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Transnational Environmental Crime (TEC) Project
20 March 2014On Friday 14 March a conference entitled Black trade, criminal networks and enforcement responses was held to mark the imminent end of the ANU’s Transnational Environmental Crime (TEC) Project.

Justice a trial of time for Cambodians
30 May 2013Victims of one of the worst genocides in human history are beginning to find compensation through a specially established criminal court, but lengthy legal proceedings are stalling justice.

CIGJ PhD student Jacky Parry wins prestigious award
21 March 2013CIGJ PhD student, Jacky Parry, has been awarded a prestigious Arthur C. Helton Fellowship micro-grant by the American Society of International Law.

Climate change expert, Howard Bamsey, receives AM
22 February 2013Adjunct Professor, Howard Bamsey, has been awarded an AM in the 2013 Order of Australia Honours announced on 26 January.

Launch of 'Regarding Rights': Human rights and ritualism blog
18 January 2013Regarding Rights is the new human rights and ritualism blog launched by the Centre for International Governance and Justice.

Human Rights Reading Group: Next meeting Wednesday, July 11th
05 July 2012The next meeting of the Human Rights Reading Group will be on Wednesday, July 11th, 10:30-noon, in room 3.19. We'll be looking at two short articles, Giorgio Agamben's "Beyond Human

CIGJ PhD graduate, Usha Natarajan, wins international essay prize
26 April 2012The RP Anand Essay Competition was set up in 2011 in memory of Professor Anand’s seminal contributions to international law.

A better way to tell the story of climate change
19 March 2012Christian Downie argues that the Federal Labor Government is in an unenviable position when it comes to the politics of climate change.

Miranda Forsyth appointed to UNDP team
03 November 2011Dr Miranda Forsyth has been appointed the intellectual property specialist in an inter-disciplinary team commissioned by UNDP to conduct a Human Rights Impact Assessment of Vanuatu's accession

CIGJ Centre Director Hilary Charlesworth appointed to International Court of Justice for Australia's whaling case against Japan
21 April 2011The International Court of Justice has accepted Australia’s choice of Professor Hilary Charlesworth AM as a Judge ad hoc in the Whaling Case taken by Australia against Ja