Måndag 16 juni 2025

Varmt välkomna till årsmöte för Svensk avdelning av International Law Association och samtal om den nyligen utgivna boken The Perestroika Era and International Law (Edward Elgar Publishing). Talare är bokens författare Kaj Hobér. Perestrojkaeran (1985-1991) anses vara en av de mest händelserika perioderna i modern historia. Samtalet kommer fokusera på hur det “Nya tänkandet” påverkade den sovjetiska synen på internationell rätt och bidrog till en omorientering av Sovjetunionens utrikespolitik – särskilt i relation till förändringar i synen på folkrättens källor, fredlig samexistens, våldsanvändning, mänskliga rättigheter och Sovjetunionens upplösning. Vidare kommer undersökas sampelet mellan sovjetisk och post-sovjetisk folkrätt och utrikespolitik, såväl då som nu.

Talare: Kaj Hobér, advokat, skiljedomare och ombud för såväl stater som kommersiella parter samt professor emeritus i internationell investerings-och handelsrätt vid Uppsala universitet och Fellow vid universitetets institut för Rysslands-och Eurasienstudier. Kaj Hobér är även styrelseledamot i Svensk avdelning av International Law Association. Samtalet kommer modereras av John Kadelburger, advokat och ordförande i Svensk avdelning av International Law Association.

Tid: Måndagen den 16 juni 2025 kl. 17:00.

Lokal: Advokatfirman Cederquist, Hovslagargatan 3.

Anmälan: Vänligen senast onsdagen den 11 juni kl. 12:00 till sekretariat@ilasweden.se.

Wednesday June 4, 2025

Co-Organized with Örebro University School of Law

We are delighted to invite you to a Higher Seminar (högre seminarium) with Professor Dan Svantesson on the topic of “Making Jurisdiction and Sovereignty Fit for Cyberspace.” Professor Svantesson is a Professor at the Bond University Faculty of Law in Australia. He is a Co-Director of the Centre for Space, Cyberspace and Data Law, a Senior Fellow at the Social Cyber Institute and an Associated Researcher at the Swedish Law & Informatics Research Institute at Stockholm University. A leading expert on cyber law, Professor Svantesson has contributed to commissioned reports by several international organizations, including the United Nations and the OECD. He has been recognized as the Field Leader for “Technology Law” in Australia, and he serves on the editorial boards of many international journals.

Professor Svantesson is currently a Fellow at the Norwegian Nobel Institute, where he is developing a set of ready-to-implement model provisions addressing jurisdiction and sovereignty to be incorporated in international instruments.

Professor Svantesson’s presentation will be followed by Q&A, which will be moderated by Dr. Märta Johansson, Associate Professor of Public International Law at Örebro University. Welcome remarks will be delivered by David Silverlid, Doctoral Candidate in International Law at Örebro University and the Membership Secretary of the Swedish Branch of the International Law Association.

Date: Wednesday, June 4, 2025, at 15:15-17:00.

Hybrid Format: Hörsal F, Forumhuset, Fakultetsgatan, Örebro University, and
online via Zoom at the following link: Zoom-link.

Registration: If you intend to participate on-site, please register your participation
via email to anna.carlberg@oru.se no later than Tuesday, June 3, 2025. If you intend
to participate online then please access the Zoom-link above – you need not register
your participation in advance.

Tuesday April 8, 2025

Co-Organized with the Fulbright Commission in Sweden and the Stockholm Centre for International Law and Justice (SCILJ)

We are delighted to invite you to a discussion on post-conflict reconstruction in Syria following the fall of the Assad regime, scheduled for 8 April, 2025. The discussion will be led by Professor Christie S. Warren, the Fulbright-Lund Distinguished Chair in Public International Law during the 2024-2025 academic year.

Professor Warren is an expert on post-conflict justice and the rule of law. She has designed, implemented and assessed programs in more than 58 countries throughout the world, including in Africa, Central and East Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East. She served as Legal Advisor during the Darfur Peace Talks and has advised on constitutional issues and processes in many countries. Professor Warren is based at William & Mary Law School in the United States, where she serves as Professor of Practice of International and Comparative Law and Director of the Center for Comparative Legal Studies and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding.

