Lunch-time Lectures

Jointly with the Section for International Law and International Relations the LL.M. program organizes a series of lectures and presentations on topical issues of international law. Practitioners and academics provide their insights into various current problems and developments and find a forum for discussion.

Among the lectures recently held are:

 

Dr. Jane Alice HOFBAUER, LL.M.
Researcher and Lecturer at the University of the Bundeswehr Munich, and University of Vienna

Killing It Softly… The Effect of Fundamental (Public) Interests on the Role of Consent in Questions of Jurisdiction

10th April 2024 


Dr. Roberta METSOLA, MA.
President of the European Parliament 

The future of the European Union and the upcoming elections.

19th March 2024


Dr. Inga WINKLER
Assoc. Professor in International Human Rights, Dept. Legal Studies, Central European University Vienna 

What Makes the UN Special Procedures Special? -Independent Experts Within a Political System 

13th March 2024 


Dr. Jane HOFBAUER
Researcher and Lecturer at the University of the Bundeswehr Munich
Dr. Philipp JANIG
Researcher and Lecturer at the University of the Bundeswehr Munich
Mag. Dr. Ralph JANIK, LL.M.
Lecturer of International Law in Vienna, Budapest, and Munich

The Genozide in Gaza?
The South Africa-Israel dispute at the International Court of Justice

31st January 2024


Junichiro OTAKA
Minister (Deputy Chief of Mission) Embassy of Japan in Austria

Climate Change Treaty Regime and International Order - Trends, Policies and Future Implications

9th January 2024


Dr. Sebastian GRUND
Legal Counsel, International Monetary Fund, Washington

Sovereign Debt Restructuring and the Law.
The Holdout Creditor Problem in Argentina and Greece.

19th December 2023


Dominik Jordi ORNIG
Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law

Enforcement and Execution against Digital Assets - Executive Decisions and Immunized Economies

5th December 2023


Lauge POULSEN
Professor for International Relations and Law, Dept. of Political Science, University College London

Settling Russia’s Imperial and Baltic Depts

13th October 2023


Akiko OKAMATSU
Professor for International Law, Faculty of Sustainability Studies, Hosei University, Tokyo

Discharge of ALPS (Advanced Liquid Processing System) treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant – Legal perspectives 

22nd June 2023 


Dr. Péter D. SZIGETI
Ass. Prof., Faculty of Law, University of Alberta

The Crisis of Jurisdiction and the Search for Meta-Jurisdictional Principles 

14th June 2023 


Dr. Ralph JANIK
Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Vienna

The Crime of Ecocide – Utopia, Dystopia or Necessity ?

6th June 2023 


Dr. Catharina TITI
Research Associate Professor at the CNRS - Paris

Who Owns the Parthenon Marbles? An International Law Perspective

4th May 2023 


Dipl.-Jur. Christoph SCHREINMOSER
PhD Candidate, Faculty of Law, University of A Coruña

Safeguarding the Intangible: The international legal regime for the protection of intangible cultural heritage from intentional destruction 

20th April 2023 


Astrid REISINGER CORACINI
Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer at the Section of International Law and International Relations, University of Vienna

Legal and political implications of the ICC’s arrest warrant against Vladimir Putin

29th March 2023


Michelle ZANG
Senior Lecturer in International Trade Law, Faculty of Law, Victoria University of Wellington

Indigenous interests under international trade and investment law

8th March 2023


Anirudda RAJPUT, PhD 
Post-doc-Fellow at the University of Vienna, Section for International Law and International Relations

Influences on the Law of the Sea: A Perspective from the Indian Ocean

18th January 2023


Marc BUNGENBERG 
Professor of International Economic Law, Public International Law, European Law and Public Law 
and Jean Monnet Chair for the EU Constitutional Framework for International Dispute Settlement and Rule of Law at the University of Saarland

Foreign Direct Investment Screening and the Rule of Law

15th December 2022­


Chiara GIORGETTI 
Professor of Law at Richmond Law School, Virginia;
Senior Fellow at Columbia’s Law School’ International Claims and Reparations Project (ICPR), New York

Creating a Reparation Mechanism for Ukraine

7th December 2022


Prof. Gerhard HAFNER
Prof.ret. International Law, University of Vienna

Ambassador Helmut TICHY
Legal Adviser, Austrian Ministry for European and International Affairs

Prof. August REINISCH
Professor of International and European Law, University of Vienna

The Current Work of the ILC and the Debate in the 6th Committee of the UN General Assembly

6th December 2022


Andrea K. BJORKLUND
Dept. L. Yves Fortier Chair, McGill Universität Montreal, Kanada

The rule of law and international investment arbitration

4 November 2022


Kilian WAGNER
Prae.Doc. Ass., Section for International Law and International Relations, University of Vienna

The screening of foreign investments to protect security and public order – an emerging issue for international investment law?

