In the first installment of a two-part series, Shayan Ahmed Khan is joined by Cécile Goubault—Larrecq and Madeleine Petersen Weiner, for an in-depth discussion on the Hague Academy of International Law's Diploma with a special focus on the Directed Studies and the Diploma exam. Both guests, recent awardees of the prestigious Diploma, share their valuable insights and personal experiences of successfully undertaking the Directed Studies and the Diploma Exam.

This instalment of Jus Cogens is part of a series of conversations on the governance of data, Artificial Intelligence and the digital age. In this episode, Omer Akif speaks with Maria Khan, a Data Privacy Legal Manager at Securiti.ai, a company that produces AI software to help companies comply with global data privacy laws. Maria's work primarily focuses on consent management, cookie consent, data access governance and AI governance. The discussion explores the importance of regulating AI models, the relationship between data protection & AI governance, the current approach of companies to AI governance and how existing and upcoming legal & policy frameworks apply to AI systems.

This instalment of Jus Cogens is part of a series of conversations on the governance of data, Artificial Intelligence and the digital age. In this episode, Omer Akif speaks with Anokhy Desai about AI governance and the usage of model cards by organizations to bring transparency to their AI models and explain how they actually work. Sources: https://iapp.org/news/a/5-things-to-know-about-ai-model-cards/ Correction in the Episode: Anokhy's Westin Fellowship at the IAPP was 1 year (not 2 years) long.

This Friday 4th November 2022, the United Nations General Assembly and the United Nations Security Council will elect a candidate to serve the remainder of the nine-year term that had been held by the late Judge Cançado Trindade at the International Court of Justice.   In this special feature short , Shayan Ahmed Khan is joined by Marcelo Kohen to discuss his candidacy & vision for the ICJ.

In this two-part series, a star panel of Liesbeth Lijnzaad, Sean Murphy, and Jean-Marie Henckaerts explore the theory and practice of treaty interpretation, understand the role of commentaries and shed light on the methodology behind drafting ICRC’s updated Commentaries to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their additional protocols.   The updated Commentaries are being published online by the ICRC and in print by CUP. So far three commentaries have been published.   For each Commentary, a summary article has been written in the International Review of the Red Cross:   Summary article GC I https://international-review.icrc.org/articles/updated-commentary-first-geneva-convention-new-tool-generating-respect-international  Summary article GC II https://international-review.icrc.org/articles/updated-icrc-commentary-second-geneva-convention-demystifying-law-armed-conflict-sea  Summary article GC III https://international-review.icrc.org/articles/updated-icrc-commentary-third-geneva-convention-prisoners-war-twenty-first-century-913  Jus Cogens socials:   • Website/Blog:   https://juscogens.law.blog/ • Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/JCLawPodcast • Twitter: https://twitter.com/JCLawPodcast • Audio Stream on Anchor. FM:  https://anchor.fm/jus-cogens-podcast

In the pilot of the Jus Cogens podcast, Professor Niels Blokker of Leiden University Law School, joins me to discuss International Institutional Law, some new legal jargon (INJUGOVINS) and insights on his upcoming book. Documents Article : The Governance of International Courts and Tribunals: Organizing and Guaranteeing Independence and Accountability - A Appeal for Research (papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?a…stract_id=2709626) Niels Blokker Book: International Institutional Law : Unity within Diversity, (Fifth Revised Edition) Henry G. Schermers and Niels M. Blokker brill.com/view/title/10229?qui…brill_product_tabs=2

In this episode I sit with Dr. Jens Iverson of Leiden University to discuss the importance of articulating clear and specific war aims in international law. I talk to Dr. Iverson regarding his work titled, "War Aims Matter: Keeping Jus Contra Bellum Restrictive While Requiring the Articulation of the Goals of the Use of Force" as part of the Grotius Centre Working Paper Series. The article is published in the Minnesota Journal of International Law, Vol. 27, No. 1, 2018 Grotius Centre Working Paper Series No 2018/072-PSL papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?a…stract_id=3100831 internationallawlawpodcasthagueleidenwarinternationallawpodcastjuscofeICJIHLpeacepalauniversityofleiden

This week Dr. Emma Irving joins me on Jus Cogens to discuss hate speech and incitement on social media and the role of international accountability mechanisms in light of OHCHR commissioned Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar. The report establishes the facts and circumstances of the alleged recent human rights violations by military and security forces, and abuses, in Myanmar. Dr. Emma Irving's article on Opinio Juris, "‘The Role of Social Media is Significant’: Facebook and the Fact Finding Mission on Myanmar" http://opiniojuris.org/2018/09/07/the-role-of-social-media-is-significant-facebook-and-the-fact-finding-mission-on-myanmar/ United Nations Human Rights Council Independent International Fact-Finding Mission's Report on Myanmar "https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/MyanmarFFM/Pages/ReportoftheMyanmarFFM.aspx" Statement of ICC Prosecutor, Mrs Fatou Bensouda, on opening a Preliminary Examination concerning the alleged deportation of the Rohingya people from Myanmar to Bangladesh https://www.icc-cpi.int/Pages/item.aspx?name=180918-otp-stat-Rohingya