The London Conference on International Law, 17-18 October 2024

The London Conference on International Law 

17-18 October 2024 | QEII Centre, Broad Sanctuary, London

The third edition of The London Conference on International Law returns to the QEII Centre, London on Thursday 17 - Friday 18 October 2024.

The London Conference on International Law is a biennial event dedicated to exploring the latest developments in international law and providing participants with the highest-level insights from leading experts in the field. The conference will explore the effectiveness and limitations of existing legal principles and the ability of international law to address contemporary and future challenges. It will examine the defining content of public international law as we understand it today, questioning whether recent international events have exposed fault lines or whether it remains adequate to address the issues at hand. The conference will also seek to challenge preconceptions and assess whether the reach of international law extends further than commonly believed.

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED 

We are delighted to announce that the full programme for the London Conference on International Law 2024 is now available to view here: https://thelondonconference.org/2024-programme/

Our distinguished line up of plenary speakers includes:

•  Lord Richard Hermer KC, Attorney General
•  Sir Michael Wood KC, Barrister, Twenty Essex 
•  Professor Dapo Akande, Chichele Professor of Public International Law, University of Oxford
•  Professor Martins Paparinskis, Professor of Public International Law, University College London
•  Ambassador Mario Oyarzábal, Ambassador of the Argentine Republic to the Kingdom of the Netherlands
•  Dr Nilüfer Oral, Director of the Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore
•  Sally Langrish, Legal Adviser and Director General Legal, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
•  Judge Joanne Korner KC, Member, International Criminal Court
•  Judge Graciela Gatti Santana, President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal tribunals
•  Professor Dr Phoebe Okowa, EBS, Professor of Public International Law, Member, United Nations International Law Commission, Queen Mary University of London
•  Doug Wilson OBE, Director-General, Attorney General’s Office
•  Judge Tim Eicke KC, European Court of Human Rights
•  Judge Kimberley Prost, Member, International Criminal Court
•  The Rt Hon Lady Arden of Heswall DBE, former Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
•  The Rt Hon Lord Lloyd-Jones, Justice of the Supreme Court
•  Sir Daniel Bethlehem KCMG KC, Barrister and Arbitrator, Twenty Essex
•  Judge Tomas Heidar, President, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
•  Professor Naz Modirzadeh, Professor of Practice, Harvard Law School
•  Professor Surabhi Ranganathan, Professor of International Law, University of Cambridge

View the full list of speakers here: https://thelondonconference.org/speakers-2024/

CONFERENCE THEMES:

Topics for discussion at this conference include: 

•  Climate and the Environment
• Accounting for War
•  The Colonial Legacy of International Law
•  Domestic Courts and International Law (Immunities)
•  Investor-State Dispute Settlement
•  Taxation
•  Sanctions, Economic Measures, and the Use of Economic Coercion. Is it really 'the West versus the Rest’?
•  Current Issues in Law of the Sea 
•  International Settlement of Disputes
•  Activities of Multinational Corporations under International Law
•  International Migration and Refugee Law
•  Old and New: Changing Technologies in Warfare and International Humanitarian Law
•  Domestic Courts and International Law (Human Rights and Customary International Law)
•  Artificial Intelligence
•  Energy Security
•  Space Law

Find out more and book your delegate place here: https://thelondonconference.org/

London Conference on International Law 

QEII Centre, Broad Sanctuary, London

+44 (0)20 7324 4330

info@thelondonconference.org