Erika de Wet
Erika de Wet has been Professor of International Law and Head of the Department of International Law and International Relations at the University of Graz, Austria, since 2020. She is also Honorary Professor at the University of Bonn (since 2015), Germany. From 2004 to 2014, she was Professor of International Constitutional Law at the University of Amsterdam, then Founding Co-Director of the Institute of International and Comparative Law in Africa (2011-2015) and first SARChI Professor of International Constitutional Law (2016-2019) at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. She is currently a member of the International Law Association (ILA) Committee on the Use of Force, among others: Military Assistance on Request (Dutch branch) and co-editor of the Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law.
Selected publications
- Erika de Wet, Military Assistance on Request and the Use of Force (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2020) 258 pp.
- Erika de Wet 'The African Union's Struggle Against 'Unconstitutional Change of Government': From a Moral Prescription to a Requirement under International Law?' 32 European Journal of International Law (2021) 199-226.
- Erika De Wet, Introduction to Chapter VII: The General Framework, in Simma/Khan/Nolte/Paulus (eds): The Charter of the United Nations. A Commentary, 4th Edition (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2024) 1577-1622.
The complete publication list can be found in the research portal of the University of Graz or as pdf here for download.
Selected projects
► Univerzity Palackého v Olomouci and University of Graz Cooperation Project 2023: Reconceptualizing the prohibition and regulation of the use of military force in international law:
The aim of this research project is to establish a research cooperation between the Centre for International Humanitarian and Operational Law (CIHOL) at the Faculty of Law of the University of Palacký and the Department of International Law and International Relations (Department of International Law) at the Faculty of Law of the University of Graz.
The following results of the cooperation project are expected:
- First, the establishment of a research cooperation on the use of force in international law. This includes the development of a roadmap for research cooperation, which will show how the departments of the two universities can best exchange knowledge and research in the respective fields.
- Secondly, the organization of two guest lectures, one at Palacký University by a researcher from the University of Graz and the other at the University of Graz by a researcher from Palacký University. A "roundtable discussion" is planned as well as the nomination of a postgraduate researcher or student for a short-term research exchange.
Another goal of this research project is to organize and hold an international conference that will examine the current state of the prohibition and use of force in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The conference took place in the summer of 2023 at the Faculty of Law of Palacký University.
Following this, a book proposal on the results of the conference will be submitted to a leading publisher.
The cooperation project will be carried out over a period of 24 months.
Univ.-Prof. Dr. LL.M.(Harvard) Erika De Wet
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