The Eli Lauterpacht Lectures

The Eli Lauterpacht Lecture was established in 2017 to celebrate his life and work of Sir Eli. This lecture will takes place at the Centre in the Michaelmas Term each academic year.

These lectures are kindly supported by Dr and Mrs Ivan Berkowitz who are Principal Benefactors of the Centre.

20 November 2026 -  Tensions between political and legal dimensions in the settlement of investment disputes - Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler, Professor Emerita at Geneva University Law School 

28 November 2025 - Hard Law in Times of Liquid Modernity: Treaty Law and Practice in the 21st Century - Santiago Villalpando, Legal Advisor and Director of UNESCO

18 October 2024 - Judge Patrick Robinson: 'The Right to Self Determination: Chagos, the Caribbean and the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)'

6 October 2023 - Nazhat Khan, Deputy Prosecutor, International Criminal Court: 'The Rome Statute at its 25th Anniversary – the Creation of a Court and an International Institution'

7 October 2022 - Noah Feldman: 'Does the Metaverse Dream of Electric Rights? International Law in the Era of Late Social Media'

8 October 2021 - Dame Sally Davies: 'Global Governance for Health – why has it failed?'

9 October 2020 - Dr Radhika Coomaraswamy: 'Women and Children and the Transformation of International Law'

11 October 2019 - Joseph Weiler: 'Taking Teaching Seriously: How to Teach Treaty Interpretation' 

5 October 2018 - Shaheed Fatima QC:  'Protecting Children in Armed Conflict'  (no recording available)

13 October 2017 - Dino Kritsiotis: 'A Return to the Caroline Correspondence, 1838 - 1842'

Where permission has been granted, recordings are available at: https://www.lcil.cam.ac.uk/lecture-recordings