Past MILC events
MILC members organise and host a range of events and activities to promote the importance of international legal research, the study of international law, and cross disciplinary engagement concerning global governance.
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The New International Economic (Dis)order: On Law, Privatization and Power
04:00 - 17:00 4 March 2026
In 1976, Gillian White published her famous article ‘The New International Economic Order’ in the Virginia Journal of International Law, finding a ‘climate in which some genuine amelioration is possible’. Fifty years later, the New International Economic Order (NIEO) has clearly not materialised....
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Interdisciplinarity &: 2026 Series - Leadership & Team Building: Challenge-Led Hackathon
14:00 - 16:00 11 February 2026
In a vast university setting, bringing together interdisciplinary researchers to tackle complex challenges is essential. These teams combine expertise from various fields, focusing on problems that cannot be solved through a single research lens. But how do you find colleagues with similar interests?...
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Digital Trust and Security Webinar: Dr Zhipeng Wang & Dr Joseph Lee Nazzini
12:00 - 13:00 4 February 2026
Learn how blockchain “digital communities” can be exploited—and how to prevent it. Talk Title: DAO Governance Takeover Attack on the blockchain: Code as Law, Cybersecurity and Governance [Online Webinar] In this talk, Dr Zhipeng Wang and Dr Joseph Lee Nazzini analyse the DAO governance takeover...
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The Role of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) in Multilateral Negotiations
11:00 - 12:00 12 December 2025
Multilateral negotiations are increasingly under strain, making it more important than ever to understand how global agreements are shaped behind the scenes. Dr Andraž Kastelic, a leading expert in international security, brings years of experience working at the intersection of research and negotiation....
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Green Transition: Environmental, Legal, Macro-Economic Governance
13:30 - 15:00 19 November 2025
Hosted by Climate and Justice Study Group, Initiative for Global Law and Political Economy (iGLPE), Law and Technology Initiative (LaTI), and Manchester International Law Centre (MILC). The UK government’s desire for higher investment and greater technological innovation is severely curtailed by the...
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2025 Melland Schill Roundtable: ‘Who Governs When the World Is Falling Apart?’
17:00 - 18:30 19 November 2025
Global governance looks very different today than it did a few decades ago. Traditional diplomacy and international legal frameworks that once structured multilateralism are weakening, while political polarisation deepens and long-standing alliances fracture. The United Nations is steadily losing influence...
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Building Futures, Thinking Long-Term: Insights on Collaborating with Those Impacted by Long-Term Imprisonment to Shape Policies That Affect Them
09:00 - 17:00 6 November 2025
The Prison Reform Trust (PRT) is an independent UK charity working to create a just, humane and effective penal system. Building Futures – PRT’s six-year programme funded by the National Lottery Community Fund – has explored the experiences of people serving long prison sentences. The programme...
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Digital Trust and Security Webinar: Wei-Yuan Wayne Lo
12:00 - 13:00 5 November 2025
Talk Title: Crypto and Crime in Taiwan As a prosecutor specializing in blockchain-related crime, Wei-Yuan Wayne Lo examines how the rise of blockchain technology has accelerated the growth of virtual assets while also creating new avenues for criminal misuse. The presentation first outlines Taiwan’s...
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Digital Trust and Security Seminar Series: Robert Gorwa
14:00 - 15:00 5 November 2025
Talk Title: Full Stack AI Governance Every time someone trains, deploys, or queries an ‘artificial intelligence’ system, whether they know it or not, they are implicating the practices and services of an enormous number of interlinked businesses in the AI ‘stack’. In this talk, Robert Gorwa...
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Digital Trust and Security Webinar: Marilyne Ordekian
11:00 - 12:00 15 October 2025
Talk Title: Investigating Wrench Attacks: Physical Attacks Targeting Cryptocurrency Users Cryptocurrency wrench attacks are physical attacks targeting cryptocurrency users in the real world to illegally obtain cryptocurrencies. These attacks significantly undermine the efficacy of existing digital security...
