USALI Talk; “The Current Agenda of the UN’s International Law Commission”

Nilufer Oral, Co-Chair of the Study Group on Sea-Level Rise and Member of the International Law Commission, in Conversation with Prof. J. E. Alvarez

“The Current Agenda of the UN’s International Law Commission”

Two members of the International Law Commission (ILC), the UN’s premier body for the codification and progressive development of international law, Phoebe Okowa and Nilufer Oral, will be visiting the law school for a conversation with Prof. Jose Alvarez on the role and promise of the ILC -- and especially the challenge of sea-level rise which is being addressed in an ILC Study Group co-chaired by Ms. Oral.  This is a rare opportunity to engage with two leading international lawyers on timely topics.  Come with at least one question for the Q and A.