Centre for International and Public Law
News - 2007
Jan
• How not to try a former
Head of State: Lessons learnt at the Milosevic Trial,
Professor Tim McCormack, University of Melbourne, Public Lecture: 8 February
2007, 5.30pm, Manning Clark Centre, Theatre 3.
The ANU, Program
Feb
• CIPL Director Professor Kim Rubenstein giving a seminar to the Centre
for Comparative Constitutional Studies at the University of Melbourne on 22
February 2007 over lunch. Advancing citizenship claims in the Australian
legal context: a lesson on law’s limits
• Informal meeting with Graduate Students, Professor
James Hathaway, University of Michigan, Monday, 26 February 2007, 9.15am
Staff Library, Level 1, ANU College of Law, The ANU, Program
For Professor Hathaway's work
• Teeming Voids: International Legal Authority,
Torture, and the Claim to Conscience, Dr Fleur Johns,
University of Sydney, 21 February 2007 Program
• Canberra launch of 'Sir Ninian Stephen A Tribute',
Tuesday, 27 February 2007, 5.30pm, Staff Library, Level 1, ANU College
of Law, The ANU, RSVP: cipl@law.anu.edu.au by 22 February for catering purposes
March
• Methanex and Saluka: Towards a Re-definition of Indirect Expropriation
in International Investment Arbitration?, Professor August Reinisch,
University of Vienna, Friday, Seminar: 16 March 2007, 1pm,
Staff Library, Level 1, ANU College of Law, The ANU, RSVP
cipl@law.anu.edu.au by 15 March Program
April
•
ICJ Genocide Judgment,
Staff Library (Level 1), ANU College
of Law, The ANU, Tuesday 3 April 2007, 1pm (Light lunch from 12.45pm)
RSVP to: cipl@law.anu.edu.au by 2 April, Program
•
David Hicks in Court: An Update on Court Action in Australia and the
US, Law Link Theatre, ANU College of Law, The ANU,
Wednesday 11 April 2007, 5.30pm, RSVP to: cipl@law.anu.edu.au
by 10 April, Program
May
•
Choosing the Corporation - A Corporate Lawyer Looks at Work Choices,
Professor Harry Glasbeek, Staff Library (Level 1), ANU College
of Law, The ANU, Thursday 3 May 2007, 1pm (Sandwiches from 12.45pm),
RSVP to: cipl@law.anu.edu.au by 1 May (for catering purposes),
(In conjunction with ACT branch of the Australian Labour Law Association)
Program
•
Seminar in the RSSS Political Science Seminar series: “Small "c'
and Big "C" citizenship: is there a difference? Professor
Kim Rubenstein, Wednesday 3 May 2007, 4:00pm, Seminar Room D, Coombs Building,
Fellows Road, The Australian National University
See http://polsc.anu.edu.au/seminars.php
•
Gender, Citizenship and the Republic Debate, Professor Kim
Rubenstein was a guest speaker at the ACT Branch of the ARM at 7.45pm on Monday
7 May, Italo Australian Club, Franklin St Forrest
•
Against
Public Interest Standing in Administrative Law: exploring a non-individualist
constitutional argument,
Ms Hanna Wilberg, Staff Library (Level 1), ANU College of Law, The ANU, Thursday
17May 2007, 1pm (Sandwiches from 12.45pm), RSVP to: cipl@law.anu.edu.au
by 15 May (for catering purposes) Program
•
The Pre-Emption of Nuclear Weapons, Professor Tim Bakken, Thursday
24 May 2007, 1pm (Sandwiches from 12.45pm) Staff Library (Level 1), ANU College
of Law, The ANU, RSVP to: cipl@law.anu.edu.au by 21May (for catering purposes)
Program
June
• 15TH ANNUAL ANZSIL CONFERENCE, Restoring the Rule of Law in
International Affairs, National Museum of Australia, Canberra
28 – 30 June 2007, Advance
Notice Call
for Papers Program
• Roach v Australian Electoral Commissioner (Being argued
in the High Court on Tuesday 12 June to Wednesday 13 June 2007), Wednesday
13 June 2007, 5.15pm, Staff Library, Level 1 ANU College of
Law (cnr Fellows and East Roads, The ANU), RSVP: cipl@law.anu.edu.au
by cob 12 June, Program
• The Prosecution of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Robert
Amsterdam, Founding partner of Amsterdam & Peroff, Canada, Thursday
14 June 2007, 5.30pm, Law Theatre, ANU College of Law (cnr Fellows and East
Roads, The ANU), RSVP: churn@anu.edu.au Enquiries: churn@anu.edu.au or (02)
6125 2906 Program
July
• Connecting the Public with the
International: Law’s potential, 2-3
July 2007, National Europe Centre, The ANU Program
(Workshop open to paper presenters and those committing to reading the papers.
