Manchester International Law Centre
@milcmanchester.bsky.social
The academic home for the study and practice of international law at the University of Manchester.
Grateful to Simon Visiting Professor George Galindo for leading the workshop ‘Beyond the Core’ and guiding the discussion of faculty and PhD papers on how international law operates across different semi-peripheries. And thank you to the MILC community for the rich engagement.
November 24, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Grateful to Simon Visiting Professor George Galindo for leading the workshop ‘Beyond the Core’ and guiding the discussion of faculty and PhD papers on how international law operates across different semi-peripheries. And thank you to the MILC community for the rich engagement.
We were thrilled to have a full house join us for a roundtable with Dr Megan Donaldson (UCL), Prof George Galindo (Brasília & Simon Visiting Prof), & Prof Nehal Bhuta (Edinburgh), chaired by Dr Justina Uriburu (Manchester), on transparency, secrecy, & who governs in a changing international order.
November 21, 2025 at 11:59 AM
We were thrilled to have a full house join us for a roundtable with Dr Megan Donaldson (UCL), Prof George Galindo (Brasília & Simon Visiting Prof), & Prof Nehal Bhuta (Edinburgh), chaired by Dr Justina Uriburu (Manchester), on transparency, secrecy, & who governs in a changing international order.
We are very much looking forward to today’s roundtable!
Who governs when the world is falling apart?
Join the 2025 Melland Schill Roundtable with Nehal Bhuta, Megan Donaldson & George Galindo.
🗓 19 Nov 2025, 5–6.30pm
📍 Samuel Alexander Building
www.eventbrite.com/e/melland-sc...
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Join the 2025 Melland Schill Roundtable with Nehal Bhuta, Megan Donaldson & George Galindo.
🗓 19 Nov 2025, 5–6.30pm
📍 Samuel Alexander Building
www.eventbrite.com/e/melland-sc...
@milcmanchester.bsky.social
@uomlaw.bsky.social @uompols.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 10:26 AM
We are very much looking forward to today’s roundtable!
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As a result of Professor George Galindo’s visit, the Manchester International Law Centre will host a series of events focused on governance during times of intersecting crises, the importance of alternative normative orders, and career pathways in international law.
November 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
As a result of Professor George Galindo’s visit, the Manchester International Law Centre will host a series of events focused on governance during times of intersecting crises, the importance of alternative normative orders, and career pathways in international law.
Join us for ‘Green Transition: Environmental, Legal, Macroeconomic Governance’, a workshop exploring how credit policy, law, and finance can drive a just green transition.
📅 19 November 2025 | 13:30–15:00
📍Williamson 4.08 & 💻 Zoom
Featuring Simon Youel (Positive Money)
📅 19 November 2025 | 13:30–15:00
📍Williamson 4.08 & 💻 Zoom
Featuring Simon Youel (Positive Money)
November 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Join us for ‘Green Transition: Environmental, Legal, Macroeconomic Governance’, a workshop exploring how credit policy, law, and finance can drive a just green transition.
📅 19 November 2025 | 13:30–15:00
📍Williamson 4.08 & 💻 Zoom
Featuring Simon Youel (Positive Money)
📅 19 November 2025 | 13:30–15:00
📍Williamson 4.08 & 💻 Zoom
Featuring Simon Youel (Positive Money)
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Who governs when the world is falling apart?
Join the 2025 Melland Schill Roundtable with Nehal Bhuta, Megan Donaldson & George Galindo.
🗓 19 Nov 2025, 5–6.30pm
📍 Samuel Alexander Building
www.eventbrite.com/e/melland-sc...
@milcmanchester.bsky.social
@uomlaw.bsky.social @uompols.bsky.social
Join the 2025 Melland Schill Roundtable with Nehal Bhuta, Megan Donaldson & George Galindo.
🗓 19 Nov 2025, 5–6.30pm
📍 Samuel Alexander Building
www.eventbrite.com/e/melland-sc...
@milcmanchester.bsky.social
@uomlaw.bsky.social @uompols.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Who governs when the world is falling apart?
Join the 2025 Melland Schill Roundtable with Nehal Bhuta, Megan Donaldson & George Galindo.
🗓 19 Nov 2025, 5–6.30pm
📍 Samuel Alexander Building
www.eventbrite.com/e/melland-sc...
@milcmanchester.bsky.social
@uomlaw.bsky.social @uompols.bsky.social
Join the 2025 Melland Schill Roundtable with Nehal Bhuta, Megan Donaldson & George Galindo.
🗓 19 Nov 2025, 5–6.30pm
📍 Samuel Alexander Building
www.eventbrite.com/e/melland-sc...
@milcmanchester.bsky.social
@uomlaw.bsky.social @uompols.bsky.social
We are thrilled to announce the 2025 Melland Schill Roundtable.
