Mr Ariranga G. Pillay (UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; President, SADC Tribunal; former Chief Justice of Mauritius) will be speaking on the topic “Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and Climate Change” on Friday 29th October, 13.30, in 32MS03. A reception will follow the event. All are welcome.

If you would like to attend this seminar, please RSVP to Chrissie Leveridge (fmlevents@surrey.ac.uk).

This Seminar has been organised by Surrey International Law Centre (SILC) and forms part of the School of Law's Research Seminar Programme.

Dr Christian Henderson (Department of Law, Oxford Brookes University) will be speaking on the topic “UN Security Council Resolution 1860 (2009) and the Contemporary Legal Nature of UN Security Council Resolutions” on Wednesday 8th December at 13.00.  All welcome.

This Seminar has been organised by Surrey International Law Centre (SILC) and forms part of the School of Law's Research Seminar Programme.

If you would like to attend this seminar, please RSVP to Chrissie Leveridge (fmlevents@surrey.ac.uk).

A round table discussion between academic members of the School of Law on pertinent issues related to the impact of EU law in their area of research post-Lisbon.

Catherine Heard (Fair Trials International) will be speaking on the topic “Justice Issues in Today’s EU” on Wednesday 9th March at 13.00.  All welcome.

This Seminar has been organised by Surrey European Law Unit (SELU) and forms part of the School of Law's Research Seminar Programme.

If you would like to attend this seminar, please RSVP to Chrissie Leveridge (fmlevents@surrey.ac.uk).

The Surrey International Law Centre and the Department of Politics of the University of Surrey join for a topical seminar where the key question that the international community is currently dealing with in regard to the situation developing in Libya will be dealt with: whether to intervene or not…

Dr. Mulugeta Ayalew l will be presenting on the topic "Regulation of Water Providers in Ethiopia and Kenya" as part of the School of Law’s Research Seminar Series.  

Dr. Glen Plant will be presenting on the topic "Legal Issues surrounding off-shore renewable energy development in Europe, with an emphasis on the British Isles" as part of the School of Law’s Research Seminar Series.  

All students and staff of the School of Law, University of Surrey, are cordially invited to the first LLM affirmative debate on the topic:

Does section 172 of the Companies Act 2006 signify a departure from the shareholder value approach in UK company law?

With support from the Institute of Advanced Studies, SILC is pleased to announce an international interdisciplinary seminar on cultural legitimacy and the international law and policy on climate change that will take place on 21 June 2011 at the School of Law, University of Surrey.

This seminar seeks to contribute to research on the international law and policy of climate change by focusing on the issue of cultural legitimacy.  Beginning from the premise that legitimacy critiques of international climate change regulation have the capacity to positively influence policy trends and legal choices, we seek a range of papers, from across all the disciplines that investigate the link between the efficacy of international legal and policy mechanisms on climate change and cultural legitimacy or local acceptance.

Visit the Institute of Advanced Studies page for more details on the seminar programme and registration!

Surrey International Law Centre is proud to present Dr Douglas Guilfoyle, UCL, presenting on 'Somali Pirates and International Law'

The School of Law is proud to present Dr Myriam Hunter-Henin (UCL), to deliver this seminar.

The fight against corruption has figured high on the agenda of the international community since the mid 1990s resulting in the adoption of regional and international conventions. Civil society is regarded by many of these conventions as an important tool in this fight. While Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have an obvious role in raising awareness, their more direct involvement in fighting corruption has proved vexing. For example, following the Third Conference of the States Parties to the UNCAC, Doha, 2009, proposals for a peer review mechanism were adopted. These were widely criticized by CSOs for allowing states would to produce reviews that were secretive and lacking transparency. Similarly, CSOs argued for observer status in the Implementation Review Group at the 2010 Fourth Conference in Marrakesh 2010, to be refused by the States Parties. 

This reluctance on the part of states to allow substantive involvement of CSOs raises a number of interesting questions that merit further delineation and investigation. The UN continues to insist that “CSOs are UN system partners and valuable UN links to civil society . . . .  and are indispensable partners for UN efforts at the country level”.