarshi Sen Deka | LLM Candidate, University of Kent | Clarifying international human rights law: case study of (UNDRIP & ‘Right to Development’) in the lives of the “originals”, India |
| 7. | Işın Hazal | LLM Candidate, University of Kent | Cruel times queer ideas: how to become human as a queer person? |
| 13:15 – 14:00 Lunch Break | |||
| 14:00 – 15:30 Environmental Law and Interdisciplinary Studies Panel. Panel Chair: Professor Bill Howarth | |||
| 8. | Kayode Adewale Ademola | LLM Candidate, University of Kent | An examination of international legal context on wastes management in developing nations. |
| 9. | Tom Southern and
Alessandro Lanuto |
LLM Birkbeck, University of London and
University College London |
How is domestic law affected by the impacts of diaspora movements? |
| 10. | Simon Malih | LLM Candidate, University of Kent | Transboundary movement of hazardous wastes: implications of dumping of wastes in sub-Saharan Africa |
| 15:30 – 16:00
Announcement of the prizes: Dr Sinéad Ring Closing Remarks: Isdore Ozuo (KLS Postgraduate Conference Committee) |