The Summer School on Public International Law

The Summer School is an intensive program on public international law. The classes are held in-person at the Center’s Library over the course of two weeks.

The Summer School 2025 is; the information about the next Summer School will be available in 2026.

Among the lecturers of the Summer School are foreign and Russian experts: representatives of international organisations, judges of international courts and tribunals, lawyers, and professors of leading universities.

The classes are held in English and Russian (without translation) at the Center's Library (throughout the day) and do not allow for combining with work or studies. Some lectures may be delivered with experts joining online at the Center’s Library.

The Summer School is designed for lawyers with a higher education degree and professional experience.

As part of the Summer School, attendees have the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of international law, become part of a professional community, and personally connect with like-minded people from different countries.

Upon completion of the Summer School, attendees receive a Certificate of Attendance (provided they attend at least 90 percent of the sessions). This certificate is not an official educational or qualification document.

Participation in the Summer School is free of charge. However, applicants selected by the Advisory Board are required to pay a registration fee of 5,000 RUB.

Attendees permanently residing outside Moscow may be granted a scholarship.

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 own views and may not necessarily align with the opinions of the ICLRC and its staff.

Requirements

  • Higher legal education (as of the applications closing date)
  • Proficiency in Russian and English

To participate in the selection process, it is necessary to submit:

  • CV (in Russian and English)
  • letter of motivation (in English)
  • proof of a law degree

Scholarship

Attendees permanently residing outside Moscow may be granted a scholarship of up to 50,000 RUB to cover expenses.

Attendees who have been approved for a scholarship are required to submit documents confirming their expenses for accommodation in Moscow and 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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Sergey Punzhin
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Leonid Skotnikov
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Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov
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Roman Kolodkin

Past schools

August 3…15
 
August 4…16
 
August 2…13
Online
August 10…21
Online
August 5…16
 
August 13…26
 
Topics and schedule

General topic of the Summer School 2025: Judicial Resolution of International Disputes Involving States. The curriculum comprised a general course on public international law, lectures on special topics, seminars, independent learning, meeting on various issues of international law with Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Roman Kolodkin, and also informal activities

Attendees

34 attendees from different regions of Russia, and also from:
Belarus
Israel
Kyrgyzstan
Syria

Program

Olufemi Elias

General Course on Public International Law

Paolo Palchetti

Work as a Counsel to States in International Adjudication

Brooks Daly

Permanent Court of Arbitration

Investor-State Dispute Settlement

José Luis Jesus

Dispute Settlement Under UNCLOS

Omri M. Sender

Dispute Resolution in the International Court of Justice

Alexey Dronov

Dispute Settlement in the EAEU

Alfredo Crosato Neumann

Significance of International Courts' Decisions

Manuel Sánchez Miranda

Dispute Settlement in the WTO