Bet365The Contribution of the International Court of Justice to developing Best slot on Bet365and interpreting international human rights law
Lecture guest:Professor Gentian Zyberi, Norwegian Center for Human Rights, University of Oslo
Lecture time:May 29, 2018 13:45-15:30 pm
Lecture location:Qingdao Campus Zhenshengyuan E206
Lecture host:Shen Wei Dean, Professor
Support unit:Cambridge Law Firm
Lecture content introduction:
The lecture is on the role and contribution of the International Court of Justice (ICJ or Court) to interpreting and developing international human rights. Over the 70 years of its activity the Court has dealt with important human rights concepts such as ‘elementary considerations of humanity’, ‘obligations erga omnes’, and ‘sacred trust of civilization’, as well as has applied the main human rights treaties to different situations involving serious human rights violations. This lecture puts in perspective the contribution of the Court to human rights law through a critical assessment of its case law.
Lecture guest profile:
Gentian Zyberi holds a bachelor’s degree (LL.B) from Tirana University, Albania, and a Master’s degree (LL.M) and a PhD degree in International Law from Utrecht University, bet365 casino live blackjackthe Netherlands. Currently he is a Professor of International Law and Human Rights at the Norwegian Center for Human Rights of the University of Oslo, Norway. Previously he has worked at the Amsterdam Center for International Law of the University of Amsterdam and the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights of Utrecht University.
During the last fifteen years, he has done research, published and taught in the areas of international human rights, international humanitarian law, international criminal law and public international law at universities in the Netherlands, Norway, US, China, and Albania. His current research focuses on the contribution of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and other international courts and tribunals to interpreting and developing rules and principles of international human rights and humanitarian law, the protection of community interests under international law, the responsibility to protect doctrine, and transitional justice.
His international law practice includes working as defense lawyer in two cases tried before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Professor Zyberi has also served as legal adviser and coordinator Best slot on Bet365of the Albanian legal team in a case before the International Court of Justice. He has provided legal advice on international law matters to States and an international non-governmental organization.