19 October 2022


Petr STEJSKAL
Lecturer in International Law, Palacký University, Olomouc

The Protection of Foreign Investments during Armed Conflict

18 May 2022


Carlo de STEFANO
Lecturer in International Law, Roma Tre University

The Internationalization of Non-commercial Values in the Legal Protection of Foreign Investments

12 May 2022


Kathleen CLAUSSEN
Professor of International Economic Law. University of Miami School of Law, Non-Resident Senior Fellow
Georgetown Institute of International Economic Law

The New Trade Law

27 April 2022
(this lunchtime lecture was held online)


Irmgard MARBOE
Dept. of European, International and Comparative Law, University of Vienna

Mitigating Threats from Asteroids and Comets – Legal Aspects

30 March 2022 

(this lunchtime lecture was held online)


Georg-Wilhelm GALLHOFER
Austrian Federal Ministry for European and Foreign Affairs

Michael MOFFAT
Doctoral Student, University of Vienna

Stephan WITTICH
Professor of International Law, University of Vienna

Current Perspectives of International Nuclear Law 

16 March 2022 

(this lunchtime lecture was held online)


Gregor NOVAK J.S. 21`, Yale Law School

Global Lawmaking and Social Change: The Varieties and Dynamics of Customary International Lawmaking

26nd January 2022

(this lunchtime lecture was held online)


Prof. Gerhard HAFNER

Prof.ret. International Law, University of Vienna

Ambassador Helmut TICHY

Legal Adviser, Austrian Ministry for European and International Affairs

Prof. August REINISCH

Professor of International and European Law, University of Vienna

The Current Work of the ILC and the Debate in the 6th Committee of the UN General Assembly

16th December 2021

(this lunchtime lecture was held online)


Hannes MÜLLER

Tenured researcher at the Institute for Economic Analysis (IAE(CSIC)), Associate Research Professor and Program Director of the Data Science for Decision Making M.Sc., Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) 

Using Text to Predict Armed Conflict: A Machine Learning Approach 

24th November 2021 

(this lunchtime lecture was held online)


Ko-Yung TUNG

Harvard Law School, former General Counsel of World Bank, former ICSID Secretary General

China’s One Belt, One Road and International Investment Arbitration:

Issues and Challenges

26 May 2021

(in compliance with measures preventing the spread of COVID-19, this lunchtime lecture was held online)


Elisabeth KÖGLER

Unit Head, Cyber Diplomacy, Disinformation and Hybrid Threats, Deputy Head of the Security Policy Dept., Austrian Ministry for European and International Affairs

Isabella BRUNNER

Researcher and Lecturer in Public International Law, Sec.International Law and International Relations, University of Vienna

International Law and Cyberspace:

The Adoption of the UN OEWG Report and its Implications for International Law and Cyber Diplomacy

12 May 2021

(in compliance with measures preventing the spread of COVID-19, this lunchtime lecture was held online)


Andreas ZIMMERMANN

Professor of Constitutional and International Law, University of Potsdam,

Director of the Potsdam Centre of Human Rights

The ICC Decision on Jurisdiction concerning Palestine

22 April 2021

(in compliance with measures preventing the spread of COVID-19, this lunchtime lecture was held online)


Dai TAMADA

Professor of Public International Law, Kobe University

Territorial and Maritime Disputes from a Japanese Perspective — Insights from the Recent Case Law

23 March 2021

(in compliance with measures preventing the spread of COVID-19, this lunchtime lecture was held online)


Jennifer TRAHANI

Clinical Professor and Director of the Concentration in International Law & Human Rights, New York University, Center for Global Affairs

Existing Legal Limits to Security Council  Veto Power in the Face of Atrocity Crimes

10 March 2021

(in compliance with measures preventing the spread of COVID-19, this lunchtime lecture was held online)


Gabriele GÖTTSCHE-WANLI

Former Director, Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea Office of Legal Affairs, United Nations (DOALOS)

What can the international community expect from the future treaty on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction?

