DILS Blog

Welcome to the official blog for Dundee International Law Society! Here you will find all our official publications made since 2013.

Dec 18, 2018

Environmental Law Moot

Every year the UK Environmental Law Association runs a moot competition, based on the submission of written skeleton arguments followed...

Nov 6, 2018

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Carbon Majors Inquiry: Student Competition

Oct 30, 2018

Talk by Sir Iain MacLeod -“International Law Under Pressure”

The University of Glasgow School of Law (Research Group on International Law, Conflict and Security) in collaboration with the...

Oct 23, 2018

Internships in China

DILS would like to bring to your attention an opportunity to do a partly funded (two-month long) placement in China available through the...

Oct 22, 2018

Talk by Zoran Oklopcic on federalism, urban democracy and popular sovereignty

You are warmly invited to attend and below you will find below the title and abstract of the lecture, Zoran’s bio and a link to his most...

Oct 22, 2018

Lecture: Legitimising Government Responses to Unilateral Changes by Companies: Resource Nationalism

Dr Howard Mann, Senior International Law Advisor, IISD and Intergovernmental Forum on Mining is visiting Dundee this Wednesday. You are...

Oct 22, 2018

DILS Talk: Simon Crabb on Colombia: A post talk breakdown

Original talk 16/10/18 Advocate Simon Crabb of Arnot Manderson delivered an excellent talk on his work in Colombia with Peace Brigade...

Oct 10, 2018

History, Memory, Diplomacy: Slovakia 100 years after the end of the First World War

Public Lecture by HE Ľubomír Rehák, Ambassador of Slovakia to the United Kingdom Time: 13 November 2018, 2-3pm Venue: University of...

Oct 9, 2018

DILS Talk – Simon Crabb on Human Rights in Colombia

Tuesday 16th October 5:30pm – Dalhousie 2G12 Advocate Simon Crabb will talk about his time working in Colombia. Simon worked protecting...

Oct 4, 2018

‘Jashn-e-Azadi (How we celebrate freedom)’ – Human Rights Film Series

11 October 2018, Matthew 5014, 3 pm Open to all University of Dundee staff and students https://www.facebook.com/HumanRightsFilmSeries/...

Oct 3, 2018

ILO Centenary Legal Essay Award

The International Labour Office (ILO) is pleased to announce the ILO Centenary legal essay award for law students and young researchers....

Sep 21, 2018

Professor Tina Hunter Talk on Arctic Oil Spills

Professor Tina Hunter, of the University of Aberdeen, will be visiting Dundee next week. All are welcome to attend her lecture: A truly...

Sep 21, 2018

‘The Look of Silence’ – Human Rights Film Series

A screening of “The Look of Silence” is taking place on 27 September 2018, in Matthew 5014, at 3 pm. Open to all University of Dundee...

Sep 20, 2018

Are human rights under threat in your country?

In 2018, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights turns 70. On 10 December 1948, the UN General Assembly adopted the historic agreement,...

Sep 11, 2018

Research Fellow in Public International Law

The British Institute of International & Comparative Law is currently looking for a part-time (0.8fte), fixed term (6 months) Research...

Mar 24, 2018

Internship

The Economist is seeking a summer intern to write about foreign affairs. The internship will be London-based, will last for three months...

Mar 20, 2018

Brexit and Scotland: What happens next?

Public panel discussion – Brexit and Scotland: What happens next? 27 MARCH 2018 – MATTHEWS BUILDING (DJCAD) – ROOM 5013 – 5PM to 6.30PM –...

Mar 6, 2018

Summer Internships at the Cambodian Center for Human Rights – Deadline 31 March 2018

The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) is currently recruiting for its 2018 Summer Internship Program. CCHR is a leading...

Feb 14, 2018

Legal Assistant Posts: Scottish Law Commission

The Scottish Law Commission are currently seeking a small number of law graduates for fixed-term appointments of one year, to work as...

Feb 14, 2018

Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery: Focus on Scotland

On 23 March 2018, UN House Scotland will be hosting a conference and a series of workshops as a part of their ‘See me, free me” efforts....