International law scholar Professor Anne Orford will examine punitive responses to the current migrant and refugee crisis from a longer legal and social historical perspective for the 2017/18 Centre for Critical International Laws (CeCIL) Annual Lecture.

When is the talk?
The talk on Surplus Population and the History of International Law will be held on Kent’s Canterbury campus on Thursday 30 November.

Professor Orfords talk is open to all and will begin at 18.00 in Grimond Lecture Theatre 3 with an introduction by CeCIL staff member Professor Donatella Alessandrini. It will be preceded by a reception in Grinond Foyer from 17.00

Who is Professor Orford?

Professor Orford is Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor, Michael D Kirby Chair of International Law, and Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellow at Melbourne Law School, where she directs the Laureate Program in International Law. She is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, and a past President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law.

Her scholarship combines study of the history and theory of international law, analysis of developments in international legal doctrines and practice, and an engagement with central debates and concepts in related fields, in order to grasp the changing nature and role of international law in contemporary politics. Recent publications include International Authority and the Responsibility to Protect (Cambridge University Press 2011) and, as co-editor, The Oxford Handbook of the Theory of International Law (Oxford University Press 2016).

In anticipation of this years event, CeCIL is posting a special series of Professor Anne Orford quotes on its Facebook page.

CeCIL is an innovative research centre which aims to foster critical approaches to the field of international law, and other areas of law that touch upon global legal problems.