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- 21 March 2025: ‘The Purported Authority of the ICC over Sitting Heads of State and Government Despite Their Immunities: From Putin to Netanyahu’ by Emanuele Cimiotta (University of Perugia)
- 3 March 2025: ‘Systemic Integration of International Law: Investment Arbitration and Human Rights’ by Richard Wagenlander (Somerville College, Oxford)
- 10 March 2025: Double Book Launch, ‘The Universality of International Law and Its Discontent’ with Jean d’Aspremont (University of Manchester & Sciences Po) and IÅ?il Aral (Koç University)
- 27 February 2025: Book Launch, ‘The Incoherence of Human Rights in International Law: Absence, Emergence and Limitations’ with Suraya Subedi (University of Leeds), Nicolette Butler (University of Manchester), and Louisa Ashley (Leeds Beckett University)
- 11 February 2025: ‘The World Trade Organization in a Changing Global Order’ by Mzukisi Qobo (Ambassador and Permanent Representative of South Africa to the WTO)
- 29 January 2025: ‘“A-Legality” and the Question of Sovereign Debt in International Law’ by Emma Scali (University of Manchester)
- 11 April 2024: ‘Attempting to Kill the Law of Peace’ by Mary Ellen O’Connell (University of Notre Dame) in collaboration with the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute
- 8 April 2024: Book Talk, ‘The European Court of Human Rights and the Norm Against Torture’ with Ezgi Yildiz (California State University)
- 7 March 2024: Workshop, ‘EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and its Impact on LDCs’ with Tarcisio Gazzini (University of Padua), Avidan Kent (University of East Anglia), and Kristian Siikavirta (Universities of Helsinki/Vaasa)
- 4 March 2024: WILNET International Women’s Day Lecture, ‘Gender Parity at the International Court of Justice: The 2026 Elections and Beyond’ with Jessica Corsi (City University London) and Gail Lythgoe (University of Edinburgh)
- 28 February 2024: Book Talk, ‘The Many Paths of Change in International Law’ with Nico Krisch (Geneva Graduate Institute) and Ezgi Yildiz (California State University)
- 19 February 2024: Research Seminar, ‘Britain, Iraq and the Politics of Genocide’ with Hawraman Ali (University of Manchester)
- 5 February 2024: Conversation, ‘The South Africa v. Israel ICJ Case and the Genocide Convention’
- 20 April 2023: ‘Uniform treaty interpretation as seen through leading cases on the Hague Child Abduction Convention’ by Paul Beaumont (University of Stirling)
- 23 March 2023: ‘Consent as a Defence to the Use of Force’ by Federica Paddeu (University of Cambridge)
- 8 March 2023: ‘Legal Issues in Digital-Only Trade Agreements’ by David Collins (City University)
- 2 March 2023: ‘Territorial sovereignty in Africa’ by Mamadou Hébié (Leiden University)
- 13 February 2023: ‘Indigenous Peoples’ Religious Freedom in Land-Grabbing Conflicts: An Insight from the Regional Human Rights Systems’ by Núria Reguart-Segarra (Universitat Jaume)
- 28 November 2022: ‘Foreign Investment and Territorial Disputes’ by Eric De Brabandere (Leiden University)
- 21 November 2022: ‘Guantanamo’s Legacy: From a Legal Black Hole to the Fight against Torture’ by Lisa Hajjar (University of California)
- 14 November 2022: ‘When Environmental Protection and Human Rights Collide’ by Marie-Catherine Petersman (University of Tilburg)
- 24 October 2022: ‘International Law as a Profession’ by Neil McDonald (UK Attorney General’s Office)
- 17 October 2022: ‘Justice Processes for Ukraine: The ICJ Case and Special Tribunal’ with Aarif Abraham (Garden Court North Chambers) and Oksana Zolotaryova (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine)
- 3 October 2022: ‘International Law as a Profession’ by Maria Smirnova (Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights)
- 26 September 2022: Discussion, ‘What is international law good for?’ and MILC start-of-term social
- 25 June 2019: MILC Emerging Scholars Workshop
- 26 March 2019: ‘Crisis or Continuity? Global Constitutionalism as a Change in International Law(yers)’ by David Scott (University of Manchester)
- 25 March 2019: ‘The Dispute Settlement Minuet Between Trade and Investment’ by Andrea Bjorklund
- 20 March 2019: ‘Trade Agreements and Gender: How Far Can and Do They Go?’ by Kamala Dawar
- 7 March 2019: ‘The Contributions of United Nations Security Council Resolutions to the Law of Non-International Armed Conflict: New Evidence of Customary International Law’ by Gregory Fox
- 18 February 2019: ‘How Contractual Disputes Turn into Investment Treaty Arbitrations: Exploring the Interplay Between Commercial and Treaty-Based Claims’ by Vitaliy Kozachenko
- 4 December 2018: ‘The Myth of Coherence and Consistency in International Investment Arbitration’ by Eric De Brabandere