Nehal Bhuta (Edinburgh), Megan Donaldson (UCL), and George Galindo (Brasilia) will examine how technology, secrecy, and multipolarisation are reshaping global governance.
Open to all 👉 www.eventbrite.com/e/melland-sc...
Nehal Bhuta (Edinburgh), Megan Donaldson (UCL), and George Galindo (Brasilia) will examine how technology, secrecy, and multipolarisation are reshaping global governance.
Open to all 👉 www.eventbrite.com/e/melland-sc...
November 3, 2025 at 10:28 AM
We are thrilled to announce the 2025 Melland Schill Roundtable.
Nehal Bhuta (Edinburgh), Megan Donaldson (UCL), and George Galindo (Brasilia) will examine how technology, secrecy, and multipolarisation are reshaping global governance.
Open to all 👉 www.eventbrite.com/e/melland-sc...
Nehal Bhuta (Edinburgh), Megan Donaldson (UCL), and George Galindo (Brasilia) will examine how technology, secrecy, and multipolarisation are reshaping global governance.
Open to all 👉 www.eventbrite.com/e/melland-sc...
We’re delighted to host Dr Edwini Kessie, Director of Agriculture & Commodities at the WTO, for a talk on ‘The WTO in Today’s More Turbulent Policy Environment’.
🗓️ 13 Oct 2025, 3pm
📍Roscoe 1.009, @officialuom.bsky.social
Join us for insights on global trade in an era of volatility! #WTO
🗓️ 13 Oct 2025, 3pm
📍Roscoe 1.009, @officialuom.bsky.social
Join us for insights on global trade in an era of volatility! #WTO
October 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
We’re delighted to host Dr Edwini Kessie, Director of Agriculture & Commodities at the WTO, for a talk on ‘The WTO in Today’s More Turbulent Policy Environment’.
🗓️ 13 Oct 2025, 3pm
📍Roscoe 1.009, @officialuom.bsky.social
Join us for insights on global trade in an era of volatility! #WTO
🗓️ 13 Oct 2025, 3pm
📍Roscoe 1.009, @officialuom.bsky.social
Join us for insights on global trade in an era of volatility! #WTO
Congratulations to Dr Thibault Moulin 🎉 whose monograph ‘Cyber-Espionage in International Law: Silence Speaks’ has been longlisted for the Inner Temple Book Prize. Dr Moulin completed his PhD in Law at Manchester in 2018. 👏
The Longlist | The Inner Temple
www.innertemple.org.uk
September 29, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Congratulations to Dr Thibault Moulin 🎉 whose monograph ‘Cyber-Espionage in International Law: Silence Speaks’ has been longlisted for the Inner Temple Book Prize. Dr Moulin completed his PhD in Law at Manchester in 2018. 👏
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📢 UoM experts are cited in the latest @houseofcommons.parliament.uk IDC report on humanitarian access & international law.
Featuring academics from @milcmanchester.bsky.social & @hcrinstitute.bsky.social.
🔗 tinyurl.com/46mf4shk
#HumanitarianLaw #UoMResearch #IDCReport
Featuring academics from @milcmanchester.bsky.social & @hcrinstitute.bsky.social.
🔗 tinyurl.com/46mf4shk
#HumanitarianLaw #UoMResearch #IDCReport
Humanitarian access and adherence to international humanitarian law - Committees - UK Parliament
International humanitarian law includes important rules to facilitate the passage of humanitarian relief such as food, clothing and medical supplies as well as rules on the protection of humanitarian ...
committees.parliament.uk
June 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM
📢 UoM experts are cited in the latest @houseofcommons.parliament.uk IDC report on humanitarian access & international law.
Featuring academics from @milcmanchester.bsky.social & @hcrinstitute.bsky.social.
🔗 tinyurl.com/46mf4shk
#HumanitarianLaw #UoMResearch #IDCReport
Featuring academics from @milcmanchester.bsky.social & @hcrinstitute.bsky.social.
🔗 tinyurl.com/46mf4shk
#HumanitarianLaw #UoMResearch #IDCReport
Congratulations to Dr Thibault Moulin 🎉 whose monograph ‘Cyber-Espionage in International Law: Silence Speaks’ has been longlisted for the Inner Temple Book Prize. Dr Moulin completed his PhD in Law at Manchester in 2018. 👏
The Longlist | The Inner Temple
www.innertemple.org.uk
September 29, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Congratulations to Dr Thibault Moulin 🎉 whose monograph ‘Cyber-Espionage in International Law: Silence Speaks’ has been longlisted for the Inner Temple Book Prize. Dr Moulin completed his PhD in Law at Manchester in 2018. 👏
Warmest congratulations to MILC alumnus Ibrahim Olabi on his appointment as Syria’s Permanent Representative to the UN. 👏 Ibrahim completed his LLM in Security and International Law with us in 2015.
