Alternative Approaches to International Law (AAIL 2020-21)

Lecture Series in association with

Weeramantry Centre for Peace, Justice and International Law

Dr. Celine Tan
Co-Director of the Centre for Law, Regulation and Governance of the Global Economy (GLOBE), University of Warwick
Dr. Daniel Rietiker
Adjunct Professor of International law, University of Lausanne and Suffolk University Law School (Boston MA). Senior lawyer at the European Court of Human Rights (France)
Prof. Federico Lenzerini
Professor of Public International Law and International Human Rights Law, Department of Political and International Sciences, University of Siena, Italy.
Dr. Paul Arnell
Reader in Law, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Dr. Sanoj Rajan
Distinguished Professor of International Law and Human Rights at Zhejiang Gongshang University

Invitation

We are pleased to announce that Weeramantry Centre for Peace, Justice and International Law and Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth have joined hands to conduct a yearlong extended lecture series on the theme “Alternative Approaches to International Law”. For the background paper you may refer here or here. We begin with Dr. Celine Tan’s Inaugural Lecture titled “Towards A New Architecture of International Public Finance in the COVID-19 Era”, on 30th October 2020 at 7:30 PM IST.

The rationale for having this lecture series is the popular discontent with the mainstream outlook towards International Law. As is well known, there are grave issues of justice and human rights that the world is trying hard to cope up with. But quite often, such efforts pale when they encounter hard realities of power structure implicit in the working of international law.

We are proud to share that some scholars commanding international reputation have already given their consent to be a part of this initiative. They include- Dr. Celine Tan, Reader in Law, University of Warwick, UK; Dr. Daniel Rietiker, Co-President of International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA); Professor Sanoj Rajan, Distinguished Professor of International Law and Human Rights at Zhejiang Gongshang University, China; Dr. Paul Arnell, Reader in Law, Robert Gordon University, UK and Professor Federico Lenzerini, Department of Political and International Sciences, University of Siena, Italy.

Scholar

Lecture

Date, Time, & Registration

Reading Materials

Dr. Celine Tan,
University of Warwick

Towards A New Architecture of International Public Finance in the COVID-19 Era

30th October 2020
7.30 PM IST | 2.30 PM CET
Register here

Dr. Daniel Reitiker,
International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms

Humanization of International Law: The Example of Arms Control

27th November 2020
3.00 PM IST | 10.30 AM CET
Register here

Dr. Sanoj Rajan,
Zhejiang Gongshang University

Statelessness Arising out of Arbitrary Deprivation of Nationality and Persecution: An Irrefutable Link

16th November 2020
6.00 PM IST | 1.30 PM CET
Register here

Prof. Federico Lenzerini,
University of Siena

Post-covid19 International law and Multiculturalism

18th January 2021
7.30 PM IST
Register

Prof. Manoj Kumar Sinha,
Indian Law Institute

Climate Change and Human Rights:
The Unexplored Terrains

27 Febraury 2021
6PM IST | 1:30 PM CET
Register

TBU

Prof. Mohammad Fadel,
University of Toronto

Religion, International Law and Human Rights: An Islamic Perspective

19 March 2021
7:30 PM IST | 3:00 PM CET

TBU

Dr. Paul Arnell, Robert Gordon University

The United Kingdom and International Human Rights in the post-Brexit Context
7 May 2021

6:00 PM IST | 1:30 PM CET
Register (TBU)

To Be Updated


We will have more scholars and international law practitioners joining us as we proceed with our lectures.

About Weeramantry Centre for Peace, Justice and International Law

The Weeramantry Centre is dedicated to the memory of Late Professor Christopher Gregory Weeramantry (1926-2017) who served as Judge of the International Court of Justice (1991-2000). The Centre organizes lectures and events on relevant themes in International Law. It also manages a double peer reviewed journal – Journal of International Law and Comity published bi-annually. More details about the Centre and its recent engagements can be found here.