ILSA Chapter Happenings SLS, PUNE ILS
Symbiosis Law School, Pune Maharashtra, INDIA
Bhavani Kumar, ILS Student Coor- dinator
The ILSA Chapter of Symbiosis Law School (SLS), Pune, in its rejuvenated form, entered its fourth year of association with ILSA. This semester the SLS, Pune chapter of ILSA has concentrated on looking into the relationship between Interna- tional Law and International Relations.
With this objective in mind we organized an in- teractive discussion on the ‘Responsibility to Pro- tect with reference to Iraq 2003 and ISIS 2014’. We invited a member of the SLS, Pune team to the Philip C Jessup International Moot Court Competition to give his legal perspective on the matter while two members of the MUN team contributed from the International Relations per- spective. The discussion ended with a consen- sus among the forty seven participating students that the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ is not a legal right but is still Lex Lata, however that the princi- ple has more application in Iraq and Syria in 2014 than during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
As students of Law we felt that we could infuse a legal perspective into Model United Nations Conferences and in this regard chapter members have attended three external MUN conferences and organised one internal MUN conference. At the first external MUN organized by the Indira College, Pune our delegation secured two Best Delegate awards. At the Mumbai Conference, organized by the ‘Think Tank’, our contingent se- cured two Best Delegate awards and two of our members served on the executive board of the UNSC and UNHRC. At the Symbiosis Law School, Noida MUN our contingent acted as counsel for the Russian Federation in a hypothetical stimula- tion of the ICJ on the conflict in Crimea and one
of the members was adjudged the Best Counsel. Fifty four students participated in our stimulation of the UNHRC in which we discussed the require- ment and feasibility of the Right to Internet.
In addition, the chapter members interacted with students from Chuo University, Japan who were visiting SLS, Pune as a part of an exchange pro- gramme. This helped chapter members gain an insight into their views on International Law and Relations, considering the fact that the Japanese Constitution under Article 9 does not recognize war as a sovereign right and the use of force as a means of settling international dispute, while the use of force can be justified under part VII of United Nations Charter.
To conclude, we feel that we have gained some ground in our objective to spread awareness in the field of International Law and that we have met our objective for this semester to study the interaction of International Law with International Relations.
UNIV. OF KANSAS ILS
Univ. of Kansas School of Law Lawrence, Kansas USA
Elisabeth Short and Kate Marshall
The Dwight D. Eisenhower International Law So- ciety at the University of Kansas School of Law made substantial headway this year to improve membership participation and revitalize the club. Our officers embraced the advances in social media, added new programs, and put new spins on old events.
Our new social media campaign reached more students than ever before through the use of Twitter, Tumblr, and Facebook. The club also created a new officer position to manage and monitor the social media sites. Not only do we post information on ILS events, but we also post
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