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For immediate release - 25 March, 2019
Inaugural Conference on International Law to be hosted by Barbican
The Barbican will host the inaugural ‘London Conference on International Law', from 3-4 October, 2019. This event is the first conference of this scale focussed on public international law to be held in London.
Under the theme of ‘Engaging with International Law', international law academics, judges, practitioners, representatives of civil society, business-leaders and other stakeholders, will come together to discuss and confront how states and international organisations, academics and practitioners, and members of the public engage with international law. Panels and plenaries will address the most challenging current issues spanning the fields of environment, technology, conflict and security, transnational arbitration and dispute resolution, human rights and international criminal justice.
Kristin Hausler, Dorset Senior Fellow, British Institute of International and Comparative Law and member of the Steering Committee comments: "Participants will consider the different ways individuals, organisations and countries seek to develop, change or restrict international law as they use it as a sword, a shield, a justificatory basis, an excuse, a language of cooperation, or a moral imperative."
Sir Iain Macleod, the Legal Adviser at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and member of the Steering Committee continues: "As a global focus and hub for international law, London is the obvious place for an event like this. The Conference has already received a great deal of interest and support from the international legal community, and we are very much looking forward to welcoming an impressive line-up of prominent speakers and delegates to London for this event".
The Barbican's Head of Sales, Jenny Waller concludes: "The Barbican is once again demonstrating why it is the right place for international organisations to gather, share knowledge and hold events with far reaching consequences and legacy. The London Conference on International Law will gather together leading legal minds, politicians and experts at an event that will help understand and shape the future of international law and the whole Barbican team is proud to be a part of that process."
Further information on the London Conference on International Law can be found on the conference website www.thelondonconference.org.uk
Co-organisers of the event include:
- The Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- Chatham House
- British Institute of International and Comparative Law
- International Law Association (British branch)
- The Commonwealth
- Kings College
- Oxford University
- University of Nottingham
- Clifford Chance
- Herbert Smith Freehills
- 20 Essex Street
- Essex Court Chambers
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About Barbican Business Events
The Barbican is one of the world's leading conference and international arts venues. Located in the City of London, it is capable of holding meetings from 10-2,000 delegates in its fully equipped concert hall, theatres, conference suites and boardrooms. Barbican Business Events brings together the venue's expertise in the arts and corporate meetings.
Built as part of London's Barbican development and officially opened in March 1982 by HM Queen Elizabeth, unlike many other venues, Barbican was specifically built with the dual purpose of holding conferences and arts events presenting a diverse range of art, music, theatre, dance, film and creative learning.
The Barbican's Business Events team contributes to the venue's future success. To make the most of the Barbican's rich culture and heritage, Barbican Business Events was created to bring together their expertise in three very different areas - the arts, creative learning and corporate business. This approach to corporate events is based on stronger, more in-depth partnerships with their artistic, creative learning and development teams in order to bring more creativity and rich content to events.
The Barbican provides a vibrant and inspiring venue for corporate events, conferences, meetings and entertainment. The venue is capable of holding meetings from 10-2,000 delegates in spaces including a concert hall, theatres, a boardroom and conference suites that can accommodate 10-170 delegates and can be adjusted using sound proofed sliding. As part of its wider investment strategy, the Barbican spent £2.2m on a significant refurbishment throughout the Centre in the summer of 2016 including its Frobisher rooms and Level 4. The focus of the Frobisher refurbishment is designed to create an even stronger connection between the Centre's main conference and meeting facilities and its arts spaces.
About the Barbican
A world-class arts and learning organisation, the Barbican pushes the boundaries of all major art forms including dance, film, music, theatre and visual arts. Its creative learning programme further underpins everything it does. Over a million people attend events annually, hundreds of artists and performers are featured, and more than 300 staff work onsite. The architecturally renowned centre opened in 1982 and comprises the Barbican Hall, the Barbican Theatre, The Pit, Cinemas 1, 2 and 3, Barbican Art Gallery, a second gallery The Curve, public spaces, a library, the Lakeside Terrace, a glasshouse conservatory, conference facilities and three restaurants. The City of London Corporation is the founder and principal funder of the Barbican Centre.
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