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On 17 and 18 May 2018, the second conference in the Identity on the International Bench Series is taking place in The Hague, organized by the PluriCourts Centre of Excellence, Oslo University.

PluriCourts invites contributions for its upcoming workshop Responding to Legitimacy Challenges: Opportunities and Choices for the European Court of Human Rights, 21 September 2018 at the European Court of Human Rights. The submission deadline is 15 February 2018.

PluriCourts director, Andreas Føllesdal, comments on Austria's new government and the reactions at the European level in the news platform, ABCNyheter.

Research Assistant Ester Strømmen is interviewed on foreign fighters by the Daily Review on NRK, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.

Postdoctoral fellow Joanna Nicholson comments on the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court's (ICC) request to initiate an investigation into alleged crimes committed in Afghanistan in the Norwegian newspaper Klassekampen.

Doctoral research fellow Carola Lingaas is interviewed on the role of international tribunals in relation to the convictions against Mladić by the news platform Rett24 (in Norwegian).

Prof. Ole Kristian Fauchald was interviewed on the climate lawsuit by the Daily Review on NRK, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.

On 2 November 2017, PluriCourts received a positive assessment by the Research Council of Norway and will continue for its second term. PluriCourts launches a revised research plan to address increased criticism against several international courts.

PhD candidate Rosa Manzo discusses whether States have obligations under the Paris Agreement in the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten.

PhD candidate Jørgen S. Skjold and PluriCourts affiliated researcher Malcolm Langford wrote an op-ed in the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten. They clarify what public international law says about the right to self-determination and unilateral declarations of independence.

Ester Strømmen, Inger Skjelsbæk and Åsne Seierstad discuss the role of women in wars and armed conflicts in an interview for Kjønnsavdelingen.

PluriCourts directors, Geir Ulfstein and Andreas Føllesdal, discuss challenges to human rights protection in the Norwegian newspaper Klassekampen.