September 29, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Warmest congratulations to MILC alumnus Ibrahim Olabi on his appointment as Syria’s Permanent Representative to the UN. 👏 Ibrahim completed his LLM in Security and International Law with us in 2015.
We are pleased to share that @johnhaskell.bsky.social’s (Professor of Law, University of Manchester) Research Handbook on Law and Political Economy (2nd ed) is now available in print. We cannot wait to formally launch this phenomenal book soon.
The book is in print! :)
Research Handbook on Law and Political Economy
30% discount off hardback version (code HASK35)
www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/res....
Research Handbook on Law and Political Economy
30% discount off hardback version (code HASK35)
www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/res....
Research Handbook on Law and Political Economy
‘At a time when the rule of law is being weaponized to strip targeted groups of their rights, livelihoods and wealth in support of a hyper-ravaging capitalism, the Research Handbook on Law and Politic...
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September 29, 2025 at 7:14 AM
We are pleased to share that @johnhaskell.bsky.social’s (Professor of Law, University of Manchester) Research Handbook on Law and Political Economy (2nd ed) is now available in print. We cannot wait to formally launch this phenomenal book soon.
With great sadness, MILC notes the death in Colchester on April 18 of Professor Francoise Hampson from the University of Essex. She had a formidable intellect, particularly in the field of international humanitarian and human rights law.
April 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
With great sadness, MILC notes the death in Colchester on April 18 of Professor Francoise Hampson from the University of Essex. She had a formidable intellect, particularly in the field of international humanitarian and human rights law.
‘Our epistemic work is a pathway to resistance.’ A powerful Gillian White lecture by the formidable Professor @celinetan.bsky.social. We are grateful for your bold and disruptive insights – illuminating the world, if not making it better.
March 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
‘Our epistemic work is a pathway to resistance.’ A powerful Gillian White lecture by the formidable Professor @celinetan.bsky.social. We are grateful for your bold and disruptive insights – illuminating the world, if not making it better.
Well done to our latest MILC and WILNET author, @yusrasuedi.bsky.social. We cannot wait to celebrate and launch your phenomenal book ✨
It's here! 10 years since starting my PhD & 5 years since my viva, my book exists in the world! In it, I identify & challenge the limitations of individuals in ICJ practice & procedure. I'm indebted to far too many people (see acknowledgments)! Access here: shorturl.at/d9UJ2
March 25, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Well done to our latest MILC and WILNET author, @yusrasuedi.bsky.social. We cannot wait to celebrate and launch your phenomenal book ✨
We are eagerly looking forward to Professor Celine Tan’s Gillian White Lecture today. Join us at 4 pm in room A112 in the Samuel Alexander Building. A wine reception will follow.
We are pleased to share that the 2025 Gillian White Lecture will be delivered by Professor @celinetan.bsky.social, titled ‘Telling Different Stories: Overcoming Methodological Othering and Epistemological Silences in IEL Scholarship’.
Join us on 25 March at 4 pm. All welcome!
Join us on 25 March at 4 pm. All welcome!
March 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
We are eagerly looking forward to Professor Celine Tan’s Gillian White Lecture today. Join us at 4 pm in room A112 in the Samuel Alexander Building. A wine reception will follow.
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In response to several requests from colleagues, we are happy to announce an extension of the submission deadline for the upcoming LASIL Conference to Friday, 28 March.
We very much look forward to reading your submissions!
We very much look forward to reading your submissions!
March 21, 2025 at 9:53 AM
In response to several requests from colleagues, we are happy to announce an extension of the submission deadline for the upcoming LASIL Conference to Friday, 28 March.
We very much look forward to reading your submissions!
We very much look forward to reading your submissions!
Reposted by Manchester International Law Centre
Join us on 25 March to hear the wonderful Celine Tan discuss how international scholars can reclaim the knowledge production on how states and communities in the Global South engage in and with the global economic architecture.
We are pleased to share that the 2025 Gillian White Lecture will be delivered by Professor @celinetan.bsky.social, titled ‘Telling Different Stories: Overcoming Methodological Othering and Epistemological Silences in IEL Scholarship’.
Join us on 25 March at 4 pm. All welcome!
Join us on 25 March at 4 pm. All welcome!
March 11, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Join us on 25 March to hear the wonderful Celine Tan discuss how international scholars can reclaim the knowledge production on how states and communities in the Global South engage in and with the global economic architecture.