11 December 2020

(in compliance with measures preventing the spread of COVID-19, this lunchtime lecture was held online)


Gerd DROESSE

Senior Advisor, Former General Counsel of the World Green Economy Organization and Legal Counsel/Acting General Counsel of the Green Climate Fund

Membership in International Organizations, Paradigms of Membership Structures, Legal Implications of Membership and the Concept of International Organization

11 November 2020

(in compliance with measures preventing the spread of COVID-19, this lunchtime lecture was held online)

 


Elisabeth TICHY-FISSLBERGER

Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations Office in Geneva, 
President of the UN Human Rights Council

UN-Menschenrechtsarbeit in Zeiten von Covid-19

24 June 2020

(in compliance with measures preventing the spread of COVID-19, this lunchtime lecture was held online)


Michael WAIBEL

Professor of International Law, University of Vienna

The German Constitutional Court and Central Bank Independence 

3 June 2020

(in compliance with measures preventing the spread of COVID-19, this lunchtime lecture was held online)


Ursula KRIEBAUM

Professor of International Law, University of Vienna, Member of the Perm. Mission of Arbitration

The Hague Rules on Business and Human Rights Arbitration

13 May 2020

(in compliance with measures preventing the spread of COVID-19, this lunchtime lecture was held online)


Campbell McLACHLAN

Professor of International Law, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Equality of Parties before International Investment Tribunals – Introducing the 2019 Resolution of the Institut de Droit International

21 January 2020


Olivia HERMAN

PhD Fellow of the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO) at the Leuven Centre for Global Governance

Constructing a duty to repair for armed groups in post-conflict settings: Insights from Colombia

16 December 2019


Martins PAPARINSKIS

Reader in Public International Law at University College London, Faculty of Laws

International Law of Mega-Awards

12 December 2019


Gerhard HAFNER, Professor for International Law (ret.), University of Vienna

Helmut TICHY, Legal Adviser of the Austrian Foreign Ministry

August REINISCH, Professor for International Law, Sec. Int’l Law and Int’l Relations, University of Vienna

The Current Work of the ILC and the Debate in the 6th Committee of the UN General Assembly

20 November 2019
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Sara MANSOUR FALLAH

Researcher at the Sec.International Law, University of Vienna; previously Judicial Fellow, International Court of Justice

The Procedure of Decision Making at the International Court of Justice

24 October 2019
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Ebrahim AFSAH

Professor of Islamic and International Law, Dept. Islamic-Theological Studies and Dept. European, International & Comparative Law, University of Vienna

Nuclear Arms Control in the Middle East

27 September 2019
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Yuliya CHERNYKH

Doctoral Research Fellow, Dept. International Private Law, Oslo University

Empirics and Dogmatics of Contract Interpretation in Investment Treaty Arbitration

19 June 2019

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Steve CHARNOVITZ

Assoc. Prof. of Public International Law, George Washington University Law School

Rethinking ILO Sanctions

12 June 2019

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Makane Moise MBENGUE

Prof. International Law, Univ. Geneva; Affil.Prof. at Sciences Po, Paris

Advising African Countries to Negotiate International Investment Agreements

25 April 2019

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Jeremy WEBBER

Professor of Law, University of Victoria (BC, Canada)

We are still in the age of encounter: five forms of sovereignty, perceived through the lense of indigenous people

4 April 2019

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Aristoteles CONSTANTINIDES

Professor of International Law, University of Cyprus

Social Rights of Minorities in International Law

28 March 2019

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Tom RUYS

Professor of International Law at Ghent Rolin-Jaequemyns International Law Institute (GRILI), Faculty of Law and Criminology, Ghent University

Jus ad bellum in non-international armed conflicts?

15 March 2019

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Attila M. TANZI

Professor and Chair of International Law, School of Law, University of Bologna

Balancing Judicial Autonomy and the Autonomy of the Parties in International Adjudication and Arbitration

16 January 2019

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Stefanie SCHACHERER

LL.M. dual PhD candidate at the University of Geneva and the University of Vienna, currently teaching and research assistant at the Dept. Public International Law and International Organizations, University of Geneva

Sustainable Development and the International Investment Law Making of the European Union

18 December 2018

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Andrea BIANCHI

Professor of International Law and Director of Studies, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, University of Geneva

The Unbearable Lightness of International Law

12 December 2018

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Tamás MOLNÁR

Legal Research Officer on Asylum, Migration and Borders, EU Fundamental Rights Agency (Vienna); Visiting Lecturer on Public International Law, Corvinus University, Budapest

