July 22-23, 2008
Washington, DC

This two day workshop at the National Defense University will focus on the national and international legal environment to combat transnational threats such as terrorism and organized crime in North Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. This workshop will include the exchange of ideas and practices between regional subject matter experts, USG personnel, academia, and NGOs.

If you are interested in participating in this workshop please contact Prof. Tyler Rauert at rauertt@ndu.edu. Please note that space at this event is limited.

June 13 – 15, 2008
Paris, France

The contemporary international system is confronted with unusual and unparalleled challenges and opportunities. The response of individuals, groups, and governments toward meeting these challenges has often been marked by innovation and cooperation. This conference proposes to consider the scope and nature of various traditional interstate and internal conflicts, as well as such challenges to the international community as: clashing ideological and religious perspectives, global terrorism, population pressures and the scarcity of key resources, environmental degradation, and the spread of disease.

The conference will also examine and assess the responses by the members of the international community. While many of these responses have been framed within the traditional Westphalian system, many cooperative and innovative initiatives appear to challenge and transcend the state system. Hence, the conference will address the future direction of the international system itself. How will the global community of the 21st century be organized and will it effectively address the challenges that confront it, as well as successfully avail itself to unprecedented opportunities for equitable and sustainable global development?

The Eighth International CISS Millennium conference hopes to enhance our collective understanding and appreciation for both the realities and the promise of the 21st century. In addition it hopes to explore the various ways that mankind can cooperate to successfully create a safer, more prosperous, and more equitable world, while simultaneously celebrating the rich and diverse heritage of all peoples.

http://isanet.ccit.arizona.edu/CISS-Section/Conference2008/CallForPapers.htm

June 12-17, 2008, 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Jerusalem, Israel

The World Jurist Association proudly announces the 2008 Jerusalem Conference, a gathering of international lawyers and judges to discuss the status of Rule of Law around the world under increasing pressures from violence.

http://www.worldjurist.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=34

June 1-3, 2008
Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

The Minerva Center for Human Rights at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Tel Aviv Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) are organizing an international conference that seeks to examine if, how and to what extent the regulation of certain contemporary conflict situations could be improved whether by the development or reinterpretation of international humanitarian law (IHL) or by the introduction of complementary norms derived from alternative legal sources.

http://law.mscc.huji.ac.il/law1/minerva/docs/ComplIHL.pdf