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SUMMARY: Virtual Book Launch — Emancipating International Law: Confronting 
 the Violence of Racialized Boundaries
DESCRIPTION: What role can international law play in confronting the racial
 ised effects of rising fascism? Join the Institute for Global Law and Polic
 y for the Virtual Launch of Emancipating International Law: Confronting the
  Violence of Racialized Boundaries (OUP 2026)\, edited by Mohsen al Attar a
 nd Claire Smith.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <div data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">What 
 role can international law play in confronting the racialised effects of ri
 sing fascism?</div><div data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody"></div><div>Join 
 the Institute for Global Law and Policy for the <b>Virtual Launch</b> of <i
 >Emancipating International Law: Confronting the Violence of Racialized Bou
 ndaries</i> (OUP 2026)\, edited by Mohsen al Attar and Claire Smith.</div><
 div></div><div><b>Tuesday\, 28 April | 9:00 AM EST / 2:00 PM GMT | Zoom</b>
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 </div><div>The global resurgence of fascist narratives has been propelled b
 y the persistence of racist ideologies and practices. Paralleling historic 
 moments of crisis\, power today is being consolidated through racialised vi
 olence and subordination. This has manifested through the mainstreaming of 
 racist discourse\; the dispensability of non-white life in war and genocide
 \; hostile policies towards migrants and refugees\; and the suppression of 
 racial justice initiatives across civil society and academic spaces. The fa
 ult-lines in international law\, including the racial dynamics embedded in 
 its doctrines\, have become increasingly apparent\, raising questions about
  the framework’s silence and complicity in the face of evolving racial inju
 stice(s).</div><div></div><div>Is there a role for international law in con
 fronting the racialised effects of fascism? How have international legal sc
 holars responded? To answer these questions\, we invite you to the <b>Virtu
 al Launch</b> of <i>Emancipating International Law: Confronting the Violenc
 e of Racialised Boundaries</i> (OUP\, 2026)\, a collection of chapters that
  explores the dynamic relationship between race\, racism\, and internationa
 l law. Contributors speak to the racialised features that permeate the inte
 rnational law project\, and structures central to international law\, with 
 a view to interrogating both its potential and its limitations in addressin
 g today’s — and tomorrow’s — challenges.</div><div></div><div><b>Speakers a
 nd Facilitator</b></div><ul data-end="3732" data-start="2091"><li><b>Mohsen
  al Attar</b> is a Reader in International Law and Associate Dean for Learn
 ing and Teaching at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. His research explo
 res power dynamics in international law and the emergence of alternative un
 iversals.</li><li><b>Dylan Asafo</b> is a Senior Lecturer of Law at the Uni
 versity of Auckland. His research focuses on race and the law\, climate jus
 tice in the Pacific\, constitutional and human rights law\, and criminal ju
 stice and abolition.</li><li><b>Christopher Gevers</b> is an Associate Prof
 essor and Director of the Centre for Applied Legal Studies at the Universit
 y of the Witwatersrand. His research interests include Pan-Africanism\, Dec
 olonisation\, Critical Race Theory\, and Third World Approaches to Internat
 ional Law.</li><li><b><span class="markhy1p1jy0q" data-markjs="true" data-o
 gac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="">Suraj</span> Girijashanker</b
 > is a Residential Fellow at the Institute for Global Law and Policy at Har
 vard Law School. His research examines the nexus between race\, empire\, an
 d law\, particularly in relation to migration.</li><li><b>Darryl Li</b> is 
 an Associate Professor of Anthropology and Associate Member of the Law Scho
 ol at the University of Chicago. His work thinks about questions of war\, l
 aw\, migration\, empire\, and racialisation across the Middle East\, South 
 Asia\, and the Balkans.</li><li><b>S. Priya Morley</b> is Director of the R
 acial Justice Initiative at the Bernstein Institute for Human Rights and a 
 Project Advisor at the Global Justice Clinic\, NYU School of Law. She leads
  academic\, advocacy\, and policy initiatives at the intersection of racial
  justice and critical approaches to international human rights\, with a par
 ticular focus on migration\, climate justice\, and reparations.</li></ul>
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