Hague Academy of International Law
The Hague Academy of International Law , sometimes referred to as the Hague Academy of International Law , is a teaching and research institution on international law . It was founded in 1914 with financial support from the American Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Foundation , but did not begin its activities until nine years later due to the First World War . The academy stands in the tradition of the claim “Peace through Law”, which was established by the Hague Peace Conferences of 1899 and 1907, and has its seat in the Peace Palace in the Dutch city of The Hague. In 1992 she was awarded the Félix Houphouët Boigny Peace Prize.
Training and research
The focus of the training program of the Hague Academy for International Law is on three-week courses in private international law or public international law , which are held on site in The Hague. Since 1969, the academy has also organized two-week courses as external programs in various countries. The prerequisite for participation is a university degree in law of at least four years with a corresponding proportion of basic training in international law, or an equivalent postgraduate training. Since 2004 there have been supplementary ten-day courses on special aspects of international law with topics that change every year under the name “Seminar for advanced studies”. These are not only aimed at lawyers, but also at participants from other relevant professional fields such as diplomats , journalists or international experts from the field of business .
Selected course participants who can demonstrate a well above-average level of knowledge and qualifications in the field of international law and who take part in additional studies can complete their training with a diploma after an oral examination and writing a thesis. This was awarded to around 230 graduates from 1950 to 2007. At the academy's research center, particularly qualified lawyers can also undertake research stays of one month under the supervision of internationally recognized experts in international law.
organization
The languages of instruction for the courses at the Hague Academy of International Law are, with simultaneous translation , English and French . The course material published under the title Recueil des Cours de l'Académie de Droit International de La Haye currently comprises a collection of around 300 volumes and is therefore one of the most extensive sources of information on international law worldwide. The library of the Peace Palace is available for research purposes together with the International Court of Justice, which is also located there.
A board of trustees consisting of 16 members is responsible for the content of the Academy's activities. The former Secretary General of the United Nations Boutros Boutros-Ghali currently serves as its President . The academy does not have a permanent teaching body; rather, the teaching staff are selected and invited by the members of the board of trustees from suitably qualified persons from the academic field or from legal and diplomatic practice. The administration is subordinate to the Secretary General of the Academy, who is also a member of the Board of Trustees. This office is currently held by Yves Daudet , Professor of International Law at the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne .
Personalities
The academy's graduates include a number of internationally renowned lawyers and politicians, such as Peter Tomka , judge at the International Court of Justice , the former Dutch Foreign Minister Ben Bot , the US Senator Edward Kennedy , the East Timorese politician and Nobel Peace Prize winner José Ramos-Horta and Joseph Sinde Warioba , former Prime Minister of Tanzania and judge at the International Tribunal for the Sea .
The lecturers in the history of the Academy have included the German constitutional and international law expert Robert Redslob , the Swiss lawyer Jean Pictet , the Dutch diplomat Eelco N. van Kleffens , the American lawyer Manley Ottmer Hudson , the Finnish lawyer Martti Koskenniemi and the Dutch lawyer Frits Kalshoven as well as a number of judges from the International Court of Justice with James Crawford , Charles De Visscher , Giorgio Gaja , Shi Jiuyong , Hisashi Owada , Raymond Ranjeva and Bruno Simma .
literature
- René-Jean Dupuy : Académie de droit international de La Haye: Libre jubilaire (1923–1973). AW Sijthoff, Leiden 1973
Web links
- Academy website (English, French)
- Recueil des cours (1923–1939) of the Hague Academy of International Law in Gallica , the digital library of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (French)
