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Can the Council of Europe Vanquish Authoritarianism in its Member States? - ACIL We are pleased to welcome Nils Muižnieks, a former Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights and one of the most prominent human rights advocates in Europe and beyond. Currently, Muižnieks serve...

Can the Council of Europe vanquish Authoritarianism in its Member States??

Nils Muižnieks, the former Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe, will be speaking about this on 16 October. Join us online. With Yvonne Donders & Dilek Kurban.
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International Financial Institutions and Sustainable Development - ACIL Join us for the launch of Dr Johanna Lorenzo’s new book on the legal and sustainability implications of financing by multilateral development banks. With commentary from Professor Celine Tan (Universi...

Today at 17:15cet. Join us online.

A discussion about the new book from @johannalorenzo.bsky.social on the legal and sustainability implications of financing by multilateral banks. W/ @celinetan.bsky.social, @akinkugbe.bsky.social & @ingovenzke.bsky.social
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International Financial Institutions and Sustainable Development - ACIL Join us for the launch of Dr Johanna Lorenzo’s new book on the legal and sustainability implications of financing by multilateral development banks. With commentary from Professor Celine Tan (University of Warwick Law School) and Dr Olabisi D. Akinkugbe (Dalhousie University, Schulich School of Law). Professor Ingo Venzke (UvA) will moderate the discussion.

Join us for a discussion of @johannalorenzo.bsky.social new book on the legal and sustainability implications of financing by multilateral development banks.
W/@celinetan.bsky.social, @akinkugbe.bsky.social & @ingovenzke.bsky.social on 25 September. https://bit.ly/4nD6cfH @acil-uva.bsky.social

Seeking Reparations in an Age of Impunity - Register to attend our next hybrid lecture by Prof. @lukemoffett.bsky.social about #reparations in an age where progress on redressing the past is witnessing a rollback.

📅 16 September, 1pm CET
📍 UvA Anthropology C5.00 & online
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Looking forward to discussing this excellent book !

Join us for a discussion of @johannalorenzo.bsky.social new book on the legal and sustainability implications of financing by multilateral development banks.
W/ @celinetan.bsky.social, @akinkugbe.bsky.social & @ingovenzke.bsky.social
25 September, 17:15cet
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You can hear more about @karolyvegh.bsky.social research on 10 September when he defends his PhD. Supervisors are @paulducheine.bsky.social & Prof. Terry Gill.

Law Faculty Prize for Dr Kanad Bagchi for the Best Publication 2024 Dr Kanad Bagchi has won the UvA Law Faculty Prize for the Best Publication 2024 for Young Researchers. The jury selected his article ‘Depoliticizing money: how the International Monetary Fund transformed central banking’ and said it is ‘a ground-breaking and thought-provoking analysis at the intersection between law & politics’.

Dr @kanadbagchi.bsky.social won the UvA Law Faculty Prize for the Best Publication 2024 for Young Researchers. The jury selected his article ‘Depoliticizing money: how the International Monetary Fund transformed central banking’. bit.ly/41mD83b #InternationalLaw

📢 New Publication Alert 📢

Delighted to share my publication in LJIL! This piece is relevant for anyone interested in how we conceptualise 'nature', 'peoples' and 'statehood' under international law, including the role of peoples' tribunals in the international legal domain. lnkd.in/gVR-Hbfz

Aan erkenning van #Palestina zitten veel juridische haken en ogen. Voor westerse landen is die erkenning in de eerste plaats vooral een 'politieke daad', zegt hoogleraar @kikibrolmann.bsky.social van @acil-uva.bsky.social in @volkskrant.bsky.social. #InternationaalRecht

The mind is under attack by states Every day, states are targeting your mind. We need to learn how to inform ourselves, not just absorb information, says Károly Végh. He researched how human rights law could help protect the mind in this digital age.

‘We have a growing responsibility to keep ourselves informed, not influenced', says Károly Végh. He researched how states are targeting our minds and how human rights law could prevent this 🧠 @acil-uva.bsky.social‬

Quote: “The expansive legal protection of fossil investments risks significantly increasing the cost of climate policies.”

"The Struggle Against Fossil Sovereignty"

JOCHEN VON BERNSTORFF and INGO VENZKE explain why the ICJ's climate advisory opinion lends further support to efforts aimed at pushing back against the legal protection of fossil fuel extraction and production.

