London Conference on International Law 2024 Plenary Presentations

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Introductory remarks

Sally Langrish, Legal Adviser and Director General Legal, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office; Chair, London Conference on International Law Steering Committee

Plenary 1: In Conversation with Members of the International Law Commission:

Chair: Sir Michael Wood KC, Barrister, Twenty Essex

In conversation with…

Professor Dapo Akande, Chichele Professor of Public International Law, University of Oxford
Professor Martins Paparinskis, Professor of Public International Law, University College London
Ambassador Mario Oyarzábal, Ambassador of the Argentine Republic to the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Dr Nilüfer Oral, Director of the Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore
Patricia Galvão Teles, Member, United Nations International Law Commission

Plenary 2: Women in International Law

Chair: Sally Langrish, Legal Adviser and Director General Legal, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

In conversation with…

Judge Joanne Korner KC, Member, International Criminal Court
Judge Graciela Gatti Santana, President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal tribunals
Professor Dr Phoebe Okowa, EBS, Professor of Public International Law, Member, United Nations International Law Commission, Queen Mary University of London

Plenary 3: A view from the International Bench

Chair: Doug Wilson OBE, Director-General, Attorney General’s Office

In conversation with …

Judge Tim Eicke KC, European Court of Human Rights
Judge Kimberley Prost, Member, International Criminal Court

Plenary 4: Public International Law in the UK Supreme Court

Chair: The Rt Hon Lady Arden of Heswall DBE, former Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

The Rt Hon Lord Lloyd-Jones, Justice of the Supreme Court

Plenary 5: The future of international law

Chair: Sir Daniel Bethlehem KCMG KC, Barrister and Arbitrator, Twenty Essex

In conversation with…

Judge Tomas Heidar, President, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
Professor Naz Modirzadeh, Professor of Practice, Harvard Law School
Professor Surabhi Ranganathan, Professor of International Law, University of Cambridge