About GILDS

The Department of International Law and International Relations of the Faculty of Law at the University of Graz organizes an online/on-campus lecture and discussion series with leading and emerging scholars and practitioners of international law and international relations from Europe and beyond.

The lectures in this series focus on both fundamental and current challenges and problems in public international law and the related field of international relations. Students, practitioners and academics from all academic disciplines are cordially invited and encouraged to register and participate in our discussions.

GILDS was founded and is led by Professor Erika De Wet, Head of the Department of International Law and International Relations: erika.de-wet(at)uni-graz.at

09.04.2025 - Prof. Monika Polzin: "The Global Illiberal Dawn: Will International Law Become Authoritarian?”

21.11.2024 - Prof. Jure Vidmar: "Territorial Status in International Law”

10.10.2024 - Dr. Agata Kleczkowska: „Retorsions in International Law: Do we still need them?”

30.04.2024 - Dr. Michal Saliternik: “The Occupation of Gaza – Past, Present, and Future"

28.11.2023 - Prof. Paul Gragl: “Mutual Defense and Assistance Clauses: A Comparative Analysis of Article 5 NATO and Article 42(7) TEU”

26.09.2023 - Prof. Charlotte Kreuter-Kirchhof: “Implementation of the Paris Agreement in the EU in times of energy crisis”

06.06.2023 - Prof. Matthias Herdegen: “The War in Ukraine: Controversial Issues under the International Law of War and Peace”

11.05.2023 - Prof. Liesbeth Lijnzaad: “THEN AND NOW: The role of time in the interpretation of treaties”

29.03.2023 - Prof. Ass. Dr. Përparim Gruda: “Recent Developments in the Normalization Process between Serbia and Kosovo: The Brussels Agreement from a Kosovar Perspective”

09.01.2023 - Mag. Dominik Ornig: “Automation of Decision-Making”

11.11.2022 - Dr. Katalin Sulyok: “Science and the Legitimate Argumentative Space of International Courts”

30.09.2022 - Prof. Jean D'Aspremont: "The Discourse on Customary International Law" (in collaboration with the European Society of International Law)

02.06.2022 - Prof. Wolfgang Benedek: “Presentation of the OSCE Report”

25.05.2022 - Prof. Martha Bradley: “Testing the boundaries of Tadic: Assessing the intensity of violence through an aggregated approach in complex conflict settings”

11.02.2022 - Dr. Marko Svicevic: "Collective self-defence or regional enforcement action: the legality of a SADC intervention in Cabo Delgado and the question of Mozambican consent"