Professor Warren’s presentation will be followed by Q&A, which will be moderated by Professor Pål Wrange, Director of SCILJ and Professor of International Law at Stockholm University.

Date: Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at 17:00-18:30, with refreshments to follow.

Venue: Vinge, Smålandsgatan 20, 111 46 Stockholm.

Registration: Please register your participation at sekretariat@ilasweden.se by Friday, April 4, at 12:00 at the latest. Please inform us of any dietary restrictions.

Tuesday November 26, 2024

When Sweden acceded to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in March 2024, the Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs stated that the membership in the organization “is an epoch-making event for our country and entails a profound and immediate change in Sweden’s foreign-and security policy.” Please join us on November 26 for a discussion of legal aspects of the NATO membership, including issues of collective self-defence in the Washington Treaty, developments in the domestic legal system, and defence cooperation.

Moderator: Robert Egnell, Vice-Chancellor of the Swedish Defence University and Professor of Leadership and Command and Control.

Opening Address: Jacob Westberg, Associate Professor in War Studies at the Swedish Defence University, on Idealism and Realism in Sweden’s Security Strategies Before and After the NATO Membership.

Speakers: Jann Kleffner, Professor of International Law at the Swedish Defence University, will address implications for collective self-defence and article 5 of the Washington Treaty; Pål Wrange, Professor of International Law at Stockholm University and Director of SCILJ, will address the Defence Cooperation Agreement between Sweden and the United States; and Marika Ericson, Head of the Department of International and Operational Law at the Swedish Defence University, will address developments in the domestic legal system. The discussion will be followed by Q&A.

Date: Tuesday, November 26, 2024, at 17:00-19:00.

Venue: Lokal L1, Swedish Defence University, Drottning Kristinas väg 37, 114 28 Stockholm. Please ask for further directions at the reception if required.

Registration: Please register your participation at sekretariat@ilasweden.se by Monday, November 25, at 12:00 at the latest.

Torsdagen den 31 oktober 2024

Varmt välkomna till årsmöte för Svensk avdelning av International Law Association och samtal om det inom Förenta nationerna antagna utkastet till en konvention för motverkande av cyberbrottslighet. Konventionsförhandlingar kommer äga rum i Generalförsamlingen senare i år. Talare är Alexander Fassihi, rättssakkunnig vid Justitedepartementet och Sveriges representant i förhandlingarna, och Pål Wrange, professor i folkrätt vid Stockholms universitet. Mötet inleds med sedvanliga årsmöteshandlingar.

Tid: Torsdagen den 31 oktober 2024 kl. 17.00.

Lokal: Mannheimer Swartling, Norrlandsgatan 21, 111 43 Stockholm.

Anmälan: Vänligen senast tisdagen den 29 oktober kl. 12.00 till sekretariat@ilasweden.se.

Tisdagen den 24 september 2024

Varmt välkomna till ett samtal med Professor Kal Raustiala från UCLA School of Law om det amerikanska presidentvalet ur ett folkrättsligt och konstitutionellt perspektiv. Sammankomsten arrangeras tillsammans med Stockholm Centre for International Law and Justice.

Professor Kal Raustiala är Promise Institute Distinguished Professor of Comparative and International Law vid UCLA School of Law och Professor vid UCLA International Institute. Professor Raustiala är även föreståndare för UCLA Ronald W. Burkle Center for International Relations och har tidigare varit Vice President i American Society of International Law. Han har även varit gästprofessor vid Harvard, Yale, Columbia och National University of Singapore samt flertalet andra lärosäten runt om i världen.

Ämne: The 2024 Presidential Election – Implications for International Law

Tid: Tisdag den 24 september 2024 kl. 17.00.

Lokal: Advokatbyrån Vinge, Smålandsgatan 20, 111 46 Stockholm.

Anmälan: Vänligen senast måndag den 23 september kl. 12.00 till sekretariat@ilasweden.se.