Institute for International Law and the Humanities
News and Events
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Publications
Research undertaken by IILAH members is published by a wide variety of leading international publishers, scholarly journals, professional journals, working papers, community and public outlets.
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Projects
Members of the Institute are currently involved in various projects (this is not an exhaustive list, and will be progressively updated).
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Annual Reports
The Institute for International Law and the Humanities (IILAH) profiles and enhances research in a broad range of areas of international law and international legal theory at Melbourne Law School.
IILAH Objectives
To integrate the study of international law with contemporary approaches to the humanities
To facilitate and promote innovative scholarship and critical thinking on emerging questions of international law, governance and justice
To strengthen the role of MLS as a leading centre of research in international law and the humanities
To support the work of younger scholars and those developing new approaches to the field of international law
To encourage engagement between scholars and the community of professionals and activists working on issues of international law and governance in Australia and the Asia Pacific Region
To develop networks with scholars in international law and the humanities, with a particular focus on developing links with scholars in the Global South in order to explore the shared legal legacies of colonialism
Through its activities at Melbourne Law School, IILAH aims to…
Host visits of distinguished and emerging international scholars
Organise conferences, public lectures, workshops and reading groups
Supervise and support the work of graduate research students and early career researchers
Undertake and facilitate collaborative and interdisciplinary research projects both within the University of Melbourne and internationally
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Projects
Members of the Institute are currently involved in various projects (this is not an exhaustive list, and will be progressively updated).
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Publications
Research undertaken by IILAH members is published by a wide variety of leading international publishers, scholarly journals, professional journals, working papers, community and public outlets.
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Resources
View details on our Reading Groups and other resources.
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Past Graduate Researchers
IILAH'S past Graduate Researchers by year of completion.
The IILAH podcast is the online home of lectures and conversations hosted by the Institute for International Law and the Humanities at Melbourne Law School. You can listen to the podcast here, subscribe to the SoundCloud website or on your phone via the SoundCloud app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher.
Forthcoming Events
2024 Past Events
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‘Architects of the Better World’: Democracy, Law, and the Construction of International Order (1919-1998)
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The WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies: Have We Achieved the Coveted 'Triple Win'?
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An Armchair Conversation with Professor Gillian Triggs: My Life as an International Lawyer
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Queer and Feminist International Lawmaking Coalitions: An Ethnographic Account of Civil Society’s Lawmaking Role at the United Nations Human Rights Council
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Queer Kinships: The hijra Community in Bangladesh
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Examining the ICJ's Advisory Opinion on the Legality of Israel's Occupation of Palestinian Territory
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Meta's Oversight Board: A Critique
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Between Inclusion and Exclusion: Feminist frictions on women's rights and trans persons
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Simple Solutions to Complex Catastrophes: Dialectics of Peace, Climate, Finance, and Health
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The Deep Seabed Regulations and Other Drafting Adventures of a Practising International Lawyer
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Webinars Around The Earth: Why do we need Green Rights?
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Book Launch: Natural Perception: Environmental Images and Aesthetics in International Law
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The Advisory Opinion Requests on Climate Change Obligations: Systemic integration of which common intentions?
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Reproducing Abortion: A Feminist Conversation on Bodily Autonomy in the Shadow of Dobbs
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The Uses of Disenchantment: Law, history and the public intellectual
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Development of Extraterritorial Obligations in the Right to Food
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The Right to Land as Human Right in the CIDH Jurisprudence: The “Awas Tingni” Case