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Continuing the British Friends' Centennial celebrations, the British Friends Legal Group Invites You to a Talk by:

Professor Yuval Shany (Senior Research Fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute, and former member of the UN Human Rights Committee),
Hosted by Lord Pannick KC, Chair of the British Friends Legal Group

Is the International Rule of Law in an Existential Crisis?

International Law is facing a profound crisis - arguably the most severe since the end of the Cold War. Foundational principles are rapidly eroding, International institutions appear increasingly ineffective, and key constituencies are turning away from the International legal order altogether. This talk examines how International Law has reached this critical juncture and explores possible pathways forward.

Refreshments and registration from 6.30 to 7.15 p.m. followed by talk and Q & A

There will be no Appeal

Any queries, please contact Nikki Shamash at Nikki.shamash@bfhu.org 

Who Will You See There?

Lord Pannick KC is a practicing barrister at Blackstone Chambers, a Crossbench Peer in the House of Lords and a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. He specialises in constitutional and administrative law and in appellate advocacy.

His most celebrated case was for Gina Miller in 2019, establishing in the Supreme Court that Prime Minister Boris Johnson had acted unlawfully in advising The Queen to prorogue (suspend) Parliament during the Brexit crisis.

David is the Chairman of the British Legal Friends of the Hebrew University.

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Professor Yuval Shany is the Hersch Lauterpacht Chair in International Law and former Dean of the Law Faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Professor Yuval Shany is the Hersch Lauterpacht Chair in International Law and former Dean of the Law Faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He also currently serves as a Senior Research Fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute, Visiting Professor in the Center for Transnational Legal Studies at King’s College, London and Research Fellow at the Ethics in AI Institute in Oxford. He was a member of the UN Human Rights Committee between 2013-2020 (chairing the Committee between 2018-2019).

Education:

LLB cum laude, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1995

LL.M. in International Legal Studies, NYU, 1997

PhD in International Law, SOAS University of London, 2001

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