News & Publications
Association of Young International Criminal Lawyers
News & Publications
YICL publishes a number of outreach materials for its membership and for external communities to provide news and views on a wide span of topics related to Public International Law and Criminal Law.
YICL members receive regular updates via the YICL newsletter. Our newsletter is distributed to all members, keeping them apprised of major issues and relevant news. Members also have the possibility to have their own work published in the newsletter.
Press release - 23 December 2022
YICL is happy to introduce a new and changed annual membership fees policy starting in the year 2023. Starting in January 2023, YICL members will be either paying a reduced fee or will be able to opt for a “no fee” option.
We, at YICL, are no strangers to the worsening economic situation in most countries around the world. Therefore, the Board has decided to revise our fee policy. We are convinced that international law is enriched by the participation of people from all corners of the world, and we are cognizant that many interested people are unable to join our community because of economic barriers. In that spirit, YICL has introduced the following new revisions in the annual membership fees:
You can now become a YICL member for FREE if you are a student or an intern or were already a member in the year 2022.
#payyourinterns #stopfreelabour #stopUNpaidinternships
If you’re a working professional, you can now pay a reduced annual fee of only five euros (5 €) if you work in the listed Lower Income Economies and Lower-Middle Income Economies.
And for those who don’t fit in either of the above categories – we have reduced our annual membership fees for all members to only 20 € (twenty euros) for a whole year of membership.
For more details about the eligible countries for fee reduction and other information on this, please see here.
So hurry up and get your free membership for the year 2023 NOW. You can sign up by completing the application form. We look forward to welcoming you!
For questions or queries, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at info@yicl.com.
#payyourinterns #stopfreelabour #stopUNpaidinternships
Press release - 12 January 2021
The Association of Young International Criminal Lawyers (“YICL”) officially launched on Tuesday, 12 January 2021. After months of planning, the Board of Directors is thrilled and honoured to open its doors to the general public.
YICL is an organisation which facilitates connection and growth for young professionals in the fields of international criminal law, international humanitarian and human rights law, public international law and criminal law. Its aim is to provide people from around the world with a platform to learn from each other, and develop a stronger understanding of the evolving international legal landscape.
The association is managed by a Board of Directors, a group of six young professionals hailing from across the world. The Board is eager to welcome like-minded practitioners, academicians, and those with a passion for any of its areas of interest. Anyone wishing to join YICL can fill out the application form available online. Everyone is encouraged to apply, irrespective of background or level of experience.
The Board has enacted a special offer for all new members. Anyone who joins the association on or before March 31, 2021 will have their membership fee waived for the first year.
Events
A Conversation With Women In International Law
YICL is proud to announce its first virtual event to be held on 18 March 2021, 17.00 CET featuring some of the most prominent names in the international legal field. We are thrilled to be joined by Prof. Beth van Schaak, Prof. Guilia Pinzauti, Carolyn Edgerton, and Arzu Ongur to commemorate international women’s day, as they take us through their journey in the international legal field.
Arzu Ongur is the managing partner of Ongur & Partners International Law Office and the President of ILIDA International Law Investment and Development Association. She is a renowned lawyer based in Turkey, with expertise in international law, arbitration, consultation and litigation. She has a wide-range of professional work experience of working on complex legal disputes, international arbitration and cross-border transactions over 15 years in Turkey and overseas, including Italy, Belgium and the USA.
Beth Van Schaak is the Leah Kaplan Visiting Professor in Human Rights at Stanford Law School where she teaches in the areas of international human rights, international criminal law, and human trafficking, among other subjects, and has been the Acting Director of the Human Rights & Conflict Resolution Clinic. She is also a Faculty Fellow with Stanford’s Center for Human Rights & International Justice at Stanford University.
Carolyn Edgerton is a Canadian lawyer with almost 30 years of experience in domestic and international criminal investigations and prosecutions, the greatest part of which was spent working as a Legal Officer and Trial Attorney with the International Criminal Tribunal of the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), where among other things, from 2008-2014 she was the component leader responsible for the prosecution of Radovan Karadzic for the siege of Sarajevo. She now dedicates her practice to justice and the rule of law, and over the course of the past year alone has worked on projects connected with Afghanistan, Gambia and the republic of Georgia.
Giulia Pinzauti is an assistant professor at the Grotius Centre for International Law, at Leiden University. Prior to joining the Grotius Centre, she served as an associate legal officer at the International Court of Justice and in the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals. Giulia also previously worked as part of the legal staff for the Pre-Trial Judge and the Appeals Chamber at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.
We request your esteemed attendance for our very first event, as we provide a unique chance to learn from the experts on how to make it in international law as young professionals. So tune in for some great advice and a discussion on being a woman in international law! The registration links for the event will be put on all social media channels of YICL, so stay tuned. We look forward to welcoming you all!
Using the Prosecutor’s Evidence Collection in International Criminal Proceedings
YICL is proud to announce its second virtual event!
We will be hearing about the Prosecutor’s Evidence Unit from Iain Reid, a case manager at the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. Iain will be speaking about how investigators and prosecutors use the evidence unit for building their cases, and taking us through the collection, preservation, and admission of evidence at IRMCT.
The event will take place Sunday, April 25 at 15:00 CET. To register fill out this form https://lnkd.in/dZ2CGRE by April 24, 2021. Space is limited, and seats will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis. This event is free and open to all members of YICL!
If you are not a member of YICL and would like to attend this event, you can sign up for membership by completing the application form www.ayicl.com/membership/. We look forward to welcoming you!