CSE Hosts Event on International Law and Justice
On March 25, 2021, the Center for the Study of Europe (CSE), an affiliated center of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, hosted a virtual lecture exploring the institutional shortcomings of international law and justice.
The event featured remarks by Ioannis Kalpouzos, Visiting Assistant Professor at Boston University School of Law. Zinaida Miller, Assistant Professor, International Law & Human Rights, School of Diplomacy & International Relations, Seton Hall University, and Dimitrios Skiadas, Visiting Researcher at the Center for the Study of Europe and Jean Monnet Chair and Professor of EU Governance at the University of Macedonia, provided comments. The event was moderated by CSE Director Daniela Caruso.
Kalpouzos described his work with the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN), a collaboration between legal academics, practitioners, and investigative journalists, taking on the audacious task of using international law to challenge international injustice. He describes GLAN’s efforts to highlight the structural injustice of the international legal system while achieving results within it in such arenas as war and occupation, environmental justice, supply chains and accountability, as well as migration and border violence.
A recording of the event can be viewed below.
The mission of the Center for the Study of Europe is to promote understanding of Europe through its cultural heritage; its political, economic, and religious histories; its art, literature, music, and philosophy; as well as through its recent emergence as a new kind of international form through the European Union (EU). Operationally, the center provides a focal point and institutional support for the study of Europe across Boston University through coordination of teaching missions, support of research, community-building among faculty and students, and outreach beyond the University. Visit the center’s website for more.