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In the first 68 years of being in force, the Genocide Convention was only the subject of three cases before the ICJ. In the last four and half years, this has changed dramatically: with four new cases brought against four new States. These cases – brought by The Gambia, Ukraine, South Africa and Nicaragua – raise a number of legal issues, have given rise to the most number of third party interventions ever seen in the ICJ, and advance understandings of many issues including construction of the Genocide Convention and the powers of the Court to order provisional measures.
Please join us for a webinar at 10am (AEST) on Tuesday 26th March to discuss these unfolding developments.
Panellists:
- Associate Professor Melanie O’ Brien (President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, Associate Professor, UWA)
- Professor Bill Campbell AO PSM QC (Honorary Professor ANU, head of the Office of International Law at AGD (1996-2016) and former counsel for Australia before the ICJ and ITLOS)
Commentator:
- Professor Donald R. Rothwell (Professor of International Law, ANU)
Chair:
- Associate Professor Imogen Saunders (Director, Centre for International and Public Law, ANU)
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Dr Melanie O’Brien is Visiting Professor at the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, University of Minnesota, USA, and President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS). Her work on forced marriage has been cited by the International Criminal Court, she has appeared before the ICC as an amica curia and been an expert consultant for several UN bodies. Dr O’Brien’s usual role is Associate Professor of International Law at the University of Western Australia. Dr O’Brien’s most recent book is From Discrimination to Death: Genocide Process through a Human Rights Lens.
Professor Bill Campbell AO PSM QC (Honorary Professor ANU, head of the Office of International Law at AGD (1996-2016) and former counsel for Australia before the ICJ and ITLOS). In that capacity Bill advised successive Australian Governments on all areas of international law and its implementation in Australia. He was also responsible for the conduct of, and appeared in, cases involving Australia before international courts and Tribunals including the International Court of Justice and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.
Professor Donald R. Rothwell (Professor of International Law, ANU) is one of Australia’s leading experts in International Law with specific focus on the law of the sea, law of the polar regions, use of force and implementation of international law within Australia. He is the author of 28 books and over 200 book chapters and articles including, with Tim Stephens, the influential and respected academic text, The International Law of the Sea 3rd ed, IN PRESS). His most recent work is Islands and International Law (Hart: 2022).
Associate Professor Imogen Saunders (Director, Centre for International and Public Law, ANU) is a leading international law researcher. Her work has been published in field leading journals such as the American Journal of International Law, the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law and the Australian Yearbook of International Law. Her monograph on General Principles of Law as a source of international law (Article 38(1)(c) of the Statute of the International Court of Justice) is now out with Hart. Imogen is part of the three institution Backlashes Against International Law research collaboration. As well as the Backlash project, Imogen is currently working on projects on COVID-19 and international law and the history of women in international law.