On 20-21 June, PluriCourts held its annual workshop on The Political and Legal Theory of International Courts and Tribunals. The workshop brings together scholars of philosophy, legal theory, and political theory who study regional and international courts and tribunals (ICs).
On 16 June 2022, Master of Law Nicola Claire Strain held a trial lecture and successfully defended her thesis “Jurisdiction and Applicable Law in Investor-State and WTO Dispute Settlement. Comparing Consent and Inconsistency in the Application of Other International Law”.
Both positions will take part in the research initiative on the interface between international and national law.
On May 30-31, the COPIID research project completed its first physical kick off workshop in beautiful surroundings at Hotel Jeløya Radio, Moss.
On 1 April 2022, Juris Doctorate Emma Hynes Brandon held a trial lecture and defended her thesis on non-member states’ obligation to cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) and three regional human rights courts.
Together with Birmingham Law School, PluriCourts is hosting a workshop on the value(s) of the European Convention on Human Rights. In relation to the workshop, there is a call for abstracts with submission deadline 3. June.
The project will study what the EU can do to prevent the deterioration of rule of law among its members, a question that project leader Daniel Naurin argues has only become more important.
Every year, PluriCourts welcomes several visiting researchers for research stays of various lenghts. - It added a whole different dimension and spin on the direction my work was going, says PhD candidate Tomas Pacheco-Bethencourt from the University of Málaga.
Lara Marie Nicola Eguia started working at PluriCourts in December 2021.
On 8 December, PluriCourts hosted a digital book launch of Professor Caroline E. Foster’s new book, Global Regulatory Standards in Environmental and Health Disputes (Oxford University Press, 2021).
PluriCourts is co-organizing two workshops on Nordic jurists and legal internationalism in the 1880s-1970s. In relation to the workshops, a call for paper is now open.
During the recent UN climate change summit, state parties agreed to phase down coal and renewed their intention of limiting global warming to 1,5 degrees. Yet for Professor Voigt, the most important achievement was the carving out of the technical details within carbon trading and transparency.
PluriCourts' annual Concepts and Methods conference was dedicated to the new research initiative on the interface between international and national law.
In her recently submitted PhD thesis, Emma Brandon investigates state’s obligations to cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the regional human rights courts, even when they are not members of these courts.
In November, PluriCourts will be hosting two separate events in Paris, one on the openness of European national legal orders to international law and one concerning climate change cases before national and international courts.
On 27-28 October, PluriCourts hosted a two-day research conference on compliance mechanisms: “International Courts versus Compliance Mechanisms: Comparative advantages of non-compliance mechanisms and complaint procedures.”
PluriCourts hosts a one week intensive interdisciplinary PhD course on the legitimacy of international law and international institutions, with a particular focus on international courts, in Oslo, Norway, June 13 to June 17 2022.
Legitimacy Criticisms and Theories of Adjudication
Voigt will be the chair of the Commission for the next four years. She intends to harness its international role and its global reach.
PluriCourts researchers have succeeded in attracting funding from the Research Council of Norway for a four-year research project.
On 15 June, PluriCourts together with the Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH), hosted a seminar on “The effective implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights – enhancing domestic dialogue and co-ordination”.
Discussion on how diversity - or lack of diversity - among international judges may influence courts' opinions and their legitimacy
Alain Zysset joined PluriCourts in May 2021, as a Senior Research Fellow in legal theory.
Professorene Andreas Føllesdal og Geir Ulfstein, PluriCourts ved Det juridiske fakultet er tildelt UiOs forsknigspris for 2021.
PluriCourts issues this call for abstracts on the topic of “International Courts versus Compliance Mechanisms: Comparative advantages of non-compliance mechanisms and complaint procedures.”