Africa and International Law: Taking Stock and Moving Forward

April 12-14, 2012 | Albany Law School

Delivering Justice Jackson Memorial Lecture:
Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court

Keynotes:
Judge Abdul Koroma, of the International Court of Justice
Dr. Willy Mutunga, Chief Justice and President of the Kenyan Supreme Court

A major objective of the conference will be to engage in a broad ranging conversation among scholars, practitioners and policy-makers to examine and evaluate how the international and regional regimes and institutions in Africa are producing new narratives of justice and how best they can make a real difference in responding to the challenges facing African peoples and governments.

Abstracts and papers are invited on a broad range of themes including but limited to the fledgling jurisprudence of African regional integration tribunals; Africa and the international criminal court; the continued viability of one of reigning paradigms of African international law that Africa is an innovator and generator of institutions and rules of international law, rather than its passive recipient.

Final Papers will be due on or before March 15, 2012. All final papers should be sent to: Professor James Gathii: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

For complete call for papers, please click here.

  

Fatou Bensouda's lecture will be webcast at 4p.m. EDT.

Click here to access the web-streamed portions of the conference.