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Seminar - How to Disregard Consensus? Corporal Punishment, Transsexuals and Abortions - Thursday 20th October, 6pm

posted 17 Oct 2011 16:57 by Irish Society of International Law   [ updated 17 Oct 2011 17:01 ]


Speakers:
Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou & Fiona de Londras, UCD School of Law




This informal seminar will consider the role of European consensus in decision-making at the European Court of Human Rights and whether internal consensus - i.e. consensus within an individual country - or a broader interna-tional trend, can justify a departure from commonly accepted standards amongst states parties to the ECHR. Discussion will focus on three cases: Tyrer v UK (which concerned corporal punishment), Goodwin v UK (transsexuals' rights) and A, B and C v Ireland (abortion).

Thursday 20th October, 6pm
Arbitration Room, 1st Floor, Distillery Building, 145-151 Church Street, Dublin 7

Attendance is free to ISIL members and membership will be available at the door (€30 per annum/€15 conc.)
Price for non-members is €10

Certificates of attendance for CPD purposes will be available

To confirm your attendance please email info@isil.ie



Seminar: Ireland and the ICJ - Tuesday 26th July 2011

posted 19 Jul 2011 11:54 by Irish Society of International Law



It was recently announced that Ireland is to accept the compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice in The Hague. This informal seminar will consider the role of the ICJ and Ireland’s history with the Court, in particular its participation in the Nuclear Weapons cases, the Israeli Wall case and the Kosovo case. Also to be considered are the implications of Ireland submitting to compulsory jurisdiction and the reasons why it has de-layed for so long in taking this step.

Tuesday 26th July, 6pm @ the Distillery Building, 145-151 Church Street, Dublin 7

Attendance is restricted to ISIL members (for whom attendance is free) but membership will be available at the door (€30 per annum/€15 conc.)

Certificates of attendance for CPD purposes will be available

To confirm your place email info@isil.ie


Seán Lester Lecture 2011

posted 13 Jun 2011 11:32 by Irish Society of International Law   [ updated 13 Jun 2011 11:49 ]

We would like to thank all those who attended the Seán Lester Lecture, making it a great sucess. We would particularly like to thank Professor William Schabas for giving an excellent, informative and engaging lecture, and The Honourable Ms. Justice Susan Denham for chairing the event. We hope to see you again soon.



Professor William Schabas (left), The Honourable Ms. Justice Susan Denham (centre), Carl Grainger, Chairperson of ISIL (right)


Professor William Schabas answering questions following the lecture


Seán Lester Lecture - 8th June 2011

posted 17 May 2011 11:14 by Irish Society of International Law   [ updated 17 May 2011 11:30 ]




The Irish Society of International Law is pleased to announce that its
2011 Seán Lester Lecture will be delivered by Prof. William Schabas,
Director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights at NUI Galway.  Prof.
Schabas, one of the world's leading experts in human rights and
international criminal law, will speak on the topic: “Ding, Dong, The
Witch is Dead: How the World Deals with Terrorists and Tyrants
.

The lecture will take place on the 8th June at 6pm in the Distillery

Building, 145-151 Church St, Dublin 7 and will be followed by a drinks
reception.

Certificates for CPD purposes will be available.


Attendance is free and open to all, but we please ask that you

register for the event by emailing: info@isil.ie



Seán Lester - former Secretary General of the League of Nations


Professor William Schabas - Director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights at NUI Galway


 

Lecture Series: An Introduction to International Law

posted 17 Mar 2011 12:38 by Irish Society of International Law   [ updated 17 Mar 2011 12:51 ]

 






 

 

The Irish Society of International Law (ISIL) is pleased to announce that it will be running a 4 part lecture series on introductory topics in international law.  The lectures will take place over four weeks beginning on Tuesday 22 March 2011 and are aimed at students, lawyers as well as non-lawyers interested in learning the basic principles of international law.  For those already versed in the topics covered, the lectures will provide a valuable opportunity for revision.

 

Price:      €10 per lecture for non-members.  Attendance is free for ISIL members* and membership will be available at the door (€30 per annum/€15 conc.)

 

*For a limited time only ISIL is offering a free 6 month trial membership to all new, first time members who are students, trainees or barristers in their devilling years

 

Certificates of attendance for CPD purposes will be available

 

To confirm your place email isil.info@gmail.com

 

Schedule of Lectures/Speakers

 

Tuesday 22 March:

Thursday 31 March:

Thursday 7 April:

Thursday 14 April:

General Principles – Chris Martin

Sources of International Law – Colin Smith

Jurisdiction and Immunities – James Gallen

Use of Force – Trevor Redmond

 

All lectures will take place at 6pm at the Distillery Building, 145-151 Church Street, Dublin 7

 

Each lecture will last for approximately 1 hour, to be followed by a brief Q&A and drinks reception

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