The Glasgow Centre for International Law and Security holds an exciting range of academic and professional events throughout the year. From research seminars to public lectures, in our activities, we aim to promote an understanding of how international law operates and helps to shape our world and why international legal research is crucial to this endeavour.

Lecture

The Russia-Ukraine Armed Conflict: International Proceedings and Domestic Steps (Not) Catalysing Them

You are warmly invited to our guest webinar with Dr Kateryna Busol (Fellow, Chatham House) to discuss the international and domestic legal steps Ukraine has taken in the context of the Russia-Ukraine ...

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Lecture

‘Whatever Happened to Colonial War?’ and other Thoughts on Race and the Laws of War

We are delighted to invite you to a talk by Dr Rotem Giladi-Sobel, Teaching Fellow in International Law, University of Edinburgh, on the role of race in the modern laws of war. Reading: Rotem Giladi, ...

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ReVisions Seminar Series

ReVisions: ‘Contemporary and Emerging Military Technologies: A Posthuman Feminist Analysis’

At the second session of our ReVisions International Law Series, Emily Jones, Lecturer in Law at University of Essex was telling us about ‘Contemporary and Emerging Military Technologies: A Post...

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Panel Discussion

New “CURRENT ISSUES BRIEFINGS” Series: US—IRAN RELATIONS IN 2020- Round-table Discussion

The killing, on 3 January, of General Qasem Soleimani has further intensified tensions in US-Iranian relations. It has also prompted a global debate about the permissibility of targeted assassinations...

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ReVisions Seminar Series

ReVisions International Law Series: “International Drugs Laws and the Global Colour Line”, 15 January 2020

We were delighted to host the first seminar of the ReVisions International Law Series in 2020, which took place on 15 January, in the School of Law’s Stair Building. Our speaker , Dr Kojo Koram, Lectu...

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Lecture

The Persecution of the Rohingya — What Role for International Courts?

Since 2016, atrocities committed against the Rohingya in Myanmar have been widely reported — but international action has remained limited.  In late 2019, two international courts have begun to engage...

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