American Society of International Law Annual Meeting - March 28 to 31 in D.C.

ASIL 106th Annual Meeting Register Online The Fairmont Hotel, Washington, DC March 28- March 31, 2012 With over a century of tradition and experience behind it, ASIL's Annual Meeting has become the most important gathering in the field of international law. More than 1,200 practitioners, academics, and students travel to Washington, DC, each March from all over the world to debate and discuss the latest developments in their field. ASIL's 106th Annual Meeting will reflect on the theme "Confronting Complexity." Highlights will include: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 2012 Grotius Lecture: Jakob Kellenberger, President, International Committee of the Red Cross   The 2012 Grotius Lecturer and recipient of ASIL's Honorary Member Award, Jakob Kellenberger, has served as President of the International Committee of the Red Cross since 2000. His Grotius Lecture will reflect on the meeting theme-"Confronting Complexity"-in the context of contemporary international humanitarian law. Thursday, March 29, 2012 2012 Women in International Law Interest Group Luncheon: With Honoree and Speaker: Mirielle Delmas-Marty, Chair of Comparative Legal Studies and Internationalisation of Law at the Collège de France   The Prominent Woman in International Law Award is awarded annually by the Women in International Law Interest Group in recognition of a woman recipient's contribution to the development of international law. The 2012 honoree and luncheon speaker, Mirielle Delmas-Marty, has contributed greatly to matters related to the processes of internationalization of law, focusing on the interplay between national, regional and international norms as seen through the prism of the universalism of human rights. Professor Delmas-Marty has served as a member of the Commission on Reform of the Penal Code, President of the Criminal Justice and Human Rights Commission, the consulting committee for the revision of the Constitution, the committee on the creation of international criminal jurisdiction and the president of the committee of European Union experts in charge of directing a project on European criminal law (Corpus Juris). In May 2011, Professor Delmas-Marty was appointed as Special Adviser to the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. Friday, March 30, 2012 Luncheon Speaker: Asma Jahangir, 2012 Butcher Medal Winner   The Butcher Medal is awarded annually in recognition of the recipient's contribution to the development or effective realization of international human rights law. The 2012 honoree and luncheon speaker, Asma Jahangir has spent a lifetime championing human rights and democratic freedoms in her home country of Pakistan and around the world. A founder of AGHS Legal Aid, the first free legal aid center in Pakistan, and of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, she was a leader of the 2008 lawyers movement in Pakistan and has served as U.N. Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, as Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Arbitrary and Summary Executions, and most recently as the first woman President of Pakistan's Supreme Court Bar Association    Manley O. Hudson Medal Lecture:  "International Law as Discipline and Profession"     James R. Crawford, Whewell Professor of International Law at Jesus College, Cambridge University    The Manley O. Hudson Medal, named for its first recipient, is the Society's highest and is given annually to an individual for his or her outstanding scholarship and achievement in the field of international law. The 2012 honoree, James Crawford, has made a significant and wide-ranging contribution to the progressive development of international law, its scholarship and teaching, and the peaceful settlement of international disputes through his work as arbitrator, counsel, and witness. Saturday, March 31, 2012 Closing Plenary: Indigenous Peoples and International Law: A Conversation with UN Special Rapporteur James Anaya and Inter-American Commission Rapporteur Dinah Shelton   Recent years have seen robust developments in international law regarding the rights of indigenous peoples. UN Special Rapporteur James Anaya and Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Rapporteur Dinah Shelton will convey their observations about these developments, share some of their experiences from the field, and exchange thoughts on future challenges and work to be done. And more than 40 panel sessions on a variety of topics, including: International Humanitarian Law and New Technology Opting Against International Law in International Financial Regulation Transitional Justice and the Arab Spring Financial Crisis in the Eurozone What Makes a State? Ethics for Advocates in International Adjudication Preparation of Cases before International Courts and Tribunals Sanctions in International Investment Law The Complexity of Interstate Claims Courts and Commissions The Modern Positivist Response to International Law's Complexity The Chevron-Ecuador Dispute: A Paradigm of Complexity An Emerging International Law of Migration Twenty Years after the Rio Earth Summit: What is the Agenda for the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD)? Water: Security Concern, Commodity or Human Right? International Energy Governance And much more The program will additionally include at least 15 CLE credit-hours; Interest Group meetings; receptions; and the Annual Gala Dinner, Dessert, & Dance Party.