International law Association British Branch Spring Conference, Lancaster, 8-9 April

29th February 2016

ILA British Branch Spring Conference,

Date and Venue: Lancaster University, 8-9 April 2016

Non-state actors lie at the heart of many developing trends in international law – in business, human rights, the environment, and international humanitarian and criminal law – and drive its agendas. Equally, though, they are also defined by exclusion – by not being the principal subject of international law, the sovereign state. Correspondingly, non-state actors are a wide and diverse group, which make varied contributions to international law but are defined by a lack of sovereignty. This two day conference will first explore the implications of non-state actors for the structure of international law: its sources, boundaries, functions and obligations, and in dispute settlement and responsibility. Second, it will investigate the role of prominent non-state actors: corporations, international organisations, organised armed groups and terrorist networks.
For further details and registration please visit the conference website http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/ila-spring2016/