- 3 December 2018: ‘Revisiting Judicial Decisions in International Criminal Law Adjudication’ by Letizia Lo Giacco
- 30 November 2018: ‘Multilateral Trade Rule-Making and the Contributions of the WTO to the Development of International Trade and Investment Rules’ by John Adank
- 26 November 2018: ‘Lawfare: The Law Against Democracy’ by Rafael Valim
- 5 November 2018: ‘From Peace to Security: The Techno-Managerial Turn in Global Security Governance’ by Delphine Dogot
- 16 October 2018: ‘Points of Intersection: The Use of the Rules of Organisations in Different Courts’ by Mariela Apostolaki
- 5 October 2018: ‘Naming without Shaming: Accusations and International Law in Global Cybersecurity’ by Duncan Hollis
- 2 October 2018: ‘The State of Exception: The Legal Form of Neoliberalism’ by Rafael Valim
- 19 September 2018: ‘The Political Economy of Vulnerability’ by Martha McCluskey and Lua Yuille
- 13–15 September 2018: ESIL Annual Conference, ‘International Law and Universality’
- 28 June 2017: ‘Sign and Structure in International Law Theory’ by John R. Morss (University of Australia), with comments by Ozlem Ulgen (Birmingham City University)
- 26 June 2017: ‘The Ukraine v. Russia Case before the International Court of Justice’ by Iain Scobbie (University of Manchester)
- 26 June 2017: ‘The Settlement of Concurrent Applications by the European Court of Human Rights from Areas Outside the Territorial State’s Effective Control (Crimea, Eastern Ukraine)’ by Antal Berkes (University of Manchester)
- 20 June 2017: ‘Violence against Women’s Health: An International Law Perspective’ by Sara De Vido (Centre for Human Rights Studies, Venice)
- 15 June 2017: ‘Terrorism in International Perspective: Whither Egypt and Tunisia?’ by Mohamed Arafa (Alexandria University)
- 14 June 2017: Roundtable, ‘A Fresh Look at Non-State Actors and the Formation of Customary International Law’
- 6 June 2017: ‘Sustainable Development’s Global Governance in a Multi-Actor International Community’ by Sebastian Preller (University of Manchester)
- 16 May 2017: Roundtable with ESIL support, ‘Universal International Law?’
- 9 May 2017: ‘Syrian Chemical Weapons Use and American Tomahawk Response’ by Dan Joyner (University of Alabama)
- 26 April 2017: ‘EU Economic Sanctions from the Public International Law Perspective’ by Matthew Happold (University of Luxembourg)
- 11 April 2017: ‘Injection of Justice: The Role of International Law in Transforming Institutions in Russia’ by Maria Smirnova (University of Manchester)
- 29 March 2017: ‘International Law in Times of Emergency: Invoking Necessity as a Circumstance Precluding Wrongfulness’ by Yang Liu (University of Manchester)
- 28 March 2017: ‘Environmental Rights in Marine Spaces’ by Richard Barnes (University of Hull)
- 14 March 2017: ‘International Criminal Justice and the Tribunal in Cambodia’ by Alex Batesmith (University of Liverpool)
- 3 March 2017: ‘Energy Installations at Sea’ by Maria Gavouneli (University of Athens)
- 28 February 2017: Research presentation by Alexis Galán
- 27 February 2017: Research presentation by Isil Aral (University of Manchester)
- 26–27 January 2017: Workshop, ‘The Role of International Organizations and Non-State Actors in the Formation of Customary International Law’
- 31 January 2017: Research presentation by Olivier Corten (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
- 28 November 2016: ‘The WTO Law in International (Dis)order’ by Victor do Prado (WTO)
- 17 November 2016: ‘Baseball Arbitration to Resolve International Law Disputes: Nudging States to Step Up to the Plate’ by Joost Pauwelyn (Geneva Graduate Institute and Georgetown Law)
- 19 October 2016: ‘Decolonising Jurisprudence: Public Interest Standing in Post-Colonial Settings’ by Elizabeth O’Loughlin (University of Manchester)
- 5 October 2016: ‘State Theory, State Order, State System — Jus Gentium and the Constitution of Public Power’ by Nehal Bhuta (EUI)
- 30 September–1 October 2016: Workshop, ‘Justice in Non-International Armed Conflicts’
- 15 September 2016: ‘The Role of Amicus Curiae Briefs in the International Court of Justice’ by Lena Pineros (University of Manchester)
- 20 May 2015: ‘International Law and WWI: War and Peace in Contention: Neutrality after the Great War’ by Stephen Neff (University of Edinburgh)
- 12 May 2015: ‘Have Recent Regulations Spelt the Death of Fractional Reserve Banking?’ by Emilios Avgouleas (University of Edinburgh)
- 22 April 2015: ‘International Law and WWI: The Laws of War at Sea’ by Steven Haines (University of Greenwich)
- 5–6 March 2015: Experts’ workshop, ‘Guidelines on Justice in Non-International Armed Conflicts’
- 3 March 2015: ‘International Law and WWI: The Indian Army in Mesopotamia’ by Charles Garraway (University of Essex)