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Law Faculty Prize for Dr Kanad Bagchi for the Best Publication 2024 Dr Kanad Bagchi has won the UvA Law Faculty Prize for the Best Publication 2024 for Young Researchers. The jury selected his article ‘Depoliticizing money: how the International Monetary Fund transformed central banking’ and said it is ‘a ground-breaking and thought-provoking analysis at the intersection between law & politics’.

Dr @kanadbagchi.bsky.social won the UvA Law Faculty Prize for the Best Publication 2024 for Young Researchers. The jury selected his article ‘Depoliticizing money: how the International Monetary Fund transformed central banking’. https://bit.ly/41mD83b

Now, the time has come to announce my debut in the academic community. Many thanks to @uvalawschool.bsky.social and @acil-uva.bsky.social for the posting and my immense gratitude to my supervisors, Prof. Terry D. Gill and Prof. @paulducheine.bsky.social for their mentoring.

In Defence of the Informed Mind On 10 September Károly Végh will defend his PhD dissertation entitled ‘In Defence of the Informed Mind - The applicability of international human rights law for the conduct of extraterritorial influence’. The thesis aims to explore how international human rights law applies to the conduct of disinformation, propaganda and other cognitive manipulations by foreign States.

On 10 September @karolyvegh.bsky.social‬ will defend his PhD dissertation entitled ‘In Defence of the Informed Mind - The applicability of international human rights law for the conduct of extraterritorial influence’. @acil-uva.bsky.social‬ https://bit.ly/4lc8Abs #InternationalLaw

How unravelling the truth in court may reduce conflict Vessela Terzieva explains how the right to the truth in human rights and international criminal law reduces conflict. She is a lawyer and works as an academic at the UvA.

Who does this land belong to? Are these people victims or perpetrators? Vessela Terzieva believes that once facts are established in a fair trial, it will be easier for different groups to coexist peacefully. Full interview about her research below 👇 http://bit.ly/4kFFFfO

Congratulations Riccardo!
We had the pleasure of meeting Riccardo in Spring 2024 when he was a visiting researcher at ACIL.

Hoe ‘fout’ zijn Israël, Iran en VS met hun aanvallen? ‘Er was geen dreiging van een aanval van Iran’ Ruim een week geleden werd Iran opgeschrikt door grootschalige Israëlische aanvallen. Sindsdien bestookten de landen elkaar, al leek dinsdag plotseling een staakt-het-vuren in zicht. Valt dit te rijmen met het internationaal (oorlogs)recht? Nee, menen hoogleraren Marten Zwanenburg en Göran Sluiter.

Göran Sluiter en Marten Zwanenberg duiden in de @volkskrant.nl de aanval van #Israël op de nucleaire complexen van #Iran. Valt het te rijmen met het internationaal (oorlogs)recht? bit.ly/3G4OyS1 #OorlogsRecht

Hoe ‘fout’ zijn Israël, Iran en VS met hun aanvallen? ‘Er was geen dreiging van een aanval van Iran’ Ruim een week geleden werd Iran opgeschrikt door grootschalige Israëlische aanvallen. Sindsdien bestookten de landen elkaar, al leek dinsdag plotseling een staakt-het-vuren in zicht. Valt dit te rijmen met het internationaal (oorlogs)recht? Nee, menen hoogleraren Marten Zwanenburg en Göran Sluiter.

Göran Sluiter en Marten Zwanenberg duiden in de @volkskrant.nl de aanval van Israël op de nucleaire complexen van Iran. Valt het te rijmen met het internationaal (oorlogs)recht? https://bit.ly/3G4OyS1

''We have achieved a great deal in our research on the role of law in sustainable globalisation, but we are far from finished.'' @ingovenzke.bsky.social on the favourable evaluation of the project, Transformative Effects of Globalisation in Law.

Large Language Models and International Lawyering - ACIL We look forward to welcoming Professor Duncan Hollis to the Amsterdam Law School on Tuesday 17 June. Duncan B. Hollis is Laura H. Carnell Professor of Law at Temple Law School and co-faculty director of Temple’s Institute for Law, Innovation & Technology (iLIT).

On 17 June professor @duncanhollis.bsky.social will be speaking about his recent paper (w/Ashley Deeks) looking at the potential of LLMs on international law. @acil-uva.bsky.social‬ https://bit.ly/4dWmRap #InternationalLaw

Large Language Models and International Lawyering - ACIL We look forward to welcoming Professor Duncan Hollis to the Amsterdam Law School on Tuesday 17 June. Duncan B. Hollis is Laura H. Carnell Professor of Law at Temple Law School and co-faculty director ...

