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PUBLIC LECTURE
SPEAKER: Mar Campins Eritja, Ph.D.
"The EU and the North: Towards the Development of an EU Arctic Policy"
December 2, 2011, 12:00-2:00 PM
Room 406, Weldon Law Building, Dalhousie University
Lunch to be provided
Professor of International and European Law at the Universitat de Barcelona, Spain and former Vice-Rector for International Policy. Professor Campins current research concerns legal issues around the Eruopean Union's efforts relating to the protection of the Arctic environment and promotion of sustainable use of the region's natural resources. She is author of several books in EU.
click here for a copy of the powerpoint.
PUBLIC LECTURE
SPEAKER: Professor Don Rothwell
"Polar Oceans Governance in the Twenty-first Century"
September 20, 2011, 6:30 PM
Room 105, Weldon Law Building, Dalhousie University
Reception to follow in Atrium
Donald R. Rothwell is a leading international lawyer from Australia. He is Professor of International Law, Assistant Head of School, Director – LLM Programs, and Deputy Director of the Australian Centre for Military Law and Justice at the ANU College of Law, Australian National University. His research addresses many intersecting areas of international law with a specific focus on law of the sea, law of the polar regions, and implementation of international law within Australia. He is presently working on projects assessing Antarctic security, international legal practice in Australia, and Arctic navigation, and is the current Co-Editor of the Australian Year Book of International Law.
All are welcome to attend.
PUBLIC LECTURE
SPEAKER: William Crosbie, Canada's Ambassador to Afghanistan
"Lessons Learned and Canada's New Role in Afghanistan"
February 2, 2011, 12:30-2pm
Room 207, Weldon Law Building, Dalhousie University
Schulich School of Law and the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, in collaboration with the Marine & Environmental Law Institute, is proud to host William Crosbie, Canada's Ambassador to Afghanistan, who will discuss the progress that Canada has made to-date in Afghanistan, the impact this work has had on the lives of ordinary Afghans and will further explain Canada's new non-combat role.
All are welcome to attend.
Event cancelled due to storm.
PUBLIC LECTURE
2011 Annual Environmental Law Lecture
February 17, 2011, 4pm
Room 104, Weldon Law Building, Dalhousie University
MELAW is proud to host Dr. Wil Burns, Editor in Chief, Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy, who will lecture on "Ocean Acidification and Climate Change."
All are welcome to attend.
Event cancelled due to illness.
PUBLIC LECTURE
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Room 104, Weldon Law Building, Dalhousie University
4:30-7:30 pm
Judge Helmut Türk of the Austrian Embassy, VP of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, presents "Water in International Law (Fresh Water)."
PUBLIC LECTURE
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Room 105, Weldon Law Building, Dalhousie University
Lecture: 6 pm
Reception: 7:30 pm
Annual Douglas M. Johnson Annual Ocean Governance Lecture
Jon Van Dyke, of the RIchardson School of Law, University of Hawaii, will lecture on the topic: "LNG Terminals in Eastern Maine and Canadian Control of its Coastal Waters."
Download Professor Van Dyke's presentation here.