Lecture Series in association with
Weeramantry Centre for Peace, Justice and International Law
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, | Towards A New Architecture of International Public Finance in the COVID-19 Era | 30th October 2020 | |
Dr. Daniel Reitiker, | Humanization of International Law: The Example of Arms Control | 27th November 2020 | |
Dr. Sanoj Rajan, | Statelessness Arising out of Arbitrary Deprivation of Nationality and Persecution: An Irrefutable Link | 16th November 2020 | 1. Abstract |
Prof. Federico Lenzerini, | Post-covid19 International law and Multiculturalism | 18th January 2021 | |
Prof. Manoj Kumar Sinha, | Climate Change and Human Rights: | 27 Febraury 2021 | TBU |
Prof. Mohammad Fadel, | 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 | 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.