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The Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law would like to invite you to a virtual roundtable discussion of “The Global Coronavirus Emergency and the Rule of Law”
The webinar will take place from 1.30-3pm BST, and can be accessed via Zoom here: https://zoom.us/j/774536014
The purpose of the webinar is to bring together a wide range of international experts from different disciplines to discuss the implications of the global emergency for the Rule of Law.
In particular, the discussion will aim to consider not merely the many challenges to the Rule of Law posed by many of the emergency measures being taken worldwide, but whether the nature of this unprecedented global emergency provides opportunities for advancing the Rule of Law, such as:
1. Better articulation of the relevant international standards that govern emergencies
generally, and public health emergencies in particular
2. More systematic evaluation of emergency responses against those better articulated
standards
3. Better understanding of the significance and importance of proclaiming an emergency
4. Innovative ways of ensuring both political and legal accountability for the exercise of
exceptional powers during the emergency
5. More emphasis on and scrutiny of how emergencies are ended and exceptional
powers relinquished as soon as they can no longer be justified.
The webinar will be chaired by Murray Hunt, Director of the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, and speakers will include:
Professor David Dyzenhaus, Professor of Law and Philosophy, University of Toronto
Dr Joelle Grogan, Senior Lecturer in law at Middlesex University London
Professor Kim Lane Scheppele Professor of Sociology and International Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School and in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University
Ronan Cormacain, Senior Research Fellow, Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law
Nyasha Weinberg, Research Fellow, Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law