Reposted by Manchester International Law Centre
Join us tomorrow for a conversation about ecocide -- I will be discussing its prospects as a fifth international crime under the ICC Rome Statute! Registration here:
manchesterstudentsunion.com/events/produ... @milcmanchester.bsky.social
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March 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Join us tomorrow for a conversation about ecocide -- I will be discussing its prospects as a fifth international crime under the ICC Rome Statute! Registration here:
manchesterstudentsunion.com/events/produ... @milcmanchester.bsky.social
manchesterstudentsunion.com/events/produ... @milcmanchester.bsky.social
We are pleased to share that the 2025 Gillian White Lecture will be delivered by Professor @celinetan.bsky.social, titled ‘Telling Different Stories: Overcoming Methodological Othering and Epistemological Silences in IEL Scholarship’.
Join us on 25 March at 4 pm. All welcome!
Join us on 25 March at 4 pm. All welcome!
March 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
We are pleased to share that the 2025 Gillian White Lecture will be delivered by Professor @celinetan.bsky.social, titled ‘Telling Different Stories: Overcoming Methodological Othering and Epistemological Silences in IEL Scholarship’.
Join us on 25 March at 4 pm. All welcome!
Join us on 25 March at 4 pm. All welcome!
📢 Join us for a double book launch celebrating International Law & Universality (OUP 2024) & Expansion in IHRL (Brill 2024)!📚✨
🎙️Talk by Işıl Aral & Jean d’Aspremont: ‘The Universality of International Law & Its Discontent’
📅 10 March | ⏰ 4 pm
📍Samuel Alexander A7
🎙️Talk by Işıl Aral & Jean d’Aspremont: ‘The Universality of International Law & Its Discontent’
📅 10 March | ⏰ 4 pm
📍Samuel Alexander A7
March 6, 2025 at 10:05 AM
📢 Join us for a double book launch celebrating International Law & Universality (OUP 2024) & Expansion in IHRL (Brill 2024)!📚✨
🎙️Talk by Işıl Aral & Jean d’Aspremont: ‘The Universality of International Law & Its Discontent’
📅 10 March | ⏰ 4 pm
📍Samuel Alexander A7
🎙️Talk by Işıl Aral & Jean d’Aspremont: ‘The Universality of International Law & Its Discontent’
📅 10 March | ⏰ 4 pm
📍Samuel Alexander A7
We had a full house at the launch event for the MILC Law and Diplomacy Forum, featuring Ambassador Mzukisi Qobo. Thank you all for engaging in a discussion about the role of the WTO in the context of great power competition, the digital economy, a new Trump administration, and the climate emergency.
February 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
We had a full house at the launch event for the MILC Law and Diplomacy Forum, featuring Ambassador Mzukisi Qobo. Thank you all for engaging in a discussion about the role of the WTO in the context of great power competition, the digital economy, a new Trump administration, and the climate emergency.
We are thrilled to host Ambassador Dr Mzukisi Qobo tomorrow to discuss the role of the World Trade Organization in a changing global order. The details of the talk are below; everyone is welcome to attend!
On Tuesday, 11 February, join Dr Mzukisi Qobo, South Africa’s Ambassador to the World Trade Organisation, for the inaugural lecture in MILC’s Law and Diplomacy Forum lecture series.
📆 Tuesday, 11 February
📍 Room A102 Samuel Alexander Building
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-world-...
📆 Tuesday, 11 February
📍 Room A102 Samuel Alexander Building
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-world-...
The World Trade Organisation in a Changing Global Order
Join Dr. Mzukisi Qobo, South Africa’s Ambassador to the WTO, for the inaugural lecture in MILC’s Law and Diplomacy Forum lecture series.
www.eventbrite.com
February 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
We are thrilled to host Ambassador Dr Mzukisi Qobo tomorrow to discuss the role of the World Trade Organization in a changing global order. The details of the talk are below; everyone is welcome to attend!
On Tuesday, 11 February, join Dr Mzukisi Qobo, South Africa’s Ambassador to the World Trade Organisation, for the inaugural lecture in MILC’s Law and Diplomacy Forum lecture series.
📆 Tuesday, 11 February
📍 Room A102 Samuel Alexander Building
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-world-...
📆 Tuesday, 11 February
📍 Room A102 Samuel Alexander Building
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-world-...
The World Trade Organisation in a Changing Global Order
Join Dr. Mzukisi Qobo, South Africa’s Ambassador to the WTO, for the inaugural lecture in MILC’s Law and Diplomacy Forum lecture series.
www.eventbrite.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM
On Tuesday, 11 February, join Dr Mzukisi Qobo, South Africa’s Ambassador to the World Trade Organisation, for the inaugural lecture in MILC’s Law and Diplomacy Forum lecture series.
📆 Tuesday, 11 February
📍 Room A102 Samuel Alexander Building
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-world-...
📆 Tuesday, 11 February
📍 Room A102 Samuel Alexander Building
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-world-...