Hague Academy of International Law

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The Hague Academy of International Law is a center for high-level education in both public and private international law housed in the Peace Palace in The Hague, The Netherlands. Courses are taught in English and French and, except for External Programme Courses, are held in the Peace Palace. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace helped in the creation of the Academy, which was founded in 1914, and opened its doors in 1923. Nobel Peace Prize winner Tobias Asser advocated for the creation of the Academy before his death in 1913. The Academy is closely associated with the International Court of Justice, which is also housed in the Peace Palace. Several current or former ICJ Judges either are alumnus or have served on the faculty. In 1992, the Academy received the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize from UNESCO.

The Hague Academy is famous primarily for the yearly summer course that if offers in public and private international law. The course comprises six weeks of teaching - the first three weeks devoted to private international law and the next three to public international law. The course is in the month of July every year and attracts law students of the undergraduate level from around the world (with four years of studies or more in law, including international law). Lecturers with strong academic leanings come from various fronts, mostly from the academia, international institutions, government or from law practice, giving lectures on general as well as highly specialized fields of private and public law. The lectures are published by the Academy on a yearly basis as Recueil des Cours de l'Académie de Droit International de La Haye (Collected Courses of the Hague Academy of International Law) and have formed an invaluable part of the existing literature in international law. The continuing significance of the Academy is due not only to bringing the best in the field to teach, but also in making their research available as part of the larger corpus of scholarly writings.

The Hague Academy also awards a very highly specialized Diploma that is a rare distinction for one to achieve, as evidenced by the small number of Diplomas the Academy has granted over more than 56 years since instituting it. The Diploma is awarded following comprehensive written and oral examinations that may relate to any topic in public or private international law. It requires serious scholarship and sets exacting standards for candidates.

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[edit] External Programme

In 1969, the Academy created its External Programme which sends a team of Academy professors to locations in Africa, Latin America, and Asia for a two week period. The Programme is designed to teach young professors of international law and civil servants from the host country on specific topics of regional interest.

[edit] List of External Programme Sessions and Host Locations

1969 Rabat, Morocco; Bogotá, Colombia

1970 Mexico City, Mexico (two sessions); Tehran, Iran,

1971 Singapore

1972 Buenos Aires, Argentina

1973 Yaounde, Cameroon

1974 Bangkok, Thailand

1975 Caracas, Venezuela

1976 Nairobi, Kenya

1978 Tokyo, Japan

1979 Mexico City, Mexico

1982 Tunis, Tunisia

1983 Brasília, Brazil

1984 Cairo, Egypt

1985 Rabat, Morocco

1986 Buenos Aires, Argentina

1987 Beijing, China

1988 Dakar, Senegal

1989 Bogotá, Colombia

1991 Santiago, Chile

1993 Harare, Zimbabwe

1994 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

1995 San José, Costa Rica

1996 Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

1997 Hanoi, Vietnam

1998 Montevideo, Uruguay

1999 Windhoek, Namibia

2001 Manila, Philippines

2002 Mexico City, Mexico

2003 Cairo, Egypt

2004 Phnom Penh, Cambodia

2005 Lima, Peru

2006 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

[edit] Notable alumni, faculty and administration

[edit] Alumni

[edit] Faculty and administration

  • Geneviève Bastid Burdeau: (France), Former Secretary-General of the Academy, Curatotium Member, Professor of international law at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne[citation needed]
  • Boutros Boutros-Ghali: (Egypt), President of the Academy's Curatorium Administrative Council, Former Secretary-General of the United Nations (1992-1996)
  • Francisco Cavalcanti Pontes de Miranda: (Brazil), Professor (1932), Judge, Brazilian Court of Appeals
  • Shi Jiuyong: (China), Lecturer (1987), Judge, International Court of Justice (1994-Present)
  • Harold Hongju Koh: (United States), Visiting Professor (1993), Dean of Yale Law School (2004-Present)
  • Pieter Kooijmans: (Netherlands), Lecturer (1976, 1991), Judge, International Court of Justice (1997-2006)
  • Herbert Kraus: (Germany), Lecturer (1927, 1934). Professor of International Law, University of Gottingen (1928-1937,1945-1953)
  • Jamshid Momtaz: (Iran), Member of the Academy's Curatorium Administrative Council, Professor, University of Tehran
  • Hisashi Owada: (Japan), Professor (1999), Judge, International Court of Justice (2003-Present)
  • Gonzalo Parra Aranguren: (Venezuela), Professor (1988), Judge, International Court of Justice (1996-Present)
  • Raymond Ranjeva: (Madagascar), Member, Curatorium Administrative Council, Lecturer (1987, 1997), Judge, International Court of Justice (1991-Present)
  • Robert Redslob: (France), Professor (1931), French academic who developed concept of heimat with relation to international law
  • Francisco Rezek: Lecturer (1986), see listing under Alumni
  • Elihu Root: (United States) As President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, he helped create the Academy
  • Georges Scelle: France), Hague Academy of International Law Secretary-General (1935-1958)
  • Bruno Simma: (Germany), Director of Studies (1976, 1982, Lecturer (1995), Judge, International Court of Justice (2003-Present)
  • Wang Tieya: (China), Visiting Professor (1984), Former Judge, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (1997-2001)
  • Eelco van Kleffens: (Netherlands), Former Secretary-General of the Academy, former President of the United Nations General Assembly (1954-1955)

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