Inaugural Lecture: The Development of International Law

UCL Faculty of Laws

This Inaugural Lecture will be on ‘The Development of International Law’ and delivered by Professor Martins Paparinskis

UCL Faculty of Laws (Bentham House)

<h3>'The Development of International Law: The Case for Revisiting Compensation’ by Professor <a href="https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/40273" title="https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/40273" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Martins Paparinskis</a> (Faculty of Laws, UCL)</h3><h3>Chair: <a href="https://essexcourt.com/barrister/professor-vaughan-lowe-kc/" title="https://essexcourt.com/barrister/professor-vaughan-lowe-kc/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Prof Vaughan Lowe</a> (Essex Court Chambers)</h3><h3><br></h3><h3>About this Inaugural Lecture</h3><p>The development of public international law is a curious process, often easier to observe and retrospectively explain than predict and direct. Much depends on how particular specialist fields strike the balance between substance, institutions, and means of dispute settlement. Equally, much turns on choices that actors take by turning to these specialist institutions and means, the character of acts or omission that serve as catalysts for these choices, and particularly the fit within the broader context provided by generalist rules and universal institutions. The talk will consider the variety of considerations that shape the development of public international law in modern practice, with an eye to compensation for the damage caused by internationally wrongful acts, a topic entered into the long-term programme work of the United Nations International Law Commission in 2024.</p><p><br></p><h3>About the Speaker</h3><p><a href="https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/40273" title="https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/40273" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Martins Paparinskis </a>is Professor of Public International Law at UCL Faculty of Laws. He is a generalist public international lawyer with a variety of specialist interests, and has published on foundational topics of public international law, such as sources, law of treaties, State responsibility, and international dispute settlement, as well as on topics in the subfields of investment law and environmental law. Professor Paparinskis is a member of the United Nations International Law Commission, and has been the Chairperson of its Drafting Committee (2023) and the First Vice-Chair (2024).</p><p><br></p><h3>About Current Legal Problems</h3><p>The <a href="https://www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/research/groups-and-projects/current-legal-problems" title="https://www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/research/groups-and-projects/current-legal-problems" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Current Legal Problems</a> (CLP) lecture series and annual volume was established over fifty five years ago at the Faculty of Laws, University College London and is recognised as a major reference point for legal scholarship.</p><p>Image by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@dariuszsankowski" title="https://unsplash.com/@dariuszsankowski" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dariusz Sankowski</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/" title="https://unsplash.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Unsplash</a></p>

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