Jobs
Postdoctoral Fellow in International Economic Law at National University of Singapore
The National University of Singapore seeks a Postdoctoral Fellow in International Economic Law for a duration of 2 years. Applications close on 22 April 2022. For further details see: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/listing/287107/postdoctoral-fellow-international-economic-law-focus/?LinkSource=PremiumListing
Postdoctoral Fellows in International Law at Melbourne University
The University of Melbourne is seeking two postdoctoral fellows in international law to join their ARC Laureate Program in Global Corporations and International Law. Applications close 11 May 2022. For further information, see: https://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/908256/postdoctoral-fellow-in-international-law-x-2
The Rotary International Peace Fellowship
An award for peace and develop professionals to study at partner universities and develop their skills to promote peace within their communities and across the globe. Multiple locations. Applications due 15 May 2022. For further details: https://www.rotary.org/en/our-programs/peace-fellowships
Internships
Herbert Smith Freehills Singapore, International Arbitration Internship
Herbert Smith Freehills Singapore is offering paid internship opportunities to law students, graduates and post-graduate students. Applications due 1 May 2022. For further details: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3019138726/
Opportunities
Winston Churchill Fellowship
Applications are now open for the Winston Churchill Fellowship to provide funding to travel overseas for a period of 4 to 8 weeks to explore a topic of interest. Applications are due 28 April 2022. For further details see: https://www.churchilltrust.com.au/become-a-fellow/
Australian Red Cross, International Humanitarian Research Volunteer
Australian Red Cross is seeking research volunteers for its Business and IHL file. Applications due 28 April 2022. For further details: https://volunteering.redcross.org.au/cw/en/job/498361/international-humanitarian-law-ihl-research-volunteer
PhD Scholarship, Regional Refugee Settlement: A Longitudinal Study, University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is offering a scholarship for a PhD as part of a broader project of ‘Settling Well: A Longitudinal Study of Refugees in Regional Australia’. Applications are due 11 May 2022. For further details: https://socialequity.unimelb.edu.au/news/latest/phd-scholarship-opportunity-regional-refugee-settlement?utm_source=ethicaljobs
From Use of Force to Responsibility to Protect, Short Course
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights is delivering a short course 19 May to 3 June 2022 for professionals in Geneva and online. For further details see: https://www.geneva-academy.ch/masters/executive-master/individual-courses/detail/135-from-use-of-force-to-responsibility-to-protect
Call for papers: Emerging Technologies and Domestic Military Law
The Law and Future of War Research Group at the University of Queensland is inviting abstracts on the topic of ‘Emerging Technologies and Domestic Military Law: Comparative Views on Principles, Policies and Practice’. Abstracts are due by 30 May 2022. For further details: https://law.uq.edu.au/article/2022/03/call-papers-emerging-technologies-and-domestic-military-law
Events
Pacific perspectives on the negotiations at UNCLOS III, ANU College of Law, 26 April 2022
This online webinar looks at the Pacific perspective on the negotiations from an academic, diplomatic and practitioner point of view. For details on how to register: https://law.anu.edu.au/event/webinar/pacific-perspectives-negotiations-unclos-iii
Citizens for Climate Action, UNSW, 26 April 2022
This online event hosted by the UNSW considers how citizens’ movements can influence genuine climate change action. For details on how to register: https://www.events.unsw.edu.au/event/peter-garrett-jean-hinchliffe
Human Goods and Human Rights, ANU College of Law, 27 April 2022
The ANU College of Law is hosting an online event presented by Dr Gregoire Webber who argues that ‘the measures that realise human rights in the law are the everyday, unremarkable measures that make up the full corpus of legal materials directing what may, must, and must not be done.’ Dr Webber’s arguments explores ‘how all sounds positive law finds its source in human goods through one of two modes of derivation: deduction or specification’. For details on how to register: https://law.anu.edu.au/event/anu-college-law-visitor-seminar/human-goods-and-human-rights-law
What did COP 26 mean for the Asia Pacific Region and what to expect next? Centre for International Law, National University Singapore, 27-28 April 2022
The UNFCCC secretariat and Centre for International Law, National University Singapore are pleased to jointly convene a workshop to analyse the implications of the discussions at COP 26 for the Asia Pacific region. For more details: https://cil.nus.edu.sg/event/cil-unfccc-workshop-on-what-did-cop-26-mean-for-the-asia-pacific-region-and-what-to-expect-next/
Book Launch, Blurry Boundaries of Public and Private International Law: Towards Convergence or Divergent Still?, 29 April 2022
Dr Poomintr Sooksripaisarnkit and Dharmita Prasad will host a virtual book launch for their new book, Blurry Boundaries of Public and Private International Law: Towards Convergence or Divergent Still (Springer 2022), hosted by Jindal Global Law School, O.P Jindal University. Speakers include Professor Alex Mills (University College London), Rishi Gulati (Owen Dixon Chambers East), Dr Veronica Ruiz Abou-Nigm (Edinburgh Law School), Dr Ivana Kunda (University of Rijeka) and Professor Ralf Michaels (Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law). Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvduyrrzIuGNVE-U8VT1DthK0SZV0BudZV
Creative thinking: a tradition of international legal scholarship at ANU, ANU College of Law, 5 May 2022
Join Judge Hilary Charlesworth, Professor Anthea Roberts and Dr Ntina Tzouvala for this event on creative legal scholarship. For details on how to register: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/creative-thinking-a-tradition-of-international-legal-scholarship-at-anu-tickets-303317168817
UNCITRAL Working Group III on ISDS Reform Forum: Further Preparatory Work on Investment Mediation, 5 May 2022
UNCITRAL, the Department of Justice, Hong Kong SAR, and the Asian Academy of International Law will explore key issues in respect of proposed model clauses and guidelines on investment mediation. Register here: https://aail.org/2022-05-05-uncitral-wgiii-forum/
Refugee and Asylum-seeking Children: Australia’s Obligations under International Law, 5 May 2022
Professor Mary Crock, Sydney Centre for International Law, and Rasika Jayasuriya, Migration Policy Specialist, UNICEF will examine Australia’s obligations as a party to the CRC, and the need to address the detention of children, their mental health, discrimination, the provision of services, and support for civil society organisations working for the welfare of children. Register here: https://dtp.org.au/refugee-and-asylum-seeking-children-crc-05may22/
Unconventional Lawmaking in the Law of the Sea: A conversation with contributors, 26 May 2022
This event brings together many of the contributors to Unconventional Lawmaking in the Law of the Sea for a conversation with the Editor, Natalie Klein, to celebrate the book’s release. The event is supported by the International Law Association (Australian Branch) and UNSW Sydney’s Faculty of Law & Justice. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/unconventional-lawmaking-in-the-law-of-the-sea-a-conversation-tickets-327742004157.
UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency: A 25 year review, 27 May 2022
The Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency was issued by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) in 1997, with Australia playing a significant part in its drafting. Australia adopted the Model Law under the Cross-Border Insolvency Act 2008 thereby opening up its insolvency laws and processes to international insolvencies with interests here. Australian practitioners are likewise able to access foreign laws of the 50 countries that themselves have adopted the Model Law. At the same time, Australia retained its long-standing cross-border mechanisms under the Bankruptcy Act and the Corporations Act. There have been nearly 100 decisions concerning the Model Law, and more overseas, as well as continued use of the existing mechanisms. Register here: https://www.uncca.org/event-details/uncca-may-seminar-2022.