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:

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

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 Bengal
Judgment of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

2 May 2012

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

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

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

Professor Lauri Mälksoo
University of Tartu

Russian Approaches to International and European Law: Recent Developments

15 April 2011

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

Prof. Steven Freeland
University of Western Sydney, University of Copenhagen

The International Criminal Court - Recent Developments and Future Challenges

17 January 2010

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

Zachary Douglas
University of Cambridge

The Prospects for a Coherent International Law on Investment

15 October 2010

Ambassador Dr. Helmut TichyLegal Advisor of the Austrian Foreign Ministry

The Advisory Opinion of the ICJ on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence

13 October 2010

Elisabeth TuerkLegal 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 Report7 October 2010

HE Ambassador Dr. Sabri Kiqmari Ambassador of the Republic of Kosovo in AustriaDas Verfahren in der Anerkennungsfrage der Republik Kosovo vor dem IGH und seine möglichen Auswirkungen23 June 2010

Morten KjærumDirector of the European Union Agency for Fundamental RightsThe European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights: Objective-Tasks-ActivitieBitts-Limits25 May 2010

Sahib SinghFormer Lecturer at the University College London and Clerk at the Public International Law Practice of Lathan & Watkins, LondonAl-Sadoon: the ECHR, the Death Penalty and Norm Conflict 5 May 2010

Anne Peterschair of public international law and Swiss constitutional law, Law Faculty, University of Basel

The Constitutionalization of International Organizations

14 April 2010

Eisa Hoven
Freie Universität Berlin

The Khmer-Rouge-Tribunal - Cambodia's Search for Justice

25 March 2010

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

Gerhard Loibl
Professor for International Law, Diplomatic Academy/Vienna
 
Climate Negotiations - the Copenhagen Summit (COP.15/CMP.5)

20 January 2010

Manfred Nowak
Professor for International Human Rights Protection, University of Vienna
 
Experiences as UN Special Rapporteur on Torture

25 November 2009

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

Helen StacySenior 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 StudiesThe US Torture Memos5 June 2009

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

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

Gerold Herrmann
Former Secretary of UNCITRAL

UNCITRAL - An Insider's View

22 October 2008

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

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

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

Thomas Eilmansberger
Professor of European Law (University of Salzburg)

International Investment Protection in International and European Law

18 January 2008

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

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

José Angelo Estrella-Faria
Senior Legal Officer, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)

Privately Financed Infrastructure Projects

8 October 2007

HE Ambassador Dr. Kiqmari speaking on the procedures re. the recognition of the Kosovo as a state