The Summer School on Public International Law
This year the Center will again organize the Summer School on Public International Law.
Dates: 4 – 16 August 2024. Venue: The Center's Library (14 b. 3 Kadashevskaya Naberezhnaya, Moscow).
The curriculum comprises a general course on public international law and lectures on special topics, seminars, and independent studies, as well as a cultural program. A number of lectures will be held at the Center's Library with remote experts.
Classes are held in English and Russian (without translation), in a face-to-face format in the Center's Library in an intensive mode, meaning that no overlap with other activities (work/study) is expected.
Attendees are welcome to use the Center's information infrastructure, such as the Library.
At the end of the Summer School, provided the attendance of at least 90 per cent of the sessions, Certificate of Attendance (which is not a document of education and/or qualification) will be issued.
Questions related to participation in the Summer School can be addressed by e-mail: summer_school@iclrc.ru.
The texts of lectures, presentation materials and everything said by the experts during the Summer School reflect their point of view, which may not coincide with the opinion of the Center and its staff.
Programme and Experts 2024*
Alfredo Crosato Neumann
General Course on Public International Law
Ida Caracciolo
Obligations under International Law
Eirik Bjorge
The Current Issues in the Law of Treaties
Benoit Mayer
Climate Change and International Law
Sir Michael Wood
International Law as a System v. Fragmentation of International Law
Universal, General and Particular International Law
Recent Developments in the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes
Kathy-Ann Brown
The Interaction Between the Law of the Sea and Trade Law
The Legal Regime of Living and Other Resources of the EEZ, Continental Shelf Within and Beyond 200 Miles and the High Seas
WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies
Xuexia Liao
Maritime Delimitation and Dispute Settlement Mechanisms of UNCLOS
Nilufer Oral
The Work of the International Law Commission on the Topic “Sea-Level Rise in Relation to International Law”
Straits Used for International Navigation
*The programme is subject to change
Requirements
The requirement for applicants is to have a law degree at the time of application.
Final year undergraduate students can also apply for participation, justifying it in a motivation letter.
To apply, please provide:
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proof of higher legal education
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CV in Russian or in English
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motivation letter in Russian and in English
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colour portrait photo on a light background.
Scholarship
Attendees permanently residing outside Moscow may be granted a scholarship of up to 35,000 roubles to cover expenses.
Attendees who have been approved for a scholarship are required to submit documents confirming their living expenses in Moscow and travel expenses for travelling from their place of permanent residence to Moscow and back.
Members of the Advisory Board
The Advisory Board, in particular, determines the issues of the School’s Special courses, its experts and students.
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Past schools
The curriculum comprised a General Course and a series of Special Courses on the topic "International Investment Law", seminars, independent learning, meetings on various issues of international law with Roman Kolodkin, Judge at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Martina Polasek, Deputy Secretary-General of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, Evgeny Zagainov, Director of the Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Anna Joubin-Bret, and also entertaining programme
34 researchers/practitioners from:
Armenia
Belarus
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Russia
Uzbekistan
Program
Anna Joubin-Bret
Substantive Standards of Protection in International Investment Law
Collection of lectures
Sergey Usoskin
Foreign Investments and Investors
Application form
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).
In 1992-2016 he was a senior staff member of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation. From 2009 to 2015 he was a judge at the UN International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and a judge at the Appeals Chamber of the UN International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and for the former Yugoslavia. He taught at the Hague Academy of International Law, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Ministry and other higher education establishments in Russia and abroad. Author of multiple publications in the field of international law, including on international law in constitutional jurisdiction.
Sergey's practice focuses on international and cross-border cases including inter-state disputes and investment arbitration. He teaches public international law courses at the Higher School of Economics (Moscow) and the Saint Petersburg State University.
Russia
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.
Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva since 1995. Titular Member of the Institut de Droit International, its Secretary-General since 2015. Marcelo Kohen has worked as legal counsel and advocate for a number of States before international courts and tribunals. He also acts as an arbitrator in ICSID and UNCITRAL cases. He has been visiting professor at several European universities and Rapporteur or Corappor-teur for the International Law Association, the Council of Europe, and the Institut de Droit International. He was one of the founders of the Latin American Society of International Law and served as its Secretary-General until 2015. He has been in the Board of the LLM in Interna-tional Dispute Settléement of Geneva (MIDS) since its creation. Author of many publications in the field of international law. He was awarded the Paul Guggenheim Prize in 1997 for his book “Possession contestée et souveraineté territorial” (Adverse Possession and Territorial Sovereignty).
