Jus Cogens - The International Law Podcast

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.

In Episode # 47, Shayan Ahmed Khan is joined by Lesley Benn, Asaf Lubin, Michael Peil and Steven Schneebaum to have an in-depth discussion about authoring a Jessup Moot Problem. Each guest shares their unique perspectives and experiences, from finding inspiration for moot problem topics to the intricacies of proposal evaluation and drafting supporting materials.

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.

In Episode 44, Shayan Ahmed Khan is joined by Viren Mascarenhas to have an in-depth discussion on the Advisory Opinion on Climate Change and International Law pending before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. The discussion also touches upon the pending advisory opinions before the International Court of Justice and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

Sources:

https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/environment/srenvironment/activities/AmicusBrief-SRsto-ITLOS_May302023.pdf

https://www.itlos.org/en/main/cases/list-of-cases/request-for-an-advisory-opinion-submitted-by-the-commission-of-small-island-states-on-climate-change-and-international-law-request-for-advisory-opinion-submitted-to-the-tribunal/

In Episode 43, Shayan Ahmed Khan is joined by Prof. Anu Bradford to discuss her upcoming book "Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology".

The book explores the intensifying global battle among the three dominant digital powers - the United States, China, and the European Union. In particular, it discusses how these regimes are racing to regulate tech companies, advancing a competing vision for the digital economy and attempting to expand their spheres of influence in the digital world.

Sources:

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/digital-empires-9780197649268?cc=us&lang=en&#:~:text=The%20global%20battle%20among%20the,influence%20in%20the%20digital%20world.

In Episode 42, Shayan Ahmed Khan is joined by Christian Tams and Eran Sthoeger to discuss their article: “Swords, Shields and Other Beasts: The Role of Countermeasures in Investment Arbitration” published in the ICSID Review’s Special Issue on the 20th Anniversary of the Draft Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts.

Sources:

https://academic.oup.com/icsidreview/article-abstract/37/1-2/121/6609033?redirectedFrom=fulltext

In this episode Shayan Ahmed is joined by Ashwita Ambast, Legal Counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration, to discuss the organization’s role and significance in the administration of inter-state Commissions of Inquiry and Conciliations.

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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 Ep 40 Shayan Ahmed speaks with Daniel Stewart, Executive Director of @IndependentILA, on the work of the organization. 

IILA was founded in 2017 and has been engaged in providing PIL in-house counsel for small and developing countries. https://independentila.org/