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The News and Events category publishes the latest News and Events relating to  International Economic Law relating to Africa and the Global South. Every week, Afronomicslaw.org receive the News and Events in their e-mail accounts. The News and Events published every week include conferences, major developments in the field of International Economic Law in Africa at the national, sub-regional and regional levels as well as relevant case law. News and Events with a Global South focus are also often included.

Post-Doctoral and Doctoral Research Fellows: The Legal Dimension of Using Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa

September 23, 2021

The Legal Dimension of Using Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa

This research project will investigate five critical themes over a three-year period: (1) modes of informed consent to the use of data; (2) the nature and content of individual and community rights in genomic data; (3) the use of persons' geospatial data for public health surveillance; (4) the cross-border sharing of data; and (5) the use of data as basis for Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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Call for Application: Short-term Consultancy: Legal and Policy Researcher at the Columbia Centre on Sustainable Investment (CCSI)

September 21, 2021

Paid Short-term Consultancy: Legal and Policy Researcher (Parental Leave Cover)

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NEWS: 9.16.2021

The News and Events published every week include conferences, major developments in the field of International Economic Law in Africa at the national, sub-regional and regional levels as well as relevant case law.

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Call for Paper - Global Anti-Money Laundering Standards: Errors in Transplantation and Unintended Consequences for Developing Countries

September 15, 2021

The Global South Dialogue on Economic Crimes (GSDEC) is pleased to announce its Call for Paper on Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing (AML/CFT) standards, transplantation errors and unintended consequences.

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Is Global Capitalism Governable?: Exploring the Legal, Social, and Economic Complexities of Governance in the 21st Century

This event is a part of Columbia Academy on Law in Global Affairs (CALGA), a series of online open-access events, in which Columbia Law School faculty present their research and debate current issues with colleagues from around the globe.

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Call for Contributions: Gender and Development Journal of OXFAM and Routledge Taylor & Francis Group Invites Submissions for its New Issue themed "A Gender-Responsive Recovery: Ensuring Women's Decent Work and Transforming Care Provision"

September 6, 2021

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS: Vol. 30 Issue 1

A gender-responsive recovery: Ensuring Women’s Decent Work and Transforming Care Provision

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The Mandela Institute presents a Book Launch Webinar for the book: "International Economic Law (Southern) African Perspectives and Priorities" Edited by Kholofelo Kugler and Franziska Sucker

The Mandela Institute, a centre situated within the Wits School of Law, invite you to a series of three book launch webinars which will discuss chapters of the book INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW - (Southern) African Perspectives and Priorities.

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