The State Silence project, generously funded by the European Research Council was launched in September 2020 and is celebrating its first year milestone by launching its website www.statesilence.org and announcing its first annual lecture.
Led by Dr Danae Azaria, Associate Professor at UCL Laws, the team comprises of Ms Celine Chausse, Mr Roel Walravens and Ms Paula Nuno Balmaceda. More team members, including PhD candidates will be recruited this academic year.
Research on the case law of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) is now completed which has identified 68 (out of 164) and 13 (out of 29) decisions respectively where State silence was relevant in the reasoning of the ICJ and ITLOS. A working taxonomy of State silences has been prepared and two articles published that reflect aspects of Dr Azaria’s early research on State Silence: one in the European Journal of International Law and one forthcoming in the International and Comparative Law Quarterly.
Dr Azaria has presented her work on State Silence at two events around the world including the prestigious ABILA International Law Weekend last month. She will chair the first public lecture of the State Silence Project on 9 December 2021 to be delivered by Professor Jutta Brunnée, Dean of Toronto Law School, followed by the first workshop entitled ‘State Silence Across International Law’ which will take place on 10-11 December 2021.
Links
State Silence Project website www.statesilence.org
Register to attend the first public lecture, Stability and Change in International Law: The Role of Practices of Legality https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stability-change-in-international-law-the-role-of-practices-of-legality-tickets-193608677767