18th Annual ANZSIL Conference

INTERNATIONAL LAW IN THE SECOND DECADE OF THE 21st CENTURY: back to the future or business as usual?

Thursday 24 June - Saturday 26 June 2010

University House
The Australian National University, Canberra

The 18th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law (‘ANZSIL’) will take place from Thursday, 24 June 2010 to Saturday, 26 June 2010 at University House, The Australian National University, Canberra, hosted by the Centre for International and Public Law, ANU College of Law.

Recent years have seen important developments in international politics: they include the settling into office of the Obama Administration in the United States, the Global Financial Crisis, and efforts to reach global agreement on responding to climate change. Over the last decade there has been a tendency (once again) to see international law and its institutions as in crisis and as merely reflecting rather than influencing political and social developments, to the neglect of the role it plays in providing frameworks for political and economic decision-making and for the everyday interactions of States and their citizens. Many now hold a more positive view of the possibilities of international law and its importance as a guide for political action. This conference will explore these perspectives, as well as engage with a wide range of other international law topics of contemporary relevance.

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

DISTINGUISHED GUEST SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Dame Silvia Cartwright, Judge of the Trial Chamber, Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia for the Prosecution of Crimes Committed During the Period of Democratic Kampuchea

The Hon Robert McClelland MP, The Commonwealth Attorney-General of Australia

Dr Sanjay Chaturvedi, Coordinator, Centre for the Study of Geopolitics, Department of Political Science and Honorary Director, Centre for the Study of Mid-West and Central Asia, at Panjab University, Chandigarh

Professor Don McRae, Hyman Soloway Chair in Business and Trade Law, University of Ottawa, and Member, International Law Commission

REGISTRATION RATES:

$400.00   ANZSIL Member Early-bird Rate (before 24 May)
$525.00   Standard Early-bird Rate (before 24 May)
$475.00   ANZSIL Member Standard Rate (after 24 May)
$580.00   Standard Rate (after 24 May)
$400.00   Speaker Rate
$150.00   Student Rate
$120.00   Conference Dinner
All rates include GST
Registration includes lunches, morning & afternoon teas

CONFERENCE DINNER
Conference Dinner will be a 3 course meal & beverages at The Deck at Regatta Point on Friday 25 June

For non-credit card registrations, please contact coast@law.anu.edu.au

VENUE
University House
Cnr Balmain Cr & Liversidge St
The Australia National University, Acton ACT    
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ENQUIRIES
E: coast@law.anu.edu.au
T: (02) 6125 0454

Australian Government - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade