The American University Washington College of Law’s Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law and Women and the Law Program present Lenahan (Gonzales) v. United States of America: Domesticating International Law April 17, 2012, 2-5 pm. Abstracts are due by Jan. 12, 2012. Jump to full post
Oregon State University hosts Sex Trafficking in the U.S.: Researching Vulnerable Populations 2012 Interdisciplinary Conference Feb. 17-18, 2012. A public lecture precedes the conference on Feb. 16. The deadline for submitting abstracts is Nov. 30, 2011. mw
The International Journal of Transitional Justice (IJTJ) invites submissions for its 2012 special issue, Transitional Justice and the Everyday: Micro-Perspectives of Justice and Social Repair, guest edited by Pilar Riaño Alcalá (Associate Professor, School of Social Work and Liu Institute for Global Studies, University of British Columbia) and Erin Baines (Assistant Professor, Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia). The submissions deadline is April 1, 2012. Jump to full post
The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics at Harvard Law School is pleased to announce plans for our annual conference, this year entitled: “The Future of Human Subjects Research Regulation” The one and a half day event will take place Friday, May 18 and Saturday May 19, 2012 at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
If you are interested in participating please reply to petrie-flom[at]law.harvard.edu as soon as possible, but not later than November 25, 2011, and include a brief, single-paragraph description of your proposal for presentation. Full abstracts will be due by January 6, 2012, and final submissions will be due after Spring Break, closer to the date of the event.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently released an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM), titled “Human Subjects Research Protections: Enhancing Protections for Research Subjects and Reducing Burden, Delay, and Ambiguity for Investigators,” which proposes to substantially amend the Common Rule for the first time in twenty years. This development, as well as attention by the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, suggests we are at a moment when the regulation of human subjects research is ripe for re-thinking. This conference is meant to gather leading experts from the U.S. and across the globe to assist in that endeavor.
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The International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy is currently seeking submissions for the second edition of the International Journal on Human Rights and Drug Policy. Original articles concerning drug policy issues as they intersect with international human rights law, international humanitarian law, international criminal law and/or public international law are welcomed, in addition to opinion/commentary articles, case summaries, and responses. The deadline is November 15, 2011. mf
The Institute for International Law and Justice (NYU Law), the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies (Notre Dame), and the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice (NYU Law) present International Symposium on Restorative Justice, Reconciliation and Peacebuilding Nov. 11-12, 2011, at NYU Law. The event is free, but an RSVP is required because space is limited. mw
The Association for Law, Property and Society (ALPS) holds its 3rd Annual Meeting March 2-3, 2012, at Georgetown Law. The meeting is cosponsored by Syracuse University College of Law.
The call for papers is broad, covering indigenous rights, climate change, intellectual property, and more. It does not appear to have a deadline. “All papers submitted for the conference will be eligible for consideration for publication in a “themed” book to be edited as a part of the series on Law, Property, and Society published by Ashgate Publishing.”
Registration opened Sept. 1, 2011, and closes Jan. 20, 2012.
Hat tip: Faculty Law Conference Updates. mw
The National Association of Women Judges holds its annual meeting Oc. 12-16, 2011, in Newark. The theme is Global Women’s Issues. Hat tip: Concurring Opinions. mw
The Rochester Institute of Technology College of Liberal Arts presents the Conable Conference in International Studies, Refugees, Asylum Law, and Expert Testimony: The Construction of Africa & the Global South in Comparative Perspective April 12-14, 2012.
The call for papers deadline was Sept. 1, 2011. (A copy is on ImmigrationProf Blog.)
Update (Sept. 15): the deadline has been extended to Sept. 30, 2011.
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The Journal of International Women’s Studies seeks papers on Arab Women, Revolution, and Democratization in the Arab World. Submissions are due Jan. 31, 2012. mw
The Journal of International Women’s Studies will present Women and Gender in the Middle East: Recognition, Reflection, and Realignment June 4-5, 2012, at Bridgewater State University. Proposals are due Oct. 7, 2011. mw
The Rochester Institute of Technology College of Liberal Arts presents the Conable Conference in International Studies, Refugees, Asylum Law, and Expert Testimony: The Construction of Africa & the Global South in Comparative Perspective April 12-14, 2012.
The call for papers deadline was Sept. 1, 2011. (A copy is on ImmigrationProf Blog.)
Update (Sept. 15): the deadline has been extended to Sept. 30, 2011.
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The 25th Social Research conference, Human Rights and the Global Economy, will be held at The New School in New York City on Nov. 9-10, 2011. sr
Papers are now being sought for the volume to pay tribute to a colleague and mentor, William A. Schabas, whose lengthy title reflects Bill’s many areas of expertise: Public International Law, International Criminal Law & International Human Rights Law: A Critical Evaluation of the Scholarship of Professor William Schabas. Anyone wishing to be considered for publication should submit — either to Kathleen.Cavanaugh@nuigalway.ie or to J.Castellino@mdx.ac.uk — a 500-word abstract. It should outline the general thrust of the proposed contribution and also highlight the aspect of Schabas’ scholarship that would be engaged. Abstracts must be submitted no later than October 1, 2011. Jump to full post
The Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence and the Sydney Centre for International Law are pleased to announce a major conference, Human Rights: Old Dichotomies Revisited, being held Nov. 25-26, 2011 at the University of Sydney Law School in Sydney, Australia. sr
The British Institute of International and Comparative Law presents Business and Human Rights: Implementing the UN Guiding Principles Sept. 15-16, 2011. mw
Race/Ethnicity: Multidisciplinary Global Contexts is seeking submissions for its March 2012 issue, Land Ownership and Tenure. The deadline for submissions has been extended to Nov. 1, 2011.
UN-Habitat, The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, concluded that more than one billion people live without any security of tenure in informal settlements in “developing” countries. If “land is not just a resource to be exploited, but a crucial vehicle for the achievement of improved socioeconomic, biological, and physical environments” (FAO), then access to land ensures the security and health of the poor. The politics of access to and exploitation of land and natural resources assume fundamental relations of power control and the policy of social inclusion; however, both notions imply and consolidate that access to land and land ownership, particularly in the Global South, reflect broader patterns of intra-institutional dynamics that explain how marginality and socio-political exclusion take place within countries and on the global stage.
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The Canadian Council on International Law will host its 40th Annual Conference on Culture and Innovation in International Law Nov. 3-5, 2011, in Ottawa, Canada. sr
The Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (PHRGE) at Northeastern University School of Law hosts the PHRGE Institute on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Nov. 3-4, 2011. The theme is Framing Economic, Social and Cultural Rights for Advocacy and Mobilization: Towards a Strategic Agenda in the U.S. “This Institute will examine the strategic roles that distinctive frames can play in advocacy on ESCR before courts, legislatures and the media, as well in mobilizing people to act on ESCR.” mw
The Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (PHRGE) at Northeastern University School of Law announces the PHRGE Student Writing Competition to be held annually in conjunction with the PHRGE Institute on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Submissions are due Sept. 15, 2011. Jump to full post
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