For further information please contact cipl@law.anu.edu.au)
August
•Alien
Citizen? Living in a State of Confusion, Thursday 2 August 2007, 6pm,
The Finkel Lecture Theatre, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, Garran
Road, The ANU, Program
• Seminar in the ChuRN Campus Seminar series: “Citizenship
and Rights” Professor Kim Rubenstein, Tuesday 14th August 2007,
1pm
National Europe Centre, The ANU, See http://law.anu.edu.au/nissl/churn_sem07.pdf
• The Judicial System and role of the Supreme Court in Israel,
Justice Salim Joubran, Israeli Supreme Court, Thursday 16 August 2007,
12.00pm (Sandwiches from 11.45pm), Staff Library (Level 1), ANU College of Law,
Cnr Fellows & East Roads, The ANU
RSVP to: cipl@law.anu.edu.au by 10 August 2007, Program
• New Post Graduate Course: Citizenship Law in Context, 23-24
and 27-28 August 2007 http://law.anu.edu.au/Postgraduate/webdocuments/Citizenship_Law_Promo.pdf
• The case of Dr Haneef, Speakers: James Jubb,
Micahel Smith, Sue Tongue & Jennifer Clarke, Chair: Kim Rubenstein, Thursday,
30 August 2007, 5.30pm, Sparke Helmore Theatre 2, ANU College of Law, Cnr Fellows
and East Roads, The ANU Program
• Professor Kim Rubenstein speaks about the
High Court's decision in Roach
v Electoral Commission for The Age
(30 August 2007)
September
• Law and human rights in China, The Hon.
David Kilgour & David Matas, 4 September 2007, 12.30pm Staff Library (Level
1), ANU College of Law, Cnr Fellows and East Roads, The ANU Program
• Child soldiers and international law (Solferino
Seminar), Steven Freeland, University of Western Sydney, Thursday,
27 September 2007, 5.30pm, Law Theatre, ANU College of Law, Cnr Fellows and
East Roads, The ANU Program
(Presented in conjunction with IHL Committee, Australian Red Cross ACT)
October
• Between Idealism and Pragmatism: an insider’s reflections
on models of International Justice, Magda Karagiannakis, Monday 8 October
2007, 12.30pm, McDonald Room, R. G. Menzies Building (2), The ANU, More
Info (Presented in conjunction with the Centre for International
Governance & Justice)
• Litigating Genocide in International Courts (Solferino Seminar),
Magda Karagiannakis, Monday, 8 October 2007, 5.30pm, Law Theatre, ANU
College of Law, Cnr Fellows and East Roads, The ANU Program
(Presented in conjunction with the Centre for International Governance
& Justice and the International Humanitarian Law Committee, Australian Red
Cross ACT)
• The Statutory Protection of Rights and Parliamentary Sovereignty
– Guidance from the United Kingdom? Geoffrey Lindell, Tuesday,
16 October 2007, 1.00pm, Staff Library (Level 1), ANU College of Law, Cnr Fellows
and East Roads, The ANU Program
• The
Globalization of Hatred: Incitement to Genocide and the Migration of Transnational
Legal Norms, Professor Noah Novogrodsky, Thursday,
18 October 2007, 5.30pm, Law Theatre, ANU College of Law, Cnr Fellows and East
Roads, The ANU Program
November
• Twelfth Annual Public Law Weekend,
Death of the Rule of Law?, 9-10 November 2007,
Visions Theatre, National Museum of Australia, Canberra, Conference
Pack Program & Info
• Tenth Geoffrey Sawer Lecture, Australian Exceptionalism
in Judicial Review, Professor Michael Taggart, 9 November 2007, 6.00pm,Visions
Theatre, National Museum of Australia, Canberra Flyer
Handout
Paper
• Professor Kim Rubenstein has been invited to be a consultant
to the British Institute of International and Comparative Law research project
on the Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship. This independent
study will form part of a wider review of Governance in Britain currently being
conducted by the United Kingdom's Ministry of Justice. See further: http://www.biicl.org/citizenship/
• Professor
Kim Rubenstein took place in a panel debate as part of The Devil's Advocate
Series: 2007 Federal Election (13 November 2007) Podcast
• Professor
Kim Rubenstein spoke on The duty to protect in international law at
the International Policing Conference, Monday 19 November 2007,
For more information
December
• Reconciliation,
Genocide and Criminal Trials, Professor Larry May, Washington University,
Tuesday 11 December 2007, 1.00pm, Phillipa Weeks Staff Library, Bldg 5, ANU
College of Law, Fellows Road, The Australian National University, RSVP to: celeste.ecuyer@anu.edu.au
by cob 7 December 2007 Flyer
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