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Sharifah Sekalala - 'The emerging norm of global representation in global health'

Sharif Sekalala is presenting a paper at a workshop on 'The emerging norm of global representation in global health' as part of 'Brown University's international Advanced Research Institute' which is focusing on global health in Madrid from the 10th - 16th of January 2016.

Areas being discussed are politics of health care provision in the era of globalization. What are the bases of health policymaking in different countries and contexts? How does health care provision play out on the ground in particular places? Which public, private, and civil society organizations are involved and to what effect? What roles do international organizations and agencies play in health care funding, provision, and agenda-setting? Where do scientists, and scientific agencies, fit in? And how do the norms governing health care provision evolve over space and time?

 


What is the measure of ‘universality’? Critical reflections on International criminal justice, the Nuremberg principles, ICC and pluralist Islamic legal traditions

Shaheen Sardar Ali was an invited panelist at an international conference organised by the Nuremberg Academy, Germany to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the start of the Nuremberg Trials (19 to 21 November 2015). She presented a paper entitled: 'What is the measure of ‘universality’? Critical reflections on International criminal justice, the Nuremberg principles, ICC and pluralist Islamic legal traditions.' To find out more .

Mon 21 Dec 2015, 15:46 | Tags: Centre for Human Rights in Practice, Research

In Search of Authority and Authenticity? UK Shari'a Councils and Muslim Women's Rights

Shaheen Sardar Ali was invited to present a paper entitled: 'In Search of Authority and Authenticity? UK Shari'a Councils and Muslim Women's Rights' at an international conference: Legal Pluralism and human rights within family disputes in Europe organised by the Ghent University Human Rights centre 26-27 October 2015 to find out more .


Dora Kostakopoulou to speak at Durham European Law Institute Lecture Seminar Series

is to speak at the 's lunchtime seminar series. Dora's seminar, titled 'When Tomorrow is Yesterday: the Manufacturing of an EU Referendum', will take place on Tuesday 8 December at the University of Durham.


Tom Flynn featured on TV and radio discussing constitutional issues raised by the vote in the House of Lords

Tom Flynn has recently featured on TV and radio discussing the constitutional issues raised by the vote in the House of Lords.

Please see below for the links to see Tom's interviews:

Mon 02 Nov 2015, 14:48 | Tags: International and European Law Cluster, Research

Professor Alan Neal, delivered the keynote speech to the 9th Annual Conference of the China Social Law Association

Professor Alan C. Neal, delivered the keynote speech to the 9th Annual Conference of the China Social Law Association, held at the Renmin University, Beijing, on 25 October 2015.

Professor Neal is a lifetime Professor in the Zhejiang University and Visiting Professor in the Beijing Jiao Tong University. In 2012 he was appointed a Standing High-Level Independent Expert in the Labour Law and Social Security Law Institute of Peking University.

Fri 30 Oct 2015, 14:17 | Tags: Research

Ben Farrand, Giuliano Castellano, Andi Hoxhaj and Dora Kostakopoulou awarded UACES funding to organise workshop in Spring 2016

, , and have been awarded funding by the to organise a workshop in Spring 2016. The workshop, titled ‘Crisis and Innovation in the European Union: Beyond Populism and Managerialism’, will be held on 8 April 2016 at the 91影视破解版.

The aim of this interdisciplinary workshop is to explore the impact of 'crises', in their material and ideational forms, upon EU institutional and policy-making dynamics. Emphasis will also be put on identifying policy responses focusing upon 'innovation' as a strategy. By bringing together experts working on institutional corruption, financial regulation, intellectual property law and policy and EU free movement, migration and human rights we will explore the EU's identification of the causes and impacts of 'crises', as well as actual and possible responses. In seeking to transcend both populist and managerial discourses and responses, the workshop participants will reflect on the EU's response to increasing numbers of people seeking sanctuary in Europe and the Member States' recalcitrance to a unified response, the EU's actions in financial regulation as well as the Europe 2020 and Justice and Home Affairs 2020 agendas.


Professor Rebecca Probert currently working as a specialist advisor with Law Commission on a review of the Law on Marriage

Professor Rebecca Probert is currently working as a specialist advisor with the Law Commission on a review of the law governing how and where people can marry in England and Wales. The Commission are expected to publish a report at the conclusion of the scoping phase, which is anticipated to be the end of 2015.

The question underlying the review would be whether the current law, which has evolved over a long period of time, provides a fair and coherent legal framework for enabling people to marry. Does the law allow people to marry in a way which meets their needs and wishes while recognising the interests of society and the state in protecting the status of marriage?

The current stage of the project involves a preliminary study involving research of domestic and comparative law, and engagement with key stakeholders. The aim is to identify and provide an initial analysis of the issues that need to be addressed in order to develop proposals for the reform of marriage law.

For further information please click .

Tue 13 Oct 2015, 10:58 | Tags: Research

GLOBE Centre welcomes first Visiting Academic

The Centre for the Law, Governance and Regulation of the Global Economy welcomes its first Visiting Research Fellow, Dr Lorenzo Cotula who will be working with the Centre in academic year 2015 -16.

Dr Cotula is a principal researcher in law and sustainable development at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), where he leads the Legal Tools Team.

Lorenzo leads research, capacity and policy work on issues at the interface between law and international development, with a focus on the law governing natural resource rights and investments in low and middle-income countries. This includes work on international investment law, human rights, land rights and legal issues related to ‘land grabbing’, as well as the political economy of natural resource investments. Lorenzo also leads IIED’s work on ‘, an initiative to strengthen local rights and voices within natural resource investments in low and middle-income countries.

Before joining IIED in 2002, Lorenzo worked on assignments with the Legal Office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. He holds academic qualifications in law, development studies and sustainable business from the University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, the London School of Economics, the University of Edinburgh and the University of Cambridge.

Recent publications include ; ; ; ; and a wide range of research reports, journal articles and book chapters.

Lorenzo has previously collaborated with other GLOBE Centre researchers, including contributions to the Network on International Law, Natural Resources and Sustainable Development ( ) , and will be working with GLOBE to organise a workshop on international investment law under the upcoming International Law in Context Workshop Series.

Thu 08 Oct 2015, 13:47 | Tags: GLOBE Centre, Research

Professor Gary Watt delivers a public lecture on "Shakespeare's Testamentary Performance

Professor Gary Watt delivered a public lecture on "Shakespeare's Testamentary Performance" jointly hosted by the faculty of arts and the faculty of law at The University of Hong Kong on 10th September 2015.

Please click for further information regarding this event.

Thu 08 Oct 2015, 13:43 | Tags: Research

Dr Sam Adelman New Editor of the Research Handbook on Climate Justice and Human Rights (Edward Elgar)

Dr Sam Adelman has been announced as the new editor of the Research Handbook on Climate Justice and Human Rights (Edward Elgar).

Congratulations Sam.

Thu 08 Oct 2015, 13:38 | Tags: Research

PhD student awarded MLR Scholarship

Sara Warner, one of our PhD students, has been awarded a for the second consecutive year, taking her total award to £10,000. These scholarships are awarded by the MLR on the basis of an annual competition for research students engaged on doctoral research at a university in the UK on any subject broadly within the publishing interests of the Review. Congratulations to Sara.

Fri 02 Oct 2015, 15:27 | Tags: postgraduate, Research

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