Masterclass – HABIB REHMAN

1. Call for Papers: In the Name of National Security – The Fragility of Human Rights. The Centre for Public Law at the University of Cambridge and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid will co-host a workshop In the Name of National Security: The Fragility of Human Rights at the Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales in Madrid on 3 July 2025. Keynotes will be presented by Professor Iain Cameron and Professor Ana María Salinas de Frías. The workshop is held in conjunction with the European Human Rights Law Review and it is intended that a selection of papers from the workshop will be included in a Special Issue of the journal in 2026. Additional support for the event is generously provided by the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, Confinanciado por la Unión Europea. The organisers welcome abstracts on any topic within the theme. To propose a paper, submit an abstract of 250-500 words by 25 April 2025 using this form. Full papers are to be submitted by 26 June 2025, one week in advance of the workshop. Papers may be between 5,000 and 10,000 words (inclusive of footnotes). Direct any queries you might have about this event to either Professor Susana Sánchez Ferro (UAM) or Dr Kirsty Hughes (Cambridge). Grant PID2021-123563NB-I00, funded by MICIU/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033 and by “ERDF/EU”

2. Leiden-Edinburgh Global Law Summer School: Public Interest Dispute Resolution and Advocacy. The Summer Course on Global Law, offered jointly by Leiden and Edinburgh Law Schools, focuses this year on the theme of Public Interest Dispute Resolution and Advocacy. It offers research-based education on public interest litigation as a core feature of global legal practice. Coordinated by Letizia Lo Giacco (Leiden) and Gail Lythgoe (Edinburgh), there are modules on Transnational Food Governance: Markets, Movements, and Regulations, Global Security Governance, and Climate Change Litigation: Views from the Practice. More information is available here. Registration is now open.

1. Call for Books: International Human Rights Law in Practice Series. The Series Editors of the International Human Rights Law in Practice Series are inviting proposals for the publication of monographs, edited volumes, and commentaries, on any aspect falling within the remit of the Series. The Editors are particularly interested in books touching on aspects of the following topics: (i) Addressing Inequalities within and among States through Human Rights; (ii) Climate Change and Human Rights Law; (iii) Human Rights in Armed Conflict: Case studies; and (iv) Migration and Human Rights Law. Prospective authors should submit by 30 June 2025 the following: (i) a 1600-word overview of the content and structure the book; (ii) a 700-word outline of the reasons as to why the book should be published in light of existing case law and literature; (iii) a sample chapter (only in the case of manuscripts at an advanced stage); and (iv) a curriculum vitae. Submissions should be sent to the attention of Lauren Danahy, Acquisitions Editor at lauren.danahy {at} brill(.)com. After a first in-house assessment, the proposal shall be submitted to double-blind peer review. Once a proposal is accepted, prospective authors shall be invited to produce the entire manuscript, which will be, in turn, submitted to double-blind peer-review.

2. ELI Webinar on Ethical Standards and Judicial Discipline. On 27 November 2024, the European Law Institute (ELI), adopted its ELI-Mount Scopus European Standards of Judicial Independence, available here, to strengthen and uphold the impartiality of European judiciaries. The third webinar in the Judicial Independence Series will take place on 12 February 2025 from 12:30–14:00 CET. More information and registration here.