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Military Assistance to Ukraine: A Form of Collective Self-defence?
-Summary: The massive military support provided by a large number of States has had a decisive influence on the war in Ukraine. This seminar will study whether this support is justified under the right to collective self-defence in reaction to the aggression by Russia against Ukraine.' Bio: Antonello Tancredi is, since 2020,...
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Beyond the Civil - Common Law Divide: Islamic Shari'a Principles in Shari'a Based International Arbitration Disputes
-The liberalisation of financial regulation, the globalisation of financial markets, the proliferation of innovative products and the technological advancement have transformed conventional banking and contributed to the growth of Islamic finance. The growth in Islamic finance markets and products has accelerated following the global financial crisis in 2008. With more...
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Securing Energy in the Era of Uncertainty: The Role for International Investment Law?
-Climate change and sustainable development goals (SDGs) are some of the most pressing issues of our era. The aftermath of the climate change mitigation agenda, especially the Paris Agreement and new COP27are under scrutiny, so yet to be explored. International norms and principles will need fundamental transformation in response to...
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Are We Killing the Earth to Save the Climate?
-AUCEL Energy Seminar Series 22/23
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Promoting sustainable foreign direct investments through investment treaties: the long-awaited evolution of international investment law.
-Presentation summary: Modern international investment law, as a set of bilateral and multilateral agreements on foreign direct investment, was initially developed as a corollary of globalization but also as a response to the need to resolve the uncertainties and inadequacies of customary international law concerning the responsibility of states for damage...
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The Commercialisation of Your Physical Self - An Introduction to Personal Genomics
-We are living in the age of Big Data and a world of ever increasing surveillance, where a wide range of data about individuals are being collected, shared, and linked with other datasets by an increasingly diverse range of entities. The amount of tracking to which the ordinary individual citizen...
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Challenges Raised by International Cybercrimes
-During this research seminar, the challenges faced by law enforcement, lawyers and justice systems when dealing with international cybercrimes will be addressed and solutions proposed. Furthermore, the seminar will seek to identify and address future cybercrime challenges that will face our increasingly digitised society. Bio: Ian has over 25 years’ experience at...
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Volcanic Eruptions and International Law - Lessons from Iceland
-Volcanic eruptions can have various consequences, including in the field of international law. In the seminar, two eruptions will be addressed that have impacted the baselines for measuring the breadth of the territorial sea and other maritime zones of Iceland: Mount Katla in 1918 and the sudden appearance of the...