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Mr. Sechie Philip receives Wim Deetman Scholarship25 October 2017The Grotius Centre congratulates LL.M. Public International Law student Mr. Sechie Philip from Nigeria as one of the recipients of the Wim Deetman Sch...
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Eric De Brabandere delivers keynote at Boston College Law School23 October 2017Professor Eric De Brabandere will deliver the keynote address at the Conference ‘Reforming international investment law - Opportunities, Challenges an...
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Eric De Brabandere appointed as new Director of the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies17 October 2017
Professor Eric De Brabandere has been appointed as the new Director/Head of Department of the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, succeedi...
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Launch of the UN Investment Support Programme for Least Developed Countries05 October 2017Friday 22 September marked the launch of the “Investment Support Programme for the LDCs” at the United Nations in New York.
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Spotlight on Ioana Moraru29 September 2017Ioana Moraru is in charge of organising the International Criminal Court Moot Court Competition in The Hague, one of the largest competitions in Inter...
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#NotATarget: The Protection of Medical Personnel and Facilities in Armed Conflict29 September 2017The Geneva Conventions and customary international humanitarian law clearly prohibit any attacks on medical units and establishments during armed conf...
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Honouring Prof. M. Cherif Bassiouni (1937- 2017)26 September 2017On Monday 25 September, Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni passed away, at the age of 79. Throughout his distinguished career, Professor M. Cherif Bassiou...
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Grotius Centre to host ICTY Legacy Lecture Series22 September 2017After 24 years of operations, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will close its doors at the end of this year. To ma...
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Professor Frits Kalshoven passed away12 September 2017Professor Frits Kalshoven passed away on 6 September 2017 at the age of 93. Kalshoven was internationally renowned as an expert in the field of intern...
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International Arbitration Course at the Peace Palace in The Hague06 September 2017After a successful pilot in 2016, the second edition of the International Arbitration Course took place at the end of August. The course is a triparti...
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What’s Jus Post Bellum for? The Function of Jus Post Bellum in International Law06 September 2017Jens Iverson, Assistant Professor of International Law and a Researcher in the Jus Post Bellum Project, defended his Ph.D. dissertation on 21 Septembe...
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PIL LLM Adv. student Kritika Sharma selected for prestigious ICJ Traineeship21 August 2017Kritika Sharma, student in the Master of Laws Advanced Studies Programme in Public International Law, has been selected by the International Court of...
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Signing off after eight years25 July 2017What do you do when you never got the chance to sign your name in the famous Leiden ‘Zweetkamertje’, the Sweat Room, after graduation? Alumna Maria Ju...
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Seeking justice for Syria18 July 2017Islamic State may be losing ground rapidly, but Syrian President Assad's position is gaining strength. His torture chambers and the battlefield are s...
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Leiden Law School celebrates 5 years of the Frontiers of Children’s Rights Summer School10 July 2017On Wednesday 5 July 2017 the Child Law Department and the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies of Leiden Law School hosted a festive drinks ...