About Us - History and Objectives
The objectives of the International Law Association (Australian Branch) are to promote the study, elucidation and advancement of international law, public and private, the study of comparative law, the making of proposals for the solution of conflicts of law, and for the unification of law, and the furthering of international understanding and goodwill amongst persons of Australian citizenship and normally resident in Australia.
Whale Watching Seminar Gains Media Exposure
Lawyers Weekly
A leading barrister believes that the growing popularity of the Australian whale watching industry could be a key platform in Australia's argument to ban whaling in Antarctic waters.
Dr Chris Ward, a barrister and member of the Sydney Panel of Independent International Legal Experts addressing Japan's Special Permit Whaling, told a seminar in Sydney last night that Australia would look to highlight the importance of whale watching to its tourism sector in proceedings before the International Court of Justice.
"I don't want to be met with howls of derision from the floor, but I think there will be a substantial emphasis on whale watching as a special interest," Ward said. "I don't say that facetiously, it is picked up in the application [to initiate proceedings against Japan in the ICJ] which makes express reference, rather bizarrely and oddly to an aide memoire sent to Japan in 2007, and whale watching is singled out in that aide memoire, as an essential interest of Australia...it is a weak peg, but might be the peg we are putting a few things into," Ward said...
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Australian International Law Journal 2010 - Call for Case Notes
– August 23, 2010
Submissions of case notes for the 2010 volume of the Australian International Law Journal are now invited for consideration for publication. Submissions are particularly welcome from early career members of the International Law Association (Australian Branch). Case notes are to provide a short description of the facts and judgment, and then a longer analysis that critiques the court’s holding. The word limit for any case note is 2,500 words.
While we are interested in receiving case notes for any decisions addressing international law issues in 2010 or late 2009, we are particularly interested in notes on the following judgments:
- Habib v Commonwealth, Federal Court of Australia, available at: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/FCAFC/2010/12.html
- Mothers of Srebrenica v Netherlands, Appeal Court in the Hague, available at:
http://www.rechtspraak.nl/NR/rdonlyres/10CE35D4-E711-4AB2-
B757-444E9737F863/0/JudgmentSrebrenica.pdf - “Duch” Trial, Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, trial judgment available at:
http://www.eccc.gov.kh/english/cabinet/courtDoc/635/20100726
_Judgement_Case_001_ENG_PUBLIC.pdf - Popovic et al (IT-05-88), ICTY Trial Judgment, available at:
http://www.icty.org/case/popovic/4#acdec - Morrison v National Australia Bank, US Supreme Court, available at:
http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/09pdf/08-1191.pdf - Brita GmbH v. Hauptzollamt Hamburg-Hafen, European Court of Justice, available at:
http://curia.europa.eu/jurisp/cgi-
bin/form.pl?lang=EN&Submit=rechercher&numaff=C-386/08
We are no longer accepting submissions on the Pulp Mills decision; the Kosovo advisory opinion, nor the Apples Panel decision.
Please send your submission, or any enquiries regarding submission, to the Journal ‘s Case Notes Editor, Dr. Natalie Klein:
natalie.klein@mq.edu.au
The deadline for submission is Friday, September 24, 2010.
Super Sovereign Seminar
To be held at 6:30PM on 16 September 2010
Courtroom 1, Federal Court of Australia.
We hope to see you there.
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Seminar - Addressing Australia’s Arbitration Ambivalence
The International Arbitration Amendment Act 2010
About the Seminar: This seminar offers the first in-depth analysis of the International Arbitration Act as amended in July 2010, often going further than the 2006 revisions to the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration.
The International Arbitration Amendment Act has become the regime exclusively governing international arbitrations in Australia, arguably with no longer any possibility of opting in to the uniform Commercial Arbitration Acts (CAAs) or even a foreign arbitration law. But the CAAs are also being amended to align more closely with the Model Law, and for domestic arbitrations parties can instead opt in to the IAA regime. The CAA amendments are also interesting for provisions (eg on Arb-Med) that were not included in the amended IAA, but which may (or may not) be useful for parties to international arbitrations to adopt by agreement anyway.
This seminar explores these and many other issues affecting especially international arbitration law and practice, based primarily on the detailed introduction to the path-breaking 11-chapter work, Nottage/Garnett (eds) International Arbitration in Australia (Federation Press, october 2010: prelims reproduced at www.law.usyd.edu.au/scil).
When: 6.00-7.30pm, 2 September 2010
Australian International Disputes Centre
Level 16, 1 Castlereagh Street, Sydney
A Practitioner's Guide to International Law
The ILA is pleased to inform its members that the International Law section of the New South Wales Young Lawyers Association, has recently launched "A Practitioner's Guide to International Law"
A Practitioner's Guide to International Law is the first publication of its kind in Australia. A number of ILA members were involved in its publication.
Launched in February 2010, it provides an introductory overview of certain aspects of international law for Australian legal practitioners. The Guide aims to facilitate greater understanding of the area and to promote recourse to international law in resolving disputes before Australian courts and international fora.
Nygh Scholarship recipient Katie Price reports
on her internship at the Hague
INTRODUCTION: For almost 5 months I was the 2008 Peter Nygh Intern at the Hague Conference on Private International Law (‘Hague Conference’). This is an organisation that for over 115 years has been dedicated to the harmonisation of cross border legal affairs and in doing so it aims to make life a little easier for those whose legal affairs do not fit neatly within the borders of one country. Whilst 115 years sounds like a ridiculously long time for a conference to be going on, the Hague Conference is no ordinary conference. Rather, it is a standing body with a Permanent Bureau that makes international laws through the consensus of its member states. 39 conventions have been concluded in that time, some that break radical new ground and others that update what has gone before to ensure these conventions keep step with the modern world. Some of the work I performed as an intern had to do with trying to get new conventions off the ground and some work dealt with maintaining and ensuring the continuing relevance of conventions. There were also a number of smaller tasks involving a variety of matters...
Call for Papers - Australian International Law Journal
The Australian International Law Journal is calling for submissions of articles, case notes and book reviews on any area of public or private international law.
Click here for details (pdf).
NEW ONLINE PAYMENT FORM
Pay your Membership Application & Australian International Law Journal Subscription online - Simple, Secure, & Convenient
The International Law Association has over 50 branches worldwide and a growing membership of academics and practicing professionals with an interest in international law. Membership is available to all persons (professional or student) interested in international law. Membership is for one financial year and your 2009-2010 membership application and Australian International Law Journal subscription can now all be paid simply and securely online... just click here.
