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The European Union and the Interpretation of Customary International Law (Online & In-Person) April 28th 2023 / 11:00am – 6:00pmSenate Room, Academy Building / University of Groningen Online Attendance Link In-Person Attendance Registration Link Workshop Overview