Leiden University wins Telders International Law Moot Court Competition
In addition, Leiden University also won the awards for Best Overall Score; Best Oral Argumentation for the Respondent and Best Oralist.
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Leiden University wins the ICC Trial Competition
37 teams from 27 countries worldwide participated in this year’s simulation exercise on the applicable law and jurisprudence of the ICC.
Leiden reaches the octo-finals of the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
As the winner of the Dutch national rounds, the team from Leiden University participated in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, the largest international law competition in the world. Leiden reached the octo-finals, the best Dutch performance in the 54-year history of the competition.
Bachelor thesis of Mr. L.A. (Rens) Groen was published in the first edition of the Review of Central and East European Law
An adapted version of the bachelor thesis of Mr. L.A. (Rens) Groen was published in the first edition of the Review of Central and East European Law, volume 38.
Comparative Sexual Orientation Law
This year the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies again offers the unique (LLC – optional) course Comparative Sexual Orientation Law . The course looks at how homosexual behaviour, lesbian and gay individuals, and same-sex relationships are being recognised (or not) in the laws of different countries and different international organisations. Students will be doing comparative legal research.
Guest lecture by Dr. AbiodunWilliams
On Wednesday March 25, Dr. Abiodun Williams gave a guest lecture in the World Law course, an elective for third year bachelor students. Dr. Williams started his career in academia, at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
Marriage and cohabitation in Europe
Which forms of partnership and family life have gained legal recognition in law in which European countries? And which rights and duties are attached to these forms? This is what Kees Waaldijk, Professor in Comparative Sexual Orientation Law at Leiden University is going to study as part of a major European research project of 6.5 million euro.
Visit to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL)
Students in the LLM in Advanced Studies in Public International Law enjoyed a visit to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) on 19 February 2013. The STL was established by the Security Council to hold trials for those accused of carrying out the attack of 14 February 2005 which killed 23 people, including former prime minister of Lebanon, Rafiq Hariri.
Inaugural lecture professor William Schabas
"The Three Charters: Making International Law in the Post-War Crucible" is the title of the inaugural lecture that William Schabas , professor of International criminal law and human rights, will be giving on 25 Januari 2013.
24 and 25 January 2013 | International Humanitarian Assistance and International Law
International humanitarian assistance, entailing the provision of emergency aid to those in need, may take place in situations of crisis. Such situations include natural or manmade disaster, armed conflict or occupation.
Prof. Kees Waaldijk in Hanoi to speak about same-sex family law
The Vietnamese Ministry of Justice is developing plans to include same-sex partners in the Law on Marriage and Family. In this context it organised a conference, where the Leiden Law School professor of Comparative Sexual Orientation Law was one of the speakers.
Lecture D. D. Caron – Framing the Work of ICSID Annulment Committees
On December 4, D. D. Caron, C. William Maxeiner Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Berkeley and Hague Chair on the Rule of Law at HiiL, gave a lecture at the Grotius Centre on ICSID Annulment Committees.
20 November|Panel discussion on "Communication to the ICC Prosecutor by ECCHR"
The Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, The Kalshoven-Gieskes Forum on International Humanitarian Law & The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) cordially invite you to a Panel Discussion on "Communication to the ICC Prosecutor by the ECCHR: Violence Against Trade Unionists In Colombia – A Case of Crimes against Humanity?"
16 November | Hague Address by U.S. Legal Adviser Harold Hongju Koh
At the end of the first time of the Obama Administration, U.S. Legal Adviser Harold Hongju Koh will deliver an address on 'The Relationship of the United States with the International Criminal Justice System'.
26th October | Book launch
The Diversification and Fragmentation of International Criminal Law the opening volume of the new Series Leiden Studies on the Frontiers of International Law. Edited by Larissa van den Herik and Carsten Stahn .
1 and 2 October | Conference/expert seminar on Foreign Investment in the Energy Sector
Dr. Eric De Brabandere (Grotius Centre, Leiden University) and Dr. Tarcisio Gazzini (VU University Amsterdam) organize the Second Leiden/VU Expert Seminar on the Foreign investment in the energy sector: Balancing private and public interests'.
Freya Baetens and Ruben Zandvliet present their research at the SIEL conference
From July 12 to 14, Dr. Freya Baetens and Ruben Zandvliet of the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies participated in the conference of the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL) in Singapore.
24 and 25 January 2013 | International Humanitarian Assistance and International Law
International humanitarian assistance, entailing the provision of emergency aid to those in need, may take place in situations of crisis. Such situations include natural or manmade disaster, armed conflict or occupation.
The individual as perpetrator in international law
Individualisation. According to Larissa van den Herik, Professor of International Public Law, this is the most important development in the enforcement of international law since the Cold War. Inaugural lecture 29 June.
Nico Schrijver ‘Best New Book on the United Nations and UN System’
Prof Schrijver received this honour from The Academic Council on the United Nations System for his book ‘Development without Destruction. The UN and Global Resource Management'.
