Social Science - International Law

The Institute’s International Law programme evaluates the national and international regulation of political and economic relationships, focusing particular attention on long-term social and environmental challenges. Building on interdisciplinary work conducted in other research domains, scholars will examine environmental protection, economic development and armed conflict with an eye toward international covenants and customary international law.  The programme focuses particular attention on human rights law, humanitarian law, and the role of courts and other multilateral institutions in international relations.  The object is to bring legal perspectives to research in other substantive domains while enriching classroom teaching in the Conflict Studies and International Relations learning circles.

SEPTEMBER 2008 | LISBON, PORTUGAL
"Human Rights and the Development of Multilateral Judicial Institutions in Europe"

The Scholar Ship Research Institute will host an international law workshop examining human rights and the development of multilateral judicial institutions in Europe.  Discussants will focus on human rights advocacy before European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), as well as the enforcement of international humanitarian law including the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTFY) and the newly constituted International Criminal Court (ICC).  The workshop aims to integrate research themes from political theory, international law and human rights education, with the goal of enhancing collaboration between theorists, practitioners and educators.

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