ILSA Chapter Happenings
We have also modified this year’s Jus Gentium International Law Symposium. Last spring, the Symposium focused on Temple’s scholarly ac- complishments in international law by featuring student and faculty presenters who had recently published articles about international law. This year, we will continue to honor Temple’s academ- ic achievements, but we will also add experien- tial and practical components to the Symposium. Two distinguished faculty members will present on their recent research in international law; a second-year student will speak about her experi- ence working for an NGO in Uganda last summer; and Temple’s Assistant Director of Special Inter- national Programs will speak about her career as an international lawyer, including her current positions as Vice Chair of the ABA International Human Rights Committee and as Director of the Human Trafficking Project for the United Nations Association of Greater Philadelphia. In this way, ILS hopes that attendees will appreciate how Temple supports not only students’ academic interests in international law, but also long-term career interests.
We hope that, in years to come, the Sympo- sium becomes a celebration not only of Temple’s achievements in international law, but also of Philadelphia’s presence in the international legal community.
UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA ILSA
Univ. of Ottawa Faculty of Law Ottawa, Ontario CANADA
Rebecca Robb & Meghan Cowan, Vice-President and President
The ILSA University of Ottawa Chapter has en- gaged in a number of interesting events in 2012. The January term began with a film viewing of “The Prosecutor”, a documentary by the National Film Board of Canada that follows the work of the International Criminal Court’s Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo.
On February 21, 2012 the University of Ottawa ILSA Chapter held its annual “Careers in Interna- tional Law” panel. We were privileged to host an illustrious panel of senior international legal pro- fessionals with careers in government, private practice, NGOs and academia. Students listened to practitioners speak about their career path. The panel also provided students with insight on the practice of international law and skills that make students competitive in this field. The event ended with a networking reception, where students and practitioners were able to meet and chat informally.
On February 24, 2012 the University of Ottawa ILSA Chapter co-hosted the Global Generations Conference with the Canadian Lawyers for In- ternational Human Rights (CLAIHR) Chapter. The theme for this conference was topical – it exam- ined the prospects for the responsibility to pro- tect (R2P) in light of the current status of interna- tional law and politics. The year 2011 was the 10th anniversary of the International Commission for International State Sovereignty’s (ICISS) report “The Responsibility to Protect”. The responsibility to protect was also topical because of reference to its language in Security Council resolutions ad- dressing the situations in Côte d’Ivoire and Libya. Titled “The Way Forward: The Promise of R2P”, the Conference was a great success! Coverage of this event can be viewed in the Canadian Law- yers Magazine
http://www.canadianlawyermag. com/4075/
the-way-forward-for-r2p.html
The Conference invited students from across Canada to submit their papers on the Conference theme. Six papers were selected for presenta- tion. The papers revisited the original vision of ICISS and the ways in which R2P is shaping new legal developments in the human rights realm. The winning paper was authored by Ryan Liss, a University of Toronto law student, titled “Respon- sibility Determined: Assessing the Relationship between the Doctrine of the Responsibility to Protect and the Right of Self-Determination.”
ILSA Quarterly » volume 20 » issue 4 » May 2012
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