On 17 June, Professor @duncanhollis.bsky.social will be speaking to us about his recent article identifying four roles for Large Language Models (LLMs) in international law: as collaborator, confounder, creator, or corruptor.

12:00cet @uvalawschool.bsky.social or online.
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International Law's Local Encounters: Experiences and Imaginaries of (De-)Coloniality - ACIL Please join us in interrogating international law’s local encounters and (de)coloniality during a two day workshop on the 5th & 6th June 2025 at Amsterdam Law School. The workshop is generously sponso...

This week! The workshop interrogating international law’s local encounters and (de)coloniality. @uvalawschool.bsky.social, 5-6 June.

Together with a community of brilliant colleagues and critical thinkers, we’ll explore some of the most pressing questions in int'l law.
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YouTube video by European, International and Transformative Law ACIL lecture with Dimitri Van Den Meerssche (Queen Mary)

Our thanks to @dimitrivdm.bsky.social (& co-author Gavin Sullivan) for sharing their fascinating research on the new UK AI border control system ‘Cerberus’.

What will it mean for legal thinking both in the making and in the protection against border decisions?
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Large Language Models and International Lawyering - ACIL We look forward to welcoming Professor Duncan Hollis to the Amsterdam Law School on Tuesday 17 June. Duncan B. Hollis is Laura H. Carnell Professor of Law at Temple Law School and co-faculty director ...

‘’LLMs are going to be a part of the future of int'l lawyering whether we want them to or not.’’

Join us on 17 June when @duncanhollis.bsky.social will be speaking about his recent paper (w/Ashley Deeks) looking at the potential of LLMs on int'l law.
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Democracy and AI The role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in democratic societies is an ongoing concern for many researchers, albeit for different reasons. During this event, we will explore the often illegitimate but not illegal applications of AI in democratic practices, focusing on the role of the news media, political decision-making, and policy. 

TODAY 📣 Join @plixavra.bsky.social, @hannescools.bsky.social at SPUI25 to learn more about the role of #AI 🤖 in democratic societies. You can also join online at 4 pm bit.ly/437yJBv @uvahumanities.bsky.social #Democracy

International Law's Local Encounters: Experiences and Imaginaries of (De-)Coloniality - ACIL Please join us in interrogating international law’s local encounters and (de)coloniality during a two day workshop on the 5th & 6th June 2025 at Amsterdam Law School. The workshop is generously sponso...

What do calls for decolonial futures mean when articulated through international law?

Limited places at our workshop, 5-6 June. @uvalawschool.bsky.social

Organised by @kanadbagchi.bsky.social, @dbose.bsky.social, @lyskulamadayil.bsky.social & @tim-lindgren.bsky.social
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Democracy and AI The role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in democratic societies is an ongoing concern for many researchers, albeit for different reasons. During this event, we will explore the often illegitimate but not illegal applications of AI in democratic practices, focusing on the role of the news media, political decision-making, and policy. 

Join @plixavra.bsky.social, @hannescools.bsky.social at SPUI25 on 20 May to learn more about the role of #AI 🤖 in democratic societies. You can sign up now.👇bit.ly/437yJBv @uvahumanities.bsky.social #Democracy

Algorithmic Risk Governance: Mapping the Digital Bordering Infrastructure of Cerberus - ACIL We look forward to welcoming Dimitri Van Den Meerssche to the Amsterdam Law School on Monday 19 May. Dimitri is a Senior Lecturer in Law and Fellow of the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) at Queen Mary University of London. His current research studies the impact of new digital technologies on global security governance.

On 19 May we're looking forward to hearing from @dimitrivdm.bsky.social. He'll be speaking about the algorithmic border control platform 'Cerberus' and its distinctive governance infrastructure. https://bit.ly/43bLmv4 @acil-uva.bsky.social #InternationalLaw

International Law's Local Encounters: Experiences and Imaginaries of (De-)Coloniality - ACIL Please join us in interrogating international law’s local encounters and (de)coloniality during a two day workshop on the 5th & 6th June 2025 at Amsterdam Law School. The workshop is generously sponso...

What do calls for decolonial futures mean when articulated through international law?

Limited places at our workshop, 5-6 June. @uvalawschool.bsky.social

Organised by @kanadbagchi.bsky.social, @dbose.bsky.social, @lyskulamadayil.bsky.social & @tim-lindgren.bsky.social
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