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The winner receives the International Law in the 21st Century Award, a diploma, and a prize of 500,000 ₽.
A group of Russian experts in public international law, including Vladlen Vereschetin, Roman Kolodkin, Sergey Punzhin, Leonid Skotnikov, Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov, and Aleksandr Khodakov came up with the idea of establishing the Award.
The Competition is held annually. It seeks to promote and foster in-depth research in public international law and support original research within the field.
The Ivanyan and Partners law firm supports the Competition.
The research papers accepted for participation in the competition shall be:
prepared by one author;
not published previously, or published no earlier than January 1, 2023;
of 1 ∙ 2 author’s sheets (40,000 ∙ 80,000 characters);
not submitted to the Competition previously (it is not recommended to submit papers substantially repeating those that were previously submitted to the competition);
Only citizens of the Russian Federation under 35 years old, who completed higher legal education in law and/or hold a postgraduate degree in law, are eligible to take part in the competition.
The winner is selected by the Council of the Award consisting of famous international law experts.
Assessing submitted papers, the Council of the Award takes into account an in-depth of research in a selected subject, novelty and practical value of findings, the quality of analysis of the applicable law, the usage of up-to-date doctrine, the logic and clarity of writing, and the extent to which thesis statements formulated by an author are well-founded and reasoned.
Please note that plagiarism is unacceptable. The Organizer checks the research papers for plagiarism, including by using special automated systems. The Council of the Award will be informed about cases of plagiarism and incorrect citation.
We encourage the contestants to use the resources of the ICLRC Library to write their papers (email: library@iclrc.ru).
Prize winners
Adam Nalgiev
2023
Ph.D student at the School of International Law of the Faculty of Law of the National Research University Higher School of Economics; associate (international disputes) at Ivanyan & Partners Law Offices.
Lawyer at Sokolov, Maslov & Partners, student at MGIMO University under Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, member of the MGIMO team at the Leiden Air Law Moot Court International Law Competition. He has a number of publications on the subject of private international law.
International Policy Advisor to Deputy Minister of Transport. Holds an LLM from the University of Cambridge (2014) and BA with honours from MGIMO University (2013). Was an exchange student at Sciences Po Paris, France.
Holds an LLB (2017) and an LLM with honours from MGIMO University (2019). She won national and international essay competitions. She has a number of publications on international investment law.
Employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, graduated from the International Law School of MGIMO University (2017), has a number of publications on international criminal law, international humanitarian law, the law of international organizations.
Associate at Clifford Chance (international arbitration and litigation). Holds an LLB from Lomonosov Moscow State University (2015) and an MJur from the University of Oxford (2016), where he was a Hill scholar and awarded the Volterra Fietta Prize for International Dispute Settlement. In 2018, the London Court of International Arbitration awarded him the Gillis Wetter Memorial Prize for International Arbitration.
A graduate of the IKBFU (Kaliningrad) and the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Germany). In 2023, he successfully defended a PhD thesis at the University of Göttingen. Aleksei specializes in international law and is experienced in inter-State litigation (WTO). Currently, he works at the ICLRC on issues linked to public international law and teaches related subjects at the Higher School of Economics (Moscow).
The head of constitutional litigation practice of the Institute of Law and Public Policy* and a graduate of the Lomonosov Moscow State University and Harvard Law School.
