Dear friends and colleagues,
Please consider submitting an contribution for our open panel International
Law, Politics, Expertise at EISA PEC in Lille (27-31 August). Please send your
abstract to
jasper.vanderkist@uantwerpen.be and
t.anwar2@vu.nl by 8 March 2024 (max 150 characters).
You will find more information below, and please do not hesitate to contact us
if you have any questions!
Best wishes,
Jasper van der Kist (University of Antwerp) & Tasniem Anwar (Vrije
Universiteit Amsterdam)
International Law, Politics, Expertise
The presentation of credible expertise in court is central to the functioning
of international relations and international law. From the expert testimonies
on war crimes for the International Court of Justice, to the presentation of
evidence in asylum proceedings, to the scientific knowledge on health
regulations, scientific knowledge and technologies enable and facilitate
investigations in justice systems. Forms of forensic, medical, environmental,
security, humanitarian knowledge and expertise are therefore also subject to
increasing standardisation and certification to meet the correct legal format
and aesthetics. This is not easy, particularly for security expertise which is
always in flux.
Not only are the resulting practices and subsequent utility of expert
knowledge often linked to objectification, subjection and domination in the
judicial procedure, the court of law has also been shown to be one of the
spaces in which such expertise can be contested.
In this panel we explore the multifaceted approaches to (scientific) expertise
in court with the aim to open up the debate on the relationship between
(international) law, politics and expertise. We invite interdisciplinary
perspectives and approaches that untangle these complicated relationships by
addressing one or more of the following questions.
Meet us via https://twitter.com/STSeasst
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