(Ab)normality of International Migration Law; Structural Asymmetries and Contradictions

4 December 2018

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Veronika BÍLKOVÁ

Head of the Centre for International Law, Inst. International Relations, Prague, Vice-President of the Venice Commission

Tobias STOLL

Professor of Public and Public International Law, Göttingen University, Executive Director of the Institute for International Law and European Law

Rule of Law and International Investment Law

31 October 2018

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Andrea LEITER

Doc-Fellow at the Inst. for Global and Law Policy, Harvard Law School, PhD Candidate at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, University of Vienna

From concession agreements to investment protection - internationalizing the framework

19 October 2018 

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Christopher KUNER

Prof.of Law, Vrije Universiteit Brüssel (VUB), Co-Director, Brussels Privacy Hub (VUB), Assoc. Centre of European Legal Studies, Cambridge, Editor in Chief, International Data Privacy Law

International Organizations and the EU General Data Protection Regulation: Exploring the Interaction between EU Law and International Law

16 October 2018

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Stephan WENDEHORST

Dr.Phil (Oxon), Justus-Liebig Universität Gießen, and Dept. Legal and Constitutional Law, University of Vienna

Jean Dumont's "Corps universel diplomatique du droit de gens" as an Austrian contribution to the law of nations

20 June 2018

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Gregory MESSENGER

Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Liverpool

"What's in a Name?" making legal sense of the US steel and Aluminium tariffs

16 May 2018

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Serena FORLATI

Assoc.Prof. of International Law, Dept. of Law, University of Ferrara

Identifying the Content of Due Diligence Obligations: the Role of International Courts and Tribunals

3 May 2018

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Geraint HOWELLS

Chair Professor of Commercial Law and Dean of the Law School at City University of Hong Kong

Post-Brexit Consumer Protection Law in the UK

24 April 2018

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Stephan HOBE

University of Cologne, Visiting Professor, University of Vienna

Einige Gedanken zum virtuellen Recht (sog. Cyber Law)

12 April 2018

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Nadia KALB, Legal Adviser, Permanent Mission of Austria to the UN in New York, Co-Commentators:

Astrid REISINGER CORACINI, Sec. International Law& Int'l Relations, Univ. Wien, Konrad BÜHLER, Head, Dept. International Law, Fed.Ministry f. Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs

The Activation of the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court regarding Crime and Aggression: A Success of Austrian Diplomacy

6 March 2018

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Filippo FONTANELLI

Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh, Visiting Professor at the University of Vienna

Jurisdiction and Admissibility in Investment Arbitration - why bother?

24 January 2018

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Sigmar STADLMEIER

Director of the Institute of Public International Law, Air Law and International Relations, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz

Use of Force against Civil Aircraft-A Case Study on Malaysia Airlines MH17

6 December 2017

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Szilárd GÁSPÁR-SZILÁGYI

Postdoctoral Fellow, Univ. Oslo, PluriCourts Centre of Excellence

Should National Courts be co-opted as Investment Courts?

6 November 2017

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Aniruddha RAJPUT

Member, UN International Law Commission; Advocate, Supreme Court of India

Evidence before International Courts and Tribunals

11 October 2017

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Robin GEIß

Professor of International Law and Security, University of Glasgow

Autonomous Weapons Systems - Contemporary Developments at the UN

8 June 2017

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Christian STROHAL

Ambassador, Special Representative f. the Austrian OSCE Chairmanship 2017

Security in Europe - and where are Human Rights and the OSCE?

31 May 2017

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Professor Andrea K. BJORKLUND

L.Yves Fortier Chair in International Arbitration and International Commercial Law, Mc Gill University, Montreal

The CETA "Court"

24 May 2017

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Mary Ellen O'CONNELL

Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law and Research Professor of International Dispute Resolution, Kroc Institute, University of Notre Dame

A Role for Beauty in International Legal Theory

15 May 2017

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Mónica G. SALMONES

Research Fellow at the Eric Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights, University of Helsinki

The Project of Positivism in International Law

27 April 2017

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Serena FORLATI

LL.M. (Bruges), PhD (Rome, La Sapienza), Assoc. Prof.of International Law, Dept. of Law, University of Ferrara

Universal Civil Jurisdiction and the European Convention of Human Rights: the Case of Nait Liman vs. Switzerland

