Conversation with Dame Rosalyn Higgins

By Lesley Dingle and Daniel Bates

Dame Rosalyn Higgins had a long and illustrious career in international law and human rights that spanned the early years of the United Nations and culminated in her achieving the pinnacle of legal practice, the Presidency of the International Court of Justice

Dame Rosalyn was interviewed at her home in London by Lesley Dingle on 14 March 2014.

Interview (14 March 2014)

'Democracy and International Law': Dame Rosalyn Higgins

On 8-9 May 2015 the Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law hosted it's 4th Annual Conference, entitled "Developing Democracy: Conversations on Democratic Governance in International, European and Comparative Law".

The opening keynote was delivered by Dame Rosalyn Higgins DBE QC (President of the International Court of Justice 2006–2009) and was entitled 'Democracy and International Law'. Dame Rosalyn is introduced by Professor Marc Weller, Director of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law.

The conference was kindly supported by the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), the Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS), Hart Publishing, the Cambridge Law Journal, Cambridge University Press and the Whewell Fund.