Sir Daniel Bethlehem KC
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Sir Daniel Bethlehem KC is a barrister and arbitrator in practice at the London Bar, Director of Legal Policy International Ltd, and a Visiting Professor in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London. He was the principal Legal Adviser of the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office from May 2006 to May 2011.
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Project 2100—Is the International Legal Order Fit for Purpose?
November 29, 2022
Sir Daniel Bethlehem KC
It is in the darkest moments that we must ask the hardest questions and peer through the gloom in an attempt to see the light. The events to the east of us raise stark questions—about the current world order; about the place and effectiveness of the United Nations; about what the U.S. long-term assessment of global…
The Supremacy of International Law? – Part Two
June 3, 2016
Sir Daniel Bethlehem KC
Editor’s Note: This is the text of the 2nd Annual British Embassy (The Hague) International Law Lecture, delivered on 23 May 2016 (part two of two). Part one is available here. The relevance, engagement and application of international law in the domestic space are addressed explicitly and implicitly multiple times every day in the course…
The Supremacy of International Law? – Part One
June 2, 2016
Sir Daniel Bethlehem KC
Editor’s Note: This is the text of the 2nd Annual British Embassy (The Hague) International Law Lecture, delivered on 23 May 2016 (part one of two). My topic is The Supremacy of International Law? I chose the subject unwisely, seduced by the question mark into the thought that there would be scope for erudition…
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Stepping Back a Moment – The Legal Basis in Favour of a Principle of Humanitarian Intervention
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Sir Daniel Bethlehem KC
Sir Daniel Bethlehem KCMG QC is a barrister in practice at the London Bar, Visiting Professor of Law at Columbia Law School and was formerly principal Legal Adviser of the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office. The debate on possible intervention in Syria has moved beyond the discussion of…
The Supremacy of International Law? – Part One
June 2, 2016
Sir Daniel Bethlehem KC
Editor’s Note: This is the text of the 2nd Annual British Embassy (The Hague) International Law Lecture, delivered on 23 May 2016 (part one of two). My topic is The Supremacy of International Law? I chose the subject unwisely, seduced by the question mark into the thought that there would be scope for erudition…
Project 2100—Is the International Legal Order Fit for Purpose?
November 29, 2022
Sir Daniel Bethlehem KC
It is in the darkest moments that we must ask the hardest questions and peer through the gloom in an attempt to see the light. The events to the east of us raise stark questions—about the current world order; about the place and effectiveness of the United Nations; about what the U.S. long-term assessment of global…