25 April 2017

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Joanne GABRYNOWICZ

Prof. emerita and Director of the National Center for Remote Sensing, Air, and Space Law of the University of the Mississippi School of Law (2001-2013), Visiting Professor at the Beijing Institute of Technology School of Law (China)

The 2015 U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act and some International Law Considerations

7 April 2017 

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José E. ALVAREZ

Herbert and Rose Rubin Professor of International Law, NY Univ. School of Law, Co-Editor in Chief, American Journal of International Law

The Use (and Misuse) of European Human Rights Law in Investment Arbitration

5 April 2017

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Hiroshi ODA

Sir Ernest Satow Professor of Japanese Law, University College London, Attorney at Law, Nagashimo Ohno and Tsunematsu (Japan), Solicitor (England and Wales), Member of the ICC Court of Arbitration

Arbitration Reform in Russia: a Path towards Protectionism?

22 March 2017

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Kristina DAUGIRDAS

Visiting Fellow, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva (2016-17), Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor

How and Why International Law Binds International Organizations

13 March 2017

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Prof. Gerhard HAFNER, Prof. International Law (ret.), Univ. Vienna                        Ambassador Dr. Helmut TICHY, Legal Adviser of the Austrian Foreign Ministry        Prof. August REINISCH, Section f. International Law and Relations, Univ. Vienna

The Current Work of the ILC and the Debate in the 6th Committee of the UN General Assembly during its 71st Session in November 2016

15 December 2016

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Prof. Pavel STURMA

Head, the Department of International Law, Charles University in Prague, Member of International Law Commission

Immunity of State Officials from Foreign Criminal Jurisdiction

1 December 2016

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Sara MANSOUR FALLAH and Philipp JANIG

Dept. of European, Comparative and International Law, University of Vienna

Certain Iranian Assets: Legal Implications arising from the most recent case before the ICJ?

16 November 2016

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Michael WAIBEL

University Senior Lecturer, University of Cambridge, Faculty of Law; Co-Deputy Director, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law

Non-discrimination in International Economic Law: Convergence or Divergence?

27 October 2016

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Gudrun ZAGEL

Professor of International Law and Human Rights, University of the Federal Army Neubiberg Munich /Germany

WTO and Human Rights: The WTO's Responsibility under International Law

18 October 2016

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Andreas KUMIN

Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, Professor for European, Law, University of Graz

Thomas JAEGER

Professor for European Law, University of Vienna

Friedl WEISS

Professor for European Law (ret.), University of Vienna

The BREXIT: Legal Implications

11 October 2016

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Daniel RAMOS

Legal Officer, Trade & Environment Division, World Trade Organization (WTO)

WTO & Climate Change

15 June 2016 

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David SLOSS

Professor of Law, Santa Clara University School of Law Faculty, California

The Supremacy of Treaties over State Law

6 June 2016

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James D. FRY

Associate Professor of Law and Director of the LLM program, University of Hong Kong; Visiting Associate Professor of International Law, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

Conflict in the East China Sea

31 May 2016

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Main participants: Björn AHL, University of Cologne, Matthew ERIE, Oxford University, Christian GÖBEL, University of Vienna, FU Yulin, Peking University Law School, Christian GÖBEL, University of Vienna, HOU Meng, Peking University Law School, LI Ling, University of Vienna, Agnes SCHICK-CHEN, University of Vienna

China’s Judicial Reforms and the Rule-of-Law as a Political Program under Xi Jinping

3 June 2016

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Karl ZEMANEK

Professor emeritus, Department of International Law, University of Vienna, Member of the Institut de Droit International

Court Generated State Practice?

24 May 2016

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Gerd DROESSE

Former Legal Counsel of the Interim Secretariat and Acting General Counsel of the Secretariat of the Green Climate Fund

The Green Climate Fund as a New Type of International Organization

18 April 2016

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Boldizsár NAGY

Associate Professor of Public International Law, Eötvös Loránd University and Central European University

Pioneer of the wrong cause. Hungary's refugee policy in 2015-201

14 March 2016

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Markus P. BEHAM
MMag., LL.M. (Columbia), uni:docs fellow, Department of Legal
Philosophy, Law of Religion and Culture
 
The Illusion of Customary International Human Rights Law, An Analysis of ‘Non-Treaty’ Obligations for ‘Moral Concepts’


20 January 2016
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Christian TAMS
Professor of International Law, University of Glasgow
 
State Succession and Investment Protection: Where A Special Regime Meets General International Law
 