*A non-profit organization performing the functions of a foreign agent
EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism in light of the law of the World Trade Organization
Artem Kasumyan
2023
Investor-State dispute settlement reform initiatives of European Union: Investment chapter of Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between European Union and Canada
Vladislav Donakanian
2023
The invisible part of the puzzle: The role of individual judges' opinions in the administration of international justice through the jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice
Anna Shvets
2022
Procedure matters: legislative process in the Procrustean bed of the European Court of Human Rights case-law
Adel Abdullin
Doctor of Law, Professor, Head of the Department of International and European Law, Kazan Federal University
Gabriela Belova-Ganeva
Head of the Department of International Law and International Relations of the South-West University „Neofit Rilsky” — Blagoevgrad, Professor, Member of the Bulgarian Association of International Law and the Bulgarian Association of European Law, Ph.D. (Law)
Sergey Marochkin
Professor, Doctor of Law, Honored Jurist of the Russian Federation, winner (laureate) of the F.F. Martens prize of the Russian Academy of Sciences, member of the European Society of International Law, member of the Executive Committee of the Russian Association of International Law, Head of the Center for International and Comparative Legal Studies, University of Tyumen
Tatiana Neshataeva
Judge of the Court of the Eurasian Economic Union, Doctor of Law, Professor, Honored lawyer of the Russian Federation, Head of the Chair of International Law in the Russian State University of Justice, Vice-President of the Russian Association of International Law
Judge, Vice-President of the Court of the Eurasian Economic Community (2012-2014), Judge of the Supreme Commercial Court of the Russian Federation (1995-2012).
Sergey Punzhin
Ph.D. (Law), Principal Legal Secretary of the Court, Head of the Department of Legal Matters, International Court of Justice, Associated Member, Institut de Droit International (2020-present)
Leonid Skotnikov
Member of the International Court of Justice (2006-2015), Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva and to the Conference on Disarmament (2001-2005), Director of the Legal Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1991-1992, 1998-2001), Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Netherlands (1992-1998).
Vladimir Shumilov
Head of the Department of International Law at the Russian Foreign Trade Academy, Doctor of Law, Professor, Honored Jurist of the Russian Federation
Roman Kolodkin
Advisor on Public International Law, the International and Comparative Law Research Center, Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea since 2017, Member of Institut de Droit International since 2009, Ph.D. in Law
Education: Degree in international law (with honors), Moscow State University (1982); postgraduate studies, Moscow State University (1982-1985).
In 1986–1990, served at the USSR Ministry of Merchant Marine.
In 1990–1991, served at the Committee on Inter-Republic Relations of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) of Russia.
In 1991–1992, served as Assistant to and Head of Staff of the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
In 1992–1997, served as Head of Division, Deputy Director of the Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
In 1997–2001 — Deputy permanent representative to the UN Office and other international organizations in Geneva.
From 2009 to 2015, he served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Netherlands, Permanent Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
In 2001–2009, 2015–2017, he served as Director of the Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
In 2017–2020 — Director of Public International Law Studies, since 2020 — Advisor on Public International Law of the International and Comparative Law Research Center.
In 2003–2011, 2015–2018 — Member of the International Law Commission.
Ivana Hrdličková
Presiding Judge of the Appeals Chamber and President of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon
Ivana Hrdličková began her career as a Judge in 1990 and has been presiding over both civil and criminal cases. Judge Hrdličková also specializes in Islamic Shari'a, with a focus on human rights and Islamic finance in international and Islamic law. She is further specialized in the development of the rule of law in post-revolution societies. Judge Hrdličková is also a member of international teams to train judges and lawyers in international public law, international criminal law, rule of law and independence of the judiciary.
Natalia Pavlova
Associate professor of the Department of international law in the Russian State University of Justice. Candidate of legal sciences, associate professor
In 2011 – 2014 – Judge of theSupreme ArbitrazhCourt of the Russian Federation.
Since 2014 – Judge of the Judicial Chamber on Economic Disputes of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.
Vera Rusinova
Doctor of Law, Professor of International Law at the National Research University Higher School of Economics
Professor of International Law at the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow; received a Doctor of legal sciences (Dr. hab.) degree in Moscow and holds a Master degree from the University of Göttingen; a Co-Chair of the International Law Association’s Committee on Use of Force, a Member of the European Society of International Law, and the Russian Association of International Law.
Natalia Sokolova
Doctor of Law, Associate Professor
Doctor of Law, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of International Law, Academic Director of the Research Institute, Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL).
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