Call For Papers: The Jus Post Bellum Project
Jan 15, 2014
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Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies at the University of Leiden
An NWO-funded Vidi project of the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies at the University of Leiden
June 11 – 12, 2014, The Hague, Netherlands
This seminar is the first of two seminars planned for 11 – 13 June 2014. The second seminar relates to property, investment, and jus post bellum. The main aim of these seminars is to create guidelines for law and policy for property and the environment in the transition from armed conflict to peace. Discussants are encouraged to connect these with other, overarching issues, such as the role of international interventions, local ownership, the right to self-determination, and addressing root causes of conflict. The guidelines will be backed by substantive research papers submitted via this call for papers for presentations at the seminar.
We are seeking submissions of academic research papers, built around identifiable guidelines, for presentation at the seminar. Submissions should include an abstract of no more than 300 words and be accompanied by a CV. Please indicate for which seminar the abstract is intended. Submissions must be written in English and sent to j.m.iverson@cdh.leidenuniv.nl and j.s.easterday@cdh.leidenuniv.nl no later than 27 January 2014. Selected participants will be informed 22 February 2014. Final papers should be submitted by 16 May 2014.
The environmental seminar seeks to bring together academics, policy-makers and practitioners from different disciplines to clarify policies and practices of environmental protection, and key legal considerations related to normative frameworks (e.g., international environmental law, international humanitarian law and human rights), the treatment of substantive principles (e.g., proportionality under jus in bello and jus post bellum, environmental integrity), ‘shared responsibility’ and accountability mechanisms for environmental damage. It aims to identify gaps and extract specific principles, norms, and practices that can bridge existing research on conflict, the environment and natural resource management with new areas for practice and study in the jus post bellum context. It will focus on: Damage and Harm, Nexus and Interaction between Diverse Legal Frameworks, Shared Responsibility, Regulatory Policies, Accountability, Reparation and Resource Management, and Prevention.