14 January 2016
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Professor Gerhard HAFNER
Professor for International Law (ret.), University of Vienna
Ambassador Dr. Helmut TICHY
Legal Advisor of the Austrian Foreign Ministry
Professor Dr. August REINISCH
Section for International Law and International Relations, University of Vienna
 
The Current Work of the ILC and the Debate in the 6th Committee
of the UN General Assembly during its 70th Session in
November 2015

 
3 December 2015
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Ralph JANIK
MMag., LL.M., Department for European, International and Comparative Law,
Section for International Law and International Relations
 
The conflict in Syria and the ius ad bellum
 
24 November 2015
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Vivienne BATH
BA (Asian Studies), LLB (Australian National University), LLM (Harvard University),
Professor of Chinese and International Business Law, Sydney Law School,

China and Australia: Developments in legal approaches to domestic and international Investment

29 October 2015

Alberto E. DOJAS
Lawyer (University of Buenos Aires –UBA-), Master in International Affairs (Columbia University), Doctorate in International Law (Summa Cum Laude, UBA). Former OPCW Legal Adviser Legality of a Use of Force and the Practice of States

What can be expected in the next two decades?

21 October 2015
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Matthias GOLDMANN
Dr. iur., LL.M. (NYU), Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law

Lawmaking through Principles of International Law?
The Example of Sovereign Debt Restructurings

14 October 2015
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Lord Jonathan MINCE
Chair of the International Law Association and
Judge of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
International Law Issues before the UK Supreme Court
2 September 2015 _______________________________________________________________________

Dr. Ioannis STRIBIS
Legal Services, OSCE Secretariat

Congress of Vienna and OSCE: Parallel Lives?

1 September 2015
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Larry Johnson
Adjunct Professor Columbia Law School, New York
Former Deputy Legal Counsel of the UN and Legal Adviser of the IAEA

Legal Challenges of the UN headquartered in the US

3 June 2015
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Professor Attila M. Tanzi, PhD
Chair of International Law, School of Law, University of Bologna – Alma Mater
Studiorum Visiting Professor, Queen Mary, University of London

Hard and Soft Law Instruments of Codification of International Law
4 May 2015
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Judith Knieper
Legal Officer UNCITRAL

The decision-making process of UNCITRAL: the example of the Rules on Transparency in Treatybased Investor-State Arbitration

25 March 2015
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Professor Dr. Gerhard Hafner
Professor for International Law (emer.), University of Vienna
Ambassador Dr. Helmut Tichy
Legal Advisor of the Austrian Foreign Ministry
Professor Dr. August Reinisch
Section for International Law and International Relations,
University of Vienna
The Current Work of the ILC and the Debate in the 6th Committee
of the UN General Assembly during its 69th Session

17 December 2014 _______________________________________________________________________

Sophie Villette
Diplomate, Conseillère à l’Ambassade de France en Autriche
La politique africaine de la France et la vision française du rôle de l’Union européenne en Afrique
à la lumière des récentes missions françaises et européennes au Mali et en République Centrafricaine

1 Décembre 2014
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Oliver Landwehr
Crime Prevention & Criminal Justice Officer, Corruption and Economic Crime Branch, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Understanding and Taming Global Corruption: The Universal Approach of the UN Convention Against Corruption

18 November 2014
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Ross P. Buckley
CIFR King & Wood Mallesons Professor of International Finance and Regulation
and Scientia Professor, University of New South Wales, Sydney
A Stable and Resilient Global Financial System:
What would it take?

17 November 2014
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Prof. Aristoteles Constantinides
Ass. Professor of International Law and Human Rights, University of Cyprus
Revisiting the right to development:
the current state of the debate

15 October 2014
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Prof. Longyue ZHAO
Professor and Director, China Center f. International Development at Nankai University
China’s growing involvement in global economic governance
7 July 2014
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Ms Asma MUTTAWA
OPEC General Legal Counsel
The Role of the Legal Office at OPEC
25 June 2014
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em. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Karl Zemanek
Professor emeritus, Department of International Law, University of Vienna, Member of the Institut de Droit International
War Crimes in Modern Warfare – Robots and Outsourcing
7 May 2014
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Professor Dr. Stephan Hobe, LL.M.
University of Cologne
Responsibility to Protect in Practice (Libya and Syria)

26 March 2014
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Book Presentation

Foreign Investment, International Law and Common Concerns
edited by Tullio Treves, Francesco Seatzu and Seline Trevisanut
pulished by Routledge

14 March 2014
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Prof. Dr. Joachim Gruber
Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau
Intraeuropäische internationale Organisationen in der EU
6 March 2014
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MMag. Ralph Janik, LL.M.
Assistant at the Section for International Law and International Relations, University of Vienna
From Textbook to TV-Screen: International Law & Policy in ‘Homeland’
22 January 2014
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Dr. Vasilka Sancin
Assistant Professor of International Law, Director of the Institute for International Law and International Relations, University of Ljubljana
Slovenia-Croatia Border Dispute
13 December 2013
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Deputy Legal Adviser Gregor Schusterschitz
Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Vienna
Professor August Reinisch
Section for International Law and International Relations, University of Vienna
The Current Work of the ILC and the Debate in the 6th Committee
of the UN General Assembly during its 68th Session

4 December 2013
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Erich Schweighofer, August Reinisch, Walter Hötzendorfer, Janos Böszörmenyi, Stephan Varga
Section for International Law and International Relations, University of Vienna

OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) through Embassies in Austria. Is that lawful?
Ambassador Helmut Tichy
Austrian Fed.Min. for European and Foreign Affairs, Sec. International Law

23 October 2013
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Dr. Joanna GOMULA, LL.M.
Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge
The Clash between International Trade Law and Environmental Protection: Is there anything new at the World Trade Organization?
11 June 2013
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Dr. Christopher Michaelsen
University of New South Wales, Australia
The Responsibility-to-Protect Doctrine after Libya and Syria: Yesterday’s Concept for Yesterday’s Problems?
4 June 2013
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Assoc.Prof. Dr. Pål Wrange, LL.M, PhD.
Director of Stockholm Center for International Law, Stockholm University, Faculty of Law
The past, present and future of permanent neutrality – The Swedish Experience
16 May 2013
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Dr. Hanno Scheuch, LL.M
Senior Counsel, OPEC Fund for International Development,
The Role of Legal Counsel in an International Organisation
6 May 2013
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Gerhard Hafner
Professor of International Law, ret. University of Vienna
Argentina's battle against the 'vulture funds' - the case ARA Libertad
24 January 2013
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Dr. Tobias Nowak
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
National Judges as European Union Judges - Knowledge, Experiences and Attitudes of Lower Court Judges in Germany and the Netherlands
8 October 2012
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Lui Junhai
Arbitrato at VIAC, Professor and Director of the Business Law School Renmin University
Globalization and CSR Requirements for Multinationals Doing Business in China
28 June 2012
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John B. Bellinger III
Arnold and Porter, LLP, formerly advisor Department of State (2005-2009)

The United States and International Law: the Use of Drones, the International Criminal Court, and the Alien Tort Statute
25 June 2012
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Dr. Nout van Woudenberg
expert on international protection of cultural property
(as well as Legal Counsel of the International Law Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
State immunity and cultural objects on loan
11 June 2012
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Pétur Leifsson
Assoc. Professor at the University of Iceland
The ICESAVE-Dispute is there really a state responsibility for deposits in private banks in Europe?
4 June 2012
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Prof. Dr. h.c. Fausto Pocar
Appeals Judge and past President, ICTY
Principle of legality, legal sources and applicable law in international criminal jurisdiction
21 May 2012
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Ambassador Dr. Helmut Tuerk
Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
The Dispute concerning Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary between Bangladesh and Myanmar in the Bay of BengalJudgment of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
2 May 2012
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Prof. Dr. Philippe Greciano
Professeur des Universités, Membre du Conseil de Direction du CREDOF (Paris Ouest)
Von Nürnberg bis Den Haag – Aufarbeitung und Versöhnung auf dem Weg zu Frieden und Gerechtigkeit
20 January 2012
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Vladimir Tyc
Professor of International Law and European Law at the Masaryk University in Brno
International Agreements concluded by the EU with third parties
7 December 2011
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Robert Kolb
Professor of Public International Law, University of Geneva
The Jurisdictional Immunities case (Germany vs. Italy) at the International Court of Justice
4 October 2011
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Professor Lauri Mälksoo
University of Tartu
Russian Approaches to International and European Law: Recent Developments
15 April 2011
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Anne K. Hoffmann
Partner in the Geneva office of Python & Peter
What us an Investment?" Recent Developments in the Case Law of Arbitral Tribunals
3 March 2011
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Prof. Steven Freeland
University of Western Sydney, University of Copenhagen
The International Criminal Court - Recent Developments and Future Challenges
17 January 2010
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Mag. Lisa Florkowski and Inga Bergmeier
MA Legal & Compliance, Raiffeisen Bank International AG
Financial Sanctions, UNSCR & EU list Quality, Legal and Practical Implications
24 November 2010
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Zachary Douglas
University of Cambridge
The Prospects for a Coherent International Law on Investment
15 October 2010
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Ambassador Dr. Helmut Tichy
Legal Advisor of the Austrian Foreign Ministry
The Advisory Opinion of the ICJ on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence
13 October 2010
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Elisabeth Tuerk
Legal Expert, UNCTAD, International Agreements Section, Division on Investment and Enterprise Recent Policy Developments in International Investment Agreements
Key Findings of UNCTAD's 2010 World Investment Report
7 October 2010
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HE Ambassador Dr. Sabri Kiqmari
Ambassador of the Republic of Kosovo in Austria
Das Verfahren in der Anerkennungsfrage der Republik Kosovo vor dem IGH und seine möglichen Auswirkungen
23 June 2010
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Morten Kjærum
Director of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights: Objective-Tasks-ActivitieBitts-Limits
25 May 2010
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Sahib Singh
Former Lecturer at the University College London and Clerk at the Public International Law Practice of Lathan & Watkins, London
Al-Sadoon: the ECHR, the Death Penalty and Norm Conflict
5 May 2010
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Anne Peters
Chair of public international law and Swiss constitutional law, Law Faculty, University of Basel
The Constitutionalization of International Organizations
14 April 2010
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Eisa Hoven
Freie Universität Berlin
The Khmer-Rouge-Tribunal - Cambodia's Search for Justice
25 March 2010
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Manfred Schekulin
Director of Export and Investment Policy (Austrian Fed. Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth), Chair of OECD Investment committee

Austrian BITs within an Emerging European Investment Architecture
10 March 2010
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Gerhard Loibl
Professor for International Law, Diplomatic Academy/Vienna
Climate Negotiations - the Copenhagen Summit (COP.15/CMP.5)
20 January 2010
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Manfred Nowak
Professor for International Human Rights Protection, University of Vienna
Experiences as UN Special Rapporteur on Torture
25 November 2009
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Gerhard Hafner
Professor of International Law (emer.), University of Vienna
The Arbitral Award in The Government of Sudan vs. The Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (Abyei Arbitration)
19 October 2009
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Helen Stacy
Senior Fellow at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Principal Investigator and Coordinator of the Human Rights Program; Senior Lecturer at Stanford Law School; faculty member of the Committee in Charge of the Program in Modern Thought and Literature; researcher with the European Forum at the Freeman Spogli Institute, and faculty advisor to the Center for African Studies
The US Torture Memos
5 June 2009
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Ulrik Ahnfeldt-Mollerup
Terrorism Prevention Expert, UN Office on Drugs and Crime, Vienna
The Legal and Political Challenges to the UN Sanctions System
14 January 2009
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Gerhard Hafner
Professor of International Law (ret.), University of Vienna
Current Developments in the ILC and the UN General Assembly's Sixth Committee
10 December 2008
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Gerold Herrmann
Former Secretary of UNCITRAL
UNCITRAL - An Insider's View
22 October 2008
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Scott F. Kilner
Chargé d’Affaires of the US Embassy Vienna
Continuity and Change of U.S. Foreign Policy in the Context of the U.S. Presidential Elections 2008
18 June 2008
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Niklas Hedman
Office for Outer Space Affairs - United Nations Vienna

The Role of OOSA in Promoting the Legal Regime on Outer Space
21 May 2008
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Dorothee Gottwald
Corruption and Economic Crime Section, UN Office on Drugs and Crime - UNODC
Fighting the Beast that will never Go Hungry? The UN Convention against Corruption
14 May 2008
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Thomas Eilmansberger
Professor of European Law (University of Salzburg)

International Investment Protection in International and European Law
18 January 2008
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Gerhard Hafner
Professor of International Law University of Vienna
Current Developments in the ILC and the UN General Assembly's Sixth Committee
18 December 2007
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August Reinisch
Professor of International and European Law University of Vienna
The Reform of the UN's Administration of Justice System - From UNAT (UN Administrative Tribunal) to UNAT (UN Appeals Tribunal)
21 November 2007
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José Angelo Estrella-Faria
Senior Legal Officer, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
Privately Financed Infrastructure Projects
8 October 2007