Stefan Talmon, DPhil LLM MA, is Professor of Public Law, Public International Law and European Union Law, and Director of the Institute of Public International Law at the University of Bonn. He is also a Super-numerary Fellow of St. Anne’s College, Oxford. He also was Professor of Public International Law at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St. Anne’s College, Oxford. In the academic year 2020…2021, he was a Visiting Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. Stefan Talmon is a generalist with wide-ranging interests in international law: he is the editor of the blog and CUP book series GPIL — German Practice in International Law. Professor Talmon practices as a Barrister from TwentyEssex, London, and frequently advises States and transnational corporations on questions of public international law. He has appeared as counsel and expert before the International Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights, and international arbitral tribunals (including ICSID), as well as domestic courts in England, Germany, and the United States of America. In 2019…2020, he sat as an arbitrator in a confidential PCA arbitration concerning international terrorism.
Expert in international law, comparative law, international business, and international dispute resolution, with an emphasis on Soviet and post-Soviet legal systems. He also received his J.D. degree. During 2006…2007, he served as Counselor on International Law in the U.S. Department of State, and in 2020…2021 as Special Counsel to the General Counsel in the U.S. Department of Defense. He also worked with the U.S. Department of Treasury, the IMF, the World Bank, and the OECD on issues of tax reform from 1993 to 1998. He was coordinating reporter for the American Law Institute’s Restatement (Fourth) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States (2018). He clerked for Judge LevinCampbell of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. He has taught as a visiting professor at numerous universities. He has written many books and published over a hundred articles. His current research interests include “The Crisis in International Law – System Shocks, National Populism, and the Battle for the World Economy”, due for publication by Cambridge University Press in 2022.
President of the Society of the Law of the Sea and former Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (2008…2020). Dr. Gao received Doctorate in the Science of Law, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, and finished a Post Doctorate in Law, East-West Centre, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (1994). Over the last two years, Zhiguo Gao has been a teacher in a large number of universities and has also received honorary titles. Dr. Gao‘s professional experiences in recent years also include: Professor and Honorary Dean, Hainan University Law School (2014…present). Professor and Honorary Director, Centre for the Law of the Sea, Tsinghua University (2009…present). Professor and Adjunct Professor of Shanghai University of Communications (2020…present), University of Nanjing (since June 2013) China University of Political Science and Law (2012…present), Hainan University (2008…present); Xiamen University (2004…present), China Ocean University (2000…present); Senior Lecturer (1994…1997) and Honorary Lecturer (1998…present), Unive-rsity of Dundee, United Kingdom; President, China Society for the Law of the Sea (1998…present); Member of the Advisory Board, Chinese Society of International Law (since 2013), Member of Editorial Board, Ocean Development and International Law (Canada); Member of Editorial Board, Ocean Yearbook (United States of America); Chairman of the Editorial Board, Ocean & Boundary Affairs, Wuhan University, China. Dr. Gao is widely published in books and journals. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the Chinese Yearbook of the Law of the Sea.
Professor of Public International Law at the Federal University of Minas Gerais and Director of its Public Law Department. Caldeira Brant got his Ph.D. in International Law, doctorate thesis awarded with the “Prix du Ministère de la Recherche”, Paris, France. He is a visiting professor at various universities. Member of the Argentina National Academy of Law. Lecturer at the XXXVII International Law Course of the Organization of American States. Lecturer at the Gilberto Amado Memorial Lecture Series, held by the International Law Commission. Former member of the legal body of the International Court of Justice. Former member of the Advisory Committee for Nominations at the International Criminal Court. Former Brazilian candidate to the post of Judge at the International Criminal Court. Honorary member of the Minas Gerais Academy of Legal Letters. Member of the Societé Française de Droit International. Director of the Brazilian branch of the International Law Association (ILA Brazil). Founder and Honorary President of the International Law Center (CEDIN), director of the Brazilian International Law Yearbook.
Emeritus Professor of Law of the Univer-sities of Leiden and the Witwatersrand and former Director of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, Cambridge. He participated in the drafting of South Africa’s democratic Constitution of 1996. He was a member of the International Law Commis-sion (1997…2011) and Special Rapporteur on the subject of diplomatic protection, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (2001…2008), and Judge ad hoc of the International Court of Justice (2000…2018). He has taught at the Hague Academy of International law and has published several books and many articles on international law. He is a member of the Institut de Droit International and an Honorary Member of the American Society of International law.