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Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg and the National Library of Luxembourg
The Memorandum was signed by Professor Burkhard Hess, Director of the Max Planck Institute in Luxembourg (MPI), and Monique Kieffer, Director of the National Library of Luxembourg (BnL), in presence of Juja Chakarova, Head of MPI Library, and Juliane Schulze, Officer of the Consortium's section of the BnL, sealing a cooperation between the two organizations in order to integrate the MPI within the infrastructure of the Consortium Luxembourg for the acquisition and the management of electronic re...
Pietro Ortolani wins the James Crawford Prize 2016
Pietro Ortolani, Senior Research Fellow at the MPI Luxembourg, won the James Crawford Prize 2016 with an article titled ‘The Three Challenges of Stateless Justice’.
The James Crawford Prize is awarded annually by the Journal of International Dispute Settlement and Oxford University Press. The selections are be made by a Prize Committee composed of the Editor-in-Chief (Thomas Schultz), the General Editors (Stavros Brekoulakis, Tom Grant, Andrew Mitchell, and Alec Stone Sweet), and further member...
New book published: L'ordre et le monde - Critique de la Cour pénale internationale by Juan Branco
L'ordre et le monde - Critique de la Cour pénale internationale is a legal and philosophical narrative of the creation and functioning of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Published by the world reknown philosophers Alain Badiou and Barbara Cassin, it provides an in-depth account of the first 14 years of existence of the institution and its role in the current state of international affairs and legislation.
Nourrished by field research in war zones and participant observations at the ICC ...
Max Planck Lecture Series: Prof. Pellet gave a lecture titled "Pleading before International Tribunals"
On February 3rd, 2016, the MPI Luxembourg welcomed Professor Alain Pellet lecturing on "Pleading before International Tribunals". Prof. Pellet shared insights and best practices from his extensive experience stemming from his pleadings before international tribunals.
Using the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) as representative examples, Prof. Pellet discussed the composition of delegations to international tribunals, ...
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
Framing the Adequate System for Investor-State Dispute Settlement
Luxembourg, 3 & 4 December 2015
Nearly 150 people attended the two-day conference dedicated to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
