McCoubrey Centre for International Law

The McCoubrey Centre for International Law was set up in memory of the late Professor Hilaire McCoubrey with the aim of promoting a better understanding of international law, which encompasses higher standards of humanity, ecology, democracy, peace, sustainability and fairness. Professor McCoubrey taught in the Law School for a number of years and his vision is still present in the current LLM programmes and our internationally regarded research.

Research Areas

The Centre acts as a focus for the world-class research activities of staff and research students.  It currently supports research in the following areas: Regulation of Natural Resources; Conflict & Security Research; and Human Rights and Regionalism.

Events

Call for Papers: Conference for research students and early career scholars. 'Beyond Responsibility to Protect: Towards Responsible Use of International Law?' 4-5 July 2013

• Interested participants should provide an abstract of no more than 500 words by the 18^th of March
• Acceptance will be confirmed on 15^th April.
• Draft papers required by 15^th June.
• Papers should be designed for a 20min presentation.

Enquiries to MCIL@hull.ac.uk

Among its varied activities the Centre organises an International Law Seminar Series, hosts visiting researchers, and offers training and consultancy services.  Recent activities include a training programme on the Law of the Sea for the Vietnamese Ministry of Justice.

For further details, please email the Director of the Centre.

People

• Director of the Centre: Professor Richard Barnes
• Members: Dr Rhuks Ako, Dr Richard Burchill, Ms Nikki Christie, Dr Flora Huang, Professor Lindsay Moir, Mr Justin Morris, Dr Michèle Olivier, Dr Niaz Shah, Mr Sunil Shastri, Mr Vassilis Tzevelekos, and Dr Tony Ward.
• Research Students working within the remit of the Centre: Liam Askins,  Zhuozhen Duan, Eghosa Osa Ekhator, Antonius R Hippolyte, May Ikeora, Muhammad-Basheer Adisa Ismail, David Jarvis, Muhammad Aiyub Kadir, Dimitrios Kagiaros, Carmino Massarella, Nneka Okechukwu, Surasit Phromjak, Nikos Vogiatzis, Elmar Widder, David Wilkins.