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Friday, September 10 2010 / 8:30 AM - Saturday, September 11 2010 / 8:30 AM
Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio
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Lawfare! is the first major academic symposium that explores the concept, traditionally defined as a strategy of using or misusing law as a substitute for traditional military means to achieve an operational objective. But lately, commentators & governments have applied it to International Criminal Tribunals, defense counsel tactics challenging detention of al Qaeda suspects at Guantanamo Bay & the controversial Goldstone Commission Report. At this symposium & experts meeting, leading academics, practitioners, & former government officials from all sides of the political spectrum, will examine the usefulness & appropriate application of lawfare. "Our Strength as a nation state will continue to be challenged by those who employ a strategy of the weak using international fora, judicial processes, & terrorism." - Dept of Defense, National Defense Strategy of the US (05) "We face 3 major strategic challenges," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said recently. "The Iranian nuclear program, rockets aimed at our civilians & Goldstone." - NY Times, 1.23.10

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Alice Simon
jag51@case.edu
216-368-1798

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Tuesday, September 14 2010
WEBINAR

ASIL’s New Professionals Interest Group Committee on the International Criminal Court invites you to a webinar on careers at the International Criminal Court (ICC).

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Thursday, September 16 2010 - Friday, September 17 2010 /
University of Reading, Whiteknights Road, Earley Reading RG6 7BA United Kingdom

The University of Reading, in association with the Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai, is organizing its second workshop to examine various issues arising from the 123 Agreement. The 123 Agreement was signed by the United States and India in 2008 to operationalize the Joint Statement by United States President George W. Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2005 whereby India agreed to separate its civilian and military nuclear facilities and place the former under International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards. The purpose of the Agreement is to facilitate the exchange of civil nuclear technology between India and the United States. The Agreement is exceptional in that it goes against the grain of several decades of United States non-proliferation practice and implicitly recognizes India's status as a nuclear weapons state. Despite claims that the Agreement benefits India by ending its nuclear isolation and contributing to its burgeoning energy needs, there has been stinted opposition to the Agreement; the Singh government narrowly survived a no-confidence motion brought by opposition parties in 2008 over the issue. The conference, which is generously funded by the British Academy, will feature panellists from South Asia, Africa, Europe, and the United States will address such topics as the Agreement's implications for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, issues of international trade law, human rights, international environmental law and theoretical perspectives. The registration fee includes lunches and coffee breaks, is £30 for non-students and £15 for students. Reading staff and students can attend free of charge (though are still required to register). Numbers are limited. Cancellations to bookings made on or before Friday, 3 September will be refunded in full. Cancellations received after 3 September will be non-refundable.

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Ms. Angela Foxon
a.foxon@reading.ac.uk

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Thursday, September 16 2010
ASIL Headquarters, Tillar House
Washington, DC USA

The ASIL Transitional Justice and Rule of Law Interest Group in cosponsorship with ASIL Law firm partner, White and Case LLP, and in cooperation with the American Bar Association International Law Section will host a discussion focused on the issues of state failure and state fragility in international law.

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Friday, September 17 2010 / 11:15 AM
WTO Headquarter, Geneva, Switzerland
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The ASIL International Economic Law Interest Group (IEcLIG), together with the World Trade Institute (WTI) at Bern, Switzerland, will presents a panel discussing the role of G20 in WTO governance at this year's WTO Public Forum ("The Forces Shaping World Trade"). Although most agree that the G20 fills in for an institutional gap in global economic regulation, opinions diverge as to the ideal scope and depth of its authority. Some regulators have identified the G20 as a formal venue for transnational regulatory cooperation. Others conceptualize the G20 as a global decision-making platform tasked to set the agenda a range of economic issues, such as trade and development.This panel identifies the conditions under which the G20, as an emerging executive coordinator of global economic regulation, could best complement the WTO's decision-making process. The WTO Pubic Forum is a prestigious annual gathering among the world's leading academic institutions, policymakers, non-government organizations, and the civil society to discuss various ways to improve WTO governance in a creative and transparent way. This is the first time the International Economic Law Interest Group has been invited to speak at this event and marks a critical step in interest group efforts to engage the larger policy community.

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scho1@kentlaw.edu; claire.kelly@brooklaw.edu

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Wednesday, September 22 2010
Arnold & Porter
Washington, DC

The DC Bar International Dispute Resolution Committee, in cooperation with the American Society of International Law Dispute Resolution Interest Group, will hold a free brownbag lunch program about careers in international arbitration for young lawyers.

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