About this Event
How does the language of international law “work” in governing cyberspace? Professor Hollis’s talk examines more than a quarter century of diplomatic dialogues, official statements, and public attributions to trace the emergence of such a language. He will highlight growing areas of convergence around international law’s application to cyberspace—particularly in relation to cybercrime, existential questions on the law’s application, collective attribution practices, and official statements by nations and regional organizations. At the same time, his remarks will identify areas of divergence, including ongoing debates over sovereignty and interpretation, the persistent silence of many states on these issues, and the siloed thinking that continues to separate issues of cybercrime, from State sponsored cyber operations, and the rise of AI online. Professor Hollis will conclude by looking ahead to the future of the UN’s new Global Mechanism, the potential for alternative forums to advance dialogue, opportunities for treaty-making that protect people from states, and the promise of peaceful dispute settlement as a means to further converge around how best to talk about international law across the digital ecosystem.
About the Speaker
Duncan Hollis is Laura H. Carnell Professor of Law at Temple Law School, Faculty Co-Director of Temple University’s Institute for Law, Innovation & Technology, and Co-Convenor of . His scholarship engages with issues of international law, with a particular emphasis on treaties, norms, and other forms of international regulation. He is editor of the award-winning as well as with Dean Jens Ohlin, plus a leading U.S. textbook, International Law with Professors Allen Weiner and Chimene Keitner. Professor Hollis is an elected Member of the American Law Institute, where he serves as an Adviser on its project to draft a Fourth Restatement on the Foreign Relations Law of the United States. From 2016-2020, he served as a member of the OAS’s Inter-American Juridical Committee, including as Rapporteur for a project on improving the transparency of State views on international law’s application to cyberspace.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
University of Bath School of Management, 10E 0.08, Convocation Avenue, Claverton Down, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00
