Upcoming Events

24 Feb 2012 - 12:30 Lecture Series

The International Criminal Court’s Second Decade: Opening Session

28 Feb 2012 - 12:00 Research Colloquium

7 Mar 2012 - 12:00 Lecture Series

The International Criminal Court’s Second Decade: Cooperation

There is ongoing concern about the relationship between the Court and African states, as well as the lack of forthcoming cooperation by many member and non-member states with regards to the execution of arrest warrants and penalties, freezing of assets, information sharing, etc. In most of these cases, much work needs to be done by both Court officials as well as government representatives to ensure cooperation becomes a more stable pillar as the Court moves forward.

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7 Mar 2012 - 12:00 Wednesday Webinars

Quo vadis EU: Foreign Policy Vehicles and Near Neighbourhood

'Quo vadis EU: Foreign Policy Vehicles and Near Neighbourhood' by: Prof. Dr. Amelia Hadfield, Prof. Dr. Joachim Koops, Prof. Dr. Selen Gueren and Dr. Alexander Mattelaer In addition to major geopolitical transformations of enlargement, and the development of the European Neighbourhood Policy (including a speciaized look at the contemporary role of migration policy within the context of the Arab Spring) this third Jean Monnet Webinar examines the current role of EU trade and development policy, as well as reviewing EU's relations with NATO.

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13 Mar 2012 - 12:00 Research Colloquium

In Search of the Essence of Crimes Against Humanity

Demystifying the grey zone between internal human rights abuses and crimes that warrant international jurisdiction.

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14 Mar 2012 - 12:00 Wednesday Webinars

Decoding the EU: European Commission

This webinar is the first session of the series of webinars "DECODING THE EU: EU INSTITUTIONS AND DECISION-MAKING IES ONLINE COURSE" which provides advanced understanding of the EU institutions and decision-making. During this webinar you will learn about the role, composition and functioning of the European Commission and understand its power as policy initiator.

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21 Mar 2012 - 12:00 Wednesday Webinars

Decoding the EU: Council of Ministers and European Council

This webinar is the second session of the series of webinars "DECODING THE EU: EU INSTITUTIONS AND DECISION-MAKING IES ONLINE COURSE" which provides advanced understanding of the EU institutions and decision-making. During this webinar you will learn about the composition of both the Council of Ministers and the European Council and their role in EU policy-making.

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27 Mar 2012 - 11:00 Research Colloquium

Performance Management / Evaluation': A Potential Framework for Assessing EU - IO Interactions

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28 Mar 2012 - 11:00 Lecture Series

The International Criminal Court’s Second Decade: Victim Participation

While the Rome Statute is a landmark document with regards to victims’ rights and participation, the Court’s record to date leaves much to be desired. Not only that, but many have begun to question the wisdom and feasibility of the victim participation and reparation regime in the international criminal justice fora in general, and in particular, as envisioned under the Rome Statute.

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28 Mar 2012 - 11:00 Wednesday Webinars

Decoding the EU: European Parliament

This webinar is the first session of the series of webinars "DECODING THE EU: EU INSTITUTIONS AND DECISION-MAKING IES ONLINE COURSE" which provides advanced understanding of the EU institutions and decision-making. This webinar will give an overview of the powers, structures and functioning of the European Parliament.

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4 Apr 2012 - 11:00 Wednesday Webinars

Decoding the EU: Inter-Institutional Decision-Making

This webinar is the fourth and last session of the series of webinars "DECODING THE EU: EU INSTITUTIONS AND DECISION-MAKING IES ONLINE COURSE" which provides advanced understanding of the EU institutions and decision-making. This webinar is a guide to the EU decision-making procedure, with a focus on the ordinary legislative procedure (former co-decision)

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18 Apr 2012 - 11:00 Lecture Series

The International Criminal Court’s Second Decade: Gender Rights

An important contribution of the Rome Statute is the enshrining and protection against gender- based crimes in the body of international criminal law. Moreover, the Statute guarantees unprecedented gender equality within the Court’s several organs. Nevertheless, while significant progress has been made in the latter, the prosecution of gender-based crimes has been often decried by civil society members as receiving insufficient attention. Clearly, more needs to be done to allay such concerns.

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25 Apr 2012 - 11:00 Wednesday Webinars

Quo vadis EU: The EU Abroad in the World

'Quo vadis EU: The EU Abroad in the World' by: Prof. Dr. Amelia Hadfield, Prof. Dr. Luis Simon, Dr. Alexander Mattelaer, Dr. Fraser Cameron This fourth and final Jean Monnet Webinar focuses on the most animating aspects of EU external relations: foreign and security policy, defence developments, and its current strategic partnerships with Russia, US and Asia, including focal points relating to trade and energy security, before concluding with a broad analysis of short and long term trends.

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3 May 2012 - 08:00 Conference

The European Union in International Affairs III

The Institute for European Studies at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (IES-VUB), the Institut d’Études Européennes at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (IEE-ULB), the United Nations University Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS) and Egmont – the Royal Institute for International Relations biannually organise the ‘European Union in International Affairs’ (EUIA) Conference. The organisers are currently reviewing the submissions for the third edition of EUIA, which will take place in Brussels from 3 to 5 May 2012.

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9 May 2012 - 11:00 Lecture Series

The International Criminal Court’s Second Decade: The Politics of the International Criminal Court

How the Court will handle its relationship with the UN Security Council as well as several emerging powers, including Brazil, India, and South Africa, will determine whether the Court will be able to be perceived as a legitimate actor in its own right, or as just another political tool in the hands of powerful and at times unaccountable states. This risk of politicization has been greatly increased subsequent to the agreement in Kampala on the crime of aggression.

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