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The Members of Blackstone Chambers and the British Institute well documented, as evidenced by the recent issue of the 6th edition Sir Ian Brownlie CBE QC FBA (19 September 1932 – 3 January 2010) Libya v United Kingdom, Libya v United States, and Democratic of International and Comparative law are proud to present an of Brownlie’s Documents on Human Rights. was called to the Bar by Gray’s Inn in 1958 and was a tenant Republic of the Congo v Uganda. He argued several important afternoon seminar in memory of the late Sir Ian Brownlie CBE QC. at Blackstone Chambers from 1983 until his death on 3 January 2010. cases before the European Court of Human Rights, including The contributors to this seminar all knew and worked with Ian. They, Cyprus v Turkey. He also represented Sir Ian Brownlie was a phenomenon in the world of public like him, have an interest in the development of During Ian’s academic career he taught at the , at the extradition trial of Chilean coup-leader international law. He was known on the one hand for his academic and of international human rights law, both in their pure forms and the , and Wadham College, Oxford before the English courts in 1999. He was a member of the prowess, with books such as Principles of Public International Law in the developing interface with domestic jurisdictions. The seminar (where he was a Fellow). He was a professor of international law United Nations’ International Law Commission from 1997 until now in its 7th edition, translated into many languages and referred topics, arranged into two panels of speakers, are designed to reflect at the London School of Economics between 1976 and 1980. From his resignation in 2008. to as a classic text by international lawyers and judges alike. On areas of particular interest to Ian and the contributors will develop 1980 to 1999, he was Chichele Professor of Public International the other, Ian was a litigator on the international stage; during 25 themes and encourage debate which Ian would have welcomed, Law and a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. He was appointed Ian was a Fellow of the British Academy and a member of both years he appeared in more than 40 contentious cases before the both as a practitioner and an academic. The afternoon culminates a Distinguished Fellow of All Souls in 2004. the International Law Association and the Institut de Droit International Court of Justice and was an experienced and active with a talk by Judge Sir Christopher Greenwood, the British judge on International. In 2006, he was awarded the Wolfgang Friedmann Ian served as an advisor to United States President arbitrator. He contributed both through his appearances and his the International Court of Justice. Memorial Award for International Law (awarded by the Columbia during the 1979 Iranian Hostage Crisis. The cases in which writings to the growing reach of international law, to new subject Journal of Transnational Law, University of Columbia). He was he argued before the International Court of Justice include areas and new states and was a member and Chairman of the UN awarded a CBE in 1993 and was knighted in the 2009 Birthday Nicaragua v United States, Nauru v Australia, Bosnia and International Law Commission. His interest in human rights is also Honours, in each case for services to international law. Herzegovina v Serbia and Montenegro, the ,

Agenda Speaker Biographies

13.30-14.00 Registration 15.45-17.00 Panel Two: The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion Sir Daniel Bethlehem QC, Legal Sir David Edward QC, Blackstone Judge Sir Christopher Greenwood Professor Robert McCorquodale, on Kosovo – themes and analysis Adviser Foreign & Commonwealth Chambers, was the British judge at QC was elected a member of the British Institute of International Office since 2006. He is a member of the Court of Justice of the European International Court of Justice in and Comparative Law, was 14.00 -14.15 Welcome and Introductions Chair: Dame Rosalyn Higgins QC Sir David Edward QC, Blackstone Chambers the Advisory Council of the BIICL and Communities, 1992-2004 and now November 2008 where he serves as the appointed Director of the British The Kosovo Advisory Opinion: was in practice at the Bar before taking sits as a temporary judge of the Court British member of the court. Prior to his Institute of International and & Professor Robert McCorquodale, British up his current post. He has lectured at of Session in Scotland, hearing civil appointment he practiced as a barrister, Comparative Law in 2008. He is also Institute of International and Comparative Law reflections on process the London School of Economics and appeals. He is vice President of the regularly appearing in the International Professor of International Law and Maurice Mendelson QC, Blackstone Chambers has served as head of the Lauterpacht British Institute of International and Court of Justice and the European Human Rights, and former Head of 14.15-15.30 Panel One: Legal Frontiers: causes of action, How the request for an advisory opinion Centre for International Law. Sir Daniel Comparative Law, Professor Emeritus Court of Human Rights and was the the School of Law, at the University interconnecting and overlapping systems of law was obtained was awarded a knighthood for his of the School of Law of the University Professor of International Law at the of Nottingham. Previously he was a services to international law in 2010. of Edinburgh, and Chairman of its London School of Economics. Fellow and Lecturer in Law at St. John’s

Chair: Sir Daniel Bethlehem QC, Appropriateness of one UN organ asking questions Europa Institute. College, and Professor SC, Foreign & Commonwealth Office apparently within the competence of another Dame Rosalyn Higgins DBE QC at the Australian National University in Matrix Chambers is Whewell Shaheed Fatima, Blackstone was a Judge of the International Court Canberra. His career in academia and The Court’s opinion Professor of International Law and Causes of action Chambers specialises in public law, of Justice (1995-2009) and President in legal practice, both in the UK and a Member of Matrix Chambers. human rights and public international (February 2006 to February 2009). Professor Vaughan Lowe QC, The ICJ’s jurisprudence and the emergence Australia, has been as wide-ranging As a member of the International Law law. Author of “Using International Law Former Professor of International Law and he is the co-author of Cases and Essex Court Chambers of new States Commission he was responsible for in Domestic Courts” (2005), she was at the London School of Economics Materials on International Law. In 1979 Sir Ian Brownlie drew up a ‘Calendar James Crawford SC, Matrix Chambers the Draft Statute for an International awarded the Liberty/Justice “Human and barrister appearing in the English of Causes of Action’ in international law; this The special circumstances of Kosovo Criminal Court (1994) and the Draft Rights Lawyer of the Year” Award courts and before various international Maurice Mendelson QC, Blackstone Articles on (2001). in 2007 and appointed a Lecturer at tribunals. Queen’s Counsel (1986); Chambers, has been a member of talk considers whether international claims are and the deficiencies of the question asked He did his doctorate with Ian Brownlie Harvard Law School in 2008 (teaching Bencher of the Inner Temple (1989). Blackstone Chambers since 1971. limited to certain causes of action What the Kosovo opinion did not say about in Oxford in the 1970s, and appeared “The War on Terror and Human Rights Author of works on international legal In addition, he had a distinguished the emergence of new States with, against or before him Law in the UK” in 2009). Recent cases theory, United Nations law, the use of academic career in public international International law in English courts The status of Kosovo after the advisory in numerous international cases. include the Kosovo Advisory Opinion force, State and diplomatic immunities, law until taking early retirement from Shaheed Fatima, Blackstone Chambers (ICJ); Al-Skeini and Al-Jedda (Grand human rights and international the Chair of International Law at James Eadie QC, Blackstone opinion: recognition and the United Nations Chamber ECtHR) and Ahmed v HMT petroleum law. Currently she is serving University College London in 2001. Primary uses of international law in English courts Chambers, specialises in commercial (Supreme Court). She is a member of as advisor to the Iraq Inquiry, and His work, both professional and Overview of key recent trends and case law The United Nations’ involvement and public law. He was appointed as the Attorney-General’s B Panel. is a vice president of BIICL. academic, has spanned most branches First Treasury Counsel on 1 January Future challenges in multi-national military operations of international law and most fora. 2009 and is the most senior barrister Guy S. Goodwin-Gill, Blackstone Chambers Professor Guy Goodwin-Gill, Professor Vaughan Lowe QC, Amongst other honours, he is a advising the government on all civil Interaction between Strasbourg/ECJ case law Blackstone Chambers, is a Senior Oxford University is Chichele Bencher of Lincoln’s Inn and a member When is the United Nations ‘involved’? law matters; work has included acting and international law Research Fellow of All Souls College, Professor of Public International Law, of the American Law Institute. What is the United Nations’ role and what for the Government in the Gibraltar Oxford and Professor of International an appointment in which he followed James Eadie QC, Blackstone Chambers are or ought to be its guiding principles? shootings litigation in the ECtHR, Refugee Law. He practices in public Sir Ian Brownlie QC in 1999, and The hierarchy of international law and UN Security What lessons can be learned from Kosovo? advising and acting for the Government international law generally, and in a Fellow of All Souls College in the Council Resolutions in relation to a number of aspects of human rights, refugee and asylum . He is a practising Kadi in the ECJ the emergency following September law. He has worked extensively with barrister at Essex Court Chambers, 17.00 -18.00 Keynote Speech 11 and the war in Iraq, including the the United Nations, including twelve London. He is a member of the Board Behrami and Saramati, and the undecided Judge Sir Christopher Greenwood QC, challenge both domestically and in years with UNHCR, and been a of Trustees of the BIICL. Al Jedda in the ECtHR International Court of Justice, The Hague Strasbourg to the detention of Al member of the Council of the Overseas Q’aida suspects (R (A and others) v SS Development Institute (ODI) since 15.30-15.45 Tea break 18.00-19.00 Drinks Reception Home Dept (HL)); and the control 2007. His recent publications include order regime. Brownlie’s Documents on Human The Law Society CPD Scheme The members of Blackstone Chambers very much hope Rights, 6th edition with Ian Brownlie, and Bar Standards Board NPP Oxford (OUP 2010). From 2000–2003, that you will be able to remain for a drinks reception he was President of the Media Appeals and EPP Programme: at the end of the afternoon’s proceedings. Board of Kosovo. 3.5 hours