SYMPOSIUM ON INTERNATIONAL LAW AT THE SEAS
CHINA UNIVERSITY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND LAW, BEIJING, CHINA
15 TO 16 MARCH 2018
CALL FOR PAPERS
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2018 CHINESE NATIONAL ROUND FOR INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT TRIAL COMPETITION (ENGLISH EDITION)
CHINA UNIVERSITY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND LAW, BEIJING, CHINA
17 TO 18 MARCH 2018
CALL FOR JUDGES
Human activities have never been so intensely carried out at the seas and oceans in the past as they are today. States use force, carry out law enforcements, conduct maritime interceptions, impose naval blockade, launch naval bombing, or conduct hostilities at the seas and oceans. Individuals also conduct various forms of crimes at the seas and oceans, including acts of piracy, maritime terrorism, and slave trade. Noting these human activities at the seas and oceans, the School of International Law, China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL), and the CUPL Branch, Collaborative Innovation Center for Territorial Sovereignty and Maritime Rights (CSCTSMR) plan to convene a symposium on those relevant international laws at the seas and oceans in Beijing on 15-16 March 2018. This one-and-a-half day symposium will be aiming at thorough discussions on relevant international law at the seas and oceans, including, inter alia:
• Use of force at the seas;
• Law enforcement at the seas;
• Maritime interceptions at the seas;
• Implementation of UN Security Council resolutions relating to maritime operations;
• Naval blockade;
• Naval bombing;
• Peaceful use of high seas;
• Conduct of hostilities at the seas;
• Maritime zones for military operations;
• Fight against piracy;
• Fight against terrorism at the seas;
• Fight against slave trade at the seas.
The symposium is open to any Chinese or foreigner who is interested in any one of the above topics or other related topics. The applicant is welcomed to submit an abstract with at least 300 English words and CV before 30 January 2018, and the result of the selection will be notified to the applicant on 5 February 2018. The selected applicant is expected to submit the paper for the symposium before 12 March 2018. The paper shall be written in English, at least 5,000 English words including footnotes. It shall be in the WORD format, and has not been published. Good academic papers will be collected into a book, which will be published in English. The selected applicant is also expected to make a presentation on the paper to the symposium. The organization committee will offer accommodation and food to all selected applicants who will make presentations to the symposium. It will also offer air tickets of economic class to a limited number of selected foreign applicants. The selected applicants are also welcomed to be the judges for the Chinese national round for the 2018 International Criminal Trial Competition (English edition), which will be held at CUPL on 17-18 March 2018. Any applicant shall indicate in the CV on whether he or she is pleased to be the judge for the competition.
Anyone who is interested to be the judges for this competition but does not wish to attend the symposium may also submit your CV to the organization committee before 20 February 2018. The organization committee will offer accommodation and food to the selected judges for this competition.
Your abstract and CV for the symposium or the CV for the competition shall be submitted to the organization committee. The email address of the organization committee is: xtcxcupl@163.com