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Home » News » Public Event: Thomas Franck Lecture by Professor Philippa Webb		News Upcoming Public Event: Thomas Frank Lecture by Professor Samuel Moyn On 20th June 2023, the Research Group will host a Thomas Franck Lecture by Professor Samuel Moyn on "Liberalism between Two Cold Wars". read the whole text here Upcoming Event: Book Launch “The Regulation of Intelligence Activities under International Law” On 12 June 2023, the Research Group will host a book launch of the book “The Regulation of Intelligence Activities under International Law” by Sophie Duroy. read the whole text here Public Event: Thomas Franck Lecture by Sir Michael Wood On 4 May 2023, the Research Group will host a Thomas Franck Lecture by Sir Michael Wood on “Values in the International Community: Jus cogens in light of the International Law Commission’s 2022 Conclusions". read the whole text here Contact us: Berlin Potsdam Research Group International Rule of Law - Rise or Decline? Thielallee 69 14195 Berlin e-Mail: info(at)kfg-intlaw.de subscribe to mailing list follow us on Twitter
News Events funding by Information on the funding programme	News Public Event: Thomas Franck Lecture by Professor Philippa Webb The Berlin Potsdam Research Group “The International Rule of Law - Rise or Decline?” takes great pleasure in inviting you to a public lecture by Professor Philippa Webb, King’s College London, on ”Not Reinventing the Wheel: Using Existing Exceptions to Sovereign Immunity to Enhance Accountability”. Various attempts over the years to create an exception to sovereign immunity for human rights violations have failed. Philippa Webb argues that there is more promise of progress by using existing exceptions to hold states or diplomats accountable for abusive conduct. She illustrates this argument by reference to case law on exceptions to immunity for commercial activities and employment contracts, including the recent ground-breaking judgment of the United Kingdom Supreme Court in Wong v Basfar [2022] UKSC 20. Philippa Webb is Professor of Public International Law at King’s College London and a barrister at Twenty Essex Chambers. Previously, she served as the Special Assistant and Legal Officer to Judge Rosalyn Higgins during her Presidency of the International Court of Justice and held positions in the International Criminal Court and United Nations Headquarters. She is on the Public International Law Advisory Panel of the British Institute of International & Comparative Law, the Board of the Clooney Foundation for Justice, and on editorial boards of various international law journals. Her research interests are in Public International Law, in particular international courts, all aspects of the law of immunity, United Nations law, human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. She has authored numerous books and articles, including The Law of State Immunity (OUP 2015, with Hazel Fox) and The Right to a Fair Trial in International Law (OUP 2020, with Amal Clooney). The lecture will take place on Thursday, 8 September 2022, at 6.15 pm at lecture hall B, Henry Ford Building, Freie Universität Berlin (Garystraße 35, 14195 Berlin). We look forward to welcoming you.

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