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30 May 2013 |Panel Discussion | Cyber Warfare and International Law
Prof. Dr. Terry Gill (University of Amsterdam and the Neth. Def. Ac) and Colonel Paul Ducheine Ph.D. (Neth. Def. Ac and the University of Amsterdam) will discuss to what extent the Tallinn Manual will give adequate solutions for the next generation of wars.
27 April 2013 | 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.
On 27 April 2013, the Leiden University team won the final round of the 36th
edition of the prestigious Telders International Law Moot Court Competition,
held in The Hague from 25 to 27 April 2013. Leiden University was represented
by Amin Benaissa, Ross Galvin, Emmy Heijmans and Tríona Jacob, all Master
students in
Leiden
University’s Public International Law
program. The team was coached
by Dr. Erik Koppe and Andrea Varga.
17 May 2013 | Discrimination as experienced by LGBTs in the EU
On Friday
afternoon 17 May 2013, Leiden University (Campus The Hague) hosted the seminar
"Discrimination as experienced by Europe’s LGBTs – How adequate is the existing
legal framework?” Legal experts will give their first analysis of the results
of the biggest survey ever done on discrimination on grounds of sexual
orientation and gender identity.
The seminar is
being organised by professor
Kees Waaldijk
, in cooperation
with the
EU Agency for Fundamental
Rights (FRA).
Earlier that day the FRA will present the results of their survey among
93,000 lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders in the member states of the
EU. At the seminar, the experts will discuss with the audience, whether
existing legal tools are sufficient to combat violence and discrimination as
experienced by these groups. They will also speak about the legal possibilities
and obstacles for same-sex couples to
formalize
their relationships, to raise
children or to move to another EU country.
27 February 2013 | Dutch Regional Round ICC Trial Competition won by Leiden University
 The Leiden University ICC Trial Competition team, assisted by the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, has won the Dutch Regional Round on 27 February 2013 in competition against University of Amsterdam and Utrecht University. The team consisting of Uzay Aysev, Sophie Beelaerts, John Doyle, Joe Holt and Alex Wills, along with their coach Daniel Huck will now advance to the international final round of the competition to be held at the Academy Building of Leiden University Campus Den Haag during the last week of April 2013. The Leiden University team members come from five different countries who are pursuing both the regular and advanced LL.M degrees in Public International Law.
2013| 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 ?Familiy. In this context it organised a conference, where the Leiden Law School professor of Comparative Sexual Orientation Law was one of the speakers. Read more.
25 January 2013 | Inaugural Lecture Professor William Schabas
 William Schabas professor of International criminal law and human rights delivered his inaugural lecture 'The Three Charters: Making International Law in the Post-War Crucible' on 25 January 2013.
4 December 2012| 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 Berkley and Hague Chair on the Rule of Law at HiiL, gave a lecture at the Grotius Centre on ICSID Annulment Committees. Read more.
26-27 September 2012| Conference The Law and Practice of International Criminal law
 On September 26-27, 2012, the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, with the support of the Open Society Justice Initiative and the MacArthur Foundation, hosted a two-day conference on "The Law and Practice of the International Criminal Court.” With the ICC a decade into its operations, the conference evaluated the Court’s institutional and jurisprudential developments to date, and sought to reflect upon the challenges the Court has faced in meeting its ambitious mandate. In addition to bringing together key academics and practitioners within the field of international criminal law, the conference featured presentations from organizations and individuals who are working within such ICC situation countries as Kenya, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. READ MORE.
31 May - 1 June| Jus Post Bellum Project
 On 31 May and 1 June 2012, the Jus post Bellum Project was proud to host its launch conference, "Jus - Post - Bellum': Mapping the normative foundations." It was held at the Peace Palace. The conference aimed to clarify the meaning and content of the concept, including contemporary understandings and criticisms and historical and modern approaches towards the definitions of key notions. The launch conference included five panels: Situating the Concept, Mapping the Normative Framework(s), the Politics and Practice of Jus Post Bellum, Temporal Dimensions of Jus Post Bellum, and The 'Jus' in 'Jus Post Bellum.' There was also a roundtable discussion on 'At War's End,' by Larry May.
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