State Silence Across International Law: Meaning, Context and Developments

About this book launch

The words and actions of States have a significant influence on law-making across all fields of international law. But what of silence and inaction? This event celebrates the launch of the new book, State Silence Across International Law, coming from the State Silence project led by Dr Danae Azaria and funded by the European Research Council (grant ID: 850706). This new book argues that State silence is interpreted in its ‘context’. During the twentieth and twenty-first century, the framework of international law underwent profound transformation. As a result, the contexts in which State silence may be interpreted have become complex and are not well understood. This ground-breaking book brings together 21 renowned international law experts in various fields of international law who endeavour to provide a better understanding of how State Silence has been interpreted taking into account the hierarchy of norms, the rise of international organizations and multilateralism in fields of international law that concern peace and security, human rights, cyber law, the law of the sea, environmental law and international economic law.

The speakers

1. Dr Danae Azaria is Associate Professor of Law, UCL’s Faculty of Laws; Principal Investigator (Director) of the European Research Council grant on State Silence; Editor of the book
   

The commentators

1. Professor Jan Klabbers, Whewell Chair of Public International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge
2. Judge Phoebe Okowa, Judge, International Court of Justice
3. Sally Langrish, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Legal Adviser (Director General, Legal)

This book launch is part of the ILA events series, sponsored by the UCL Centre for Ethics & Law, and the State Silence grant (ERC grant ID: 850706)