Thursday, 01 July 2021

Focus on international law

An overview of the comprehensive offer of international law courses and moot courts!

A)     C O U R S E S  and  S E M I N A R S 

In the winter semester 2021, the following international law courses are offered (in overview, more information can be found under the respective course number in UniGraz Online):

  • Univ.-Prof. Erika de Wet, Krieg, Frieden und die Position Österreichs (Kollektive Sicherheit und militärische Gewalt), 217.040 [German].
     
  • Univ.-Prof. ret. Gerhard Hafner, Immunity in International Law, 217.107 [English]. 
     
  • Ambassador Helmut Tichy, Österreich und das Völkerrecht (Aktuelle Fragen aus der österreichischen Praxis), 217.703 [German].
     
  • Assoc.-Prof. Yvonne Karimi-Schmidt, International Law and the Crisis in the Middle East, 217.008  [English].
     
  • Assoc.-Prof. Yvonne Karimi-Schmidt, Umweltvölkerrecht, 217.006 [German].
     
  • Ass.-Prof. Christian Pippan, Demokratie und Völkerrecht, 217.011 [German].
     
  • Visiting Lecturer Tommaso Soave, The Law and Practice of the World Trade Organization, 217.025 [English].
     
  • Please also note the courses offered by the European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy at the University of Graz (UNI-ETC): https://trainingszentrum-menschenrechte.uni-graz.at/de/studieren/lehrveranstaltungen/  [both English and German].

 

B)     M O O T   C O U R T S   and   S I M U L A T I O N S

The following international and human rights law moot courts and simulations offer practical insights into these areas of law (offered by the International Law Institute and the UNI-ETC)

  1. You are interested in general matters of public international law and you want to litigate before the International Court of Justice? Draft your memorials in WS 2021, practice your rhetorical skills in SS 2022 and plead with your UNI-Graz team in the Hague in June 2022! Join the team NOW! For more information on the competition and recent achievements please consult: https://voelkerrecht.uni-graz.at/en/studies/telders-international-law-moot-court/ (Deadline for Applications: 15.09.2021) [English].
     
  2. Do you have a special interest in human rights and their implementation in the European context? Then apply for the Helga Pedersen Moot Court Competition (HPMCC, priorly called EHRMCC)! For more information please see: https://trainingszentrum-menschenrechte.uni-graz.at/de/studieren/lehrveranstaltungen/human-rights-moot-court/ (Deadline for Applications: 15.09.2021) [English].
     
  3. Or are you interested in the Universal Periodic Review mechanism of the UN Human Rights Council, in which you represent a state or an NGO? Then apply for the Padova Model UPR! For more information please consult: https://trainingszentrum-menschenrechte.uni-graz.at/de/studieren/lehrveranstaltungen/model-universal-periodic-review-upr/ (Deadline for Applications: 05.09.2021) [English].

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