Are you a career professional seeking to deepen your understanding of how international courts and tribunals in The Hague interact with contemporary challenges?
Alarmist declarations of the erosion of international law, and the ‘rules-based order’, pepper the news. Yet, states and non-state actors continue to turn to international legal institutions and adjudicative mechanisms to pursue peace and justice. International law continues to be invoked, interpreted and applied in response to conflicts and crises that stretch beyond territorial lines, and carry global implications.
Drawing from expertise in The Hague and across its international network, the Asser Institute is hosting an accelerated course for lawyers, judges, diplomats, policy makers, and academics to deepen theoretical and practical understandings of how contemporary global legal and policy issues are addressed by international dispute settlement bodies.
Delve into impactful key cases and current developments shaping international law and politics today.
This short course provides participants with:
- A practical understanding of the mandate and institutional practices of international courts and tribunals in The Hague.
- An overview of legal developments in light of recent, key cases, highlighting their relevance for domestic policy, legislation and judicial mechanisms.
- The opportunity to engage in informed discussions as to key takeaways for the domestic application of recent international legal developments.
- A packed curriculum including topics such as: Erga Omnes (Partes) Obligations, Advisory Opinions by the ICJ, Climate Litigation, and Immunity of State Officials.
- The opportunity to network with key experts, practitioners and fellow participants active in the field.
By the end of the accelerated course, participants will have engaged with fundamental issues at the intersection of theory and practice and will have engaged with diverging perspectives in current debates. The course will deepen participant’s knowledge of recent proceedings before the ICJ and the ICC, amongst other things, and be able to connect their relevance to domestic policy, legislation and judicial mechanisms.
After the successful completion of this programme, you will receive a professional certificate from the T.M.C. Asser Instituut.
Speakers
• Dr Vahid Rezadoost (International Court of Justice)
Dr Vahid Rezadoost is an Associate Legal Officer at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Previously he worked at the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal. He holds a PhD in Public International Law, focusing on the judicial policy of the ICJ, and an LLM in International Dispute Settlement from the Geneva Graduate Institute and the University of Geneva. His research focuses on international adjudication and dispute settlement, with publications on ICJ procedures, international arbitral tribunals, and the legal effect of ICJ advisory opinions. Since 2022, he has been a member of the International Law Association Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution in International Law, contributing through research, case studies, and commentary on draft reports.
• Florentine Vos (Volterra Fietta)
Florentine Vos is a consultant at Volterra Fietta, specialising in public international law and international dispute resolution. With over a decade of experience, she represents States, international organisations, and private clients in ICJ proceedings, international arbitration, and ad hoc tribunals. She is an expert in international climate change litigation, representing Barbados in the ICJ and Inter-American Court advisory proceedings on climate obligations. Her ICJ experience includes cases for the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, and the UAE. Previously, she worked at the International Criminal Court, Human Rights Watch, and two major international law firms. Florentine holds degrees from the University of Cambridge and Leiden University and is qualified as a Dutch lawyer and admitted to the Bar of England and Wales.
• Dr Marieke de Hoon (University of Amsterdam)
Dr Marieke de Hoon is Associate Professor International Criminal Law at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and Director of the Amsterdam Center for Criminal Justice (ACCJ). She is the recipient of an NWO-VIDI grant with which she leads a research group that investigates domestic prosecutors of international crimes, and how their role develops in the contexts of extraterritoriality, mass victimization, and the digitalization and transnationalization of the investigations landscape.
• Prof. Dr Machiko Kanetake (Asser Institute)
Prof. Dr Machiko Kanetake is Academic Director and Chair of the Executive Board of the Asser Institute, and Professor of International Law and Security Governance at the University of Amsterdam. Her research focuses on international law, security, and human rights, particularly sanctions, export controls, surveillance technologies, and how national and regional courts engage with the UN human rights treaty bodies. Her current work centres on “research security” in Europe. She holds a PhD from Kyoto University (2011), an LLM from the London School of Economics (2007), and an MA from the University of Sheffield (2004).
• Dr Gabrielė Chlevickaitė (Asser Institute)
Dr Gabrielė Chlevickaitė is a Senior Researcher in International Criminal Law at the Asser Institute, coordinating projects such as Restoring Dignity and Justice in Ukraine and researching fact-finding in international criminal investigations and prosecutions. She previously served as an Assistant Professor at VU Amsterdam and co-directed the Center for International Criminal Justice (CICJ). Her PhD on insider witness assessments at international criminal courts and tribunals received the Praemium Erasmianum Dissertation Prize in 2023. She has worked with the ICC’s Office of the Prosecutor and worked on the Independent Expert Review of the Rome Statute System as a research assistant.
• Dr Carl Lewis (Asser Institute)
Dr Carl Lewis is a Researcher in International Law at the Asser Institute. He holds a PhD from Tilburg University with his thesis ‘Public International Law and the Pursuit of Universality’ and an LLM in Public International Law from Leiden University. His research covers public international law in general, with a particular focus on critical approaches to international human rights and international dispute settlement, and the international legal issues raised by contemporary developments in Neurotechnology, particularly in the consumer market. He has taught international law at the University of Amsterdam, Tilburg University, and Utrecht University, and supervised LLM theses.
Contact
If you have any questions about the training course, please send us an email at educationtraining@asser.nl. We will try to respond within two business days.
Interested?
Registration for this course is now open.
- Both days (ICJ and ICC) complete course (22 and 23 June): €945
- One day, the part on ICJ (22 June): €550
- One day, the part on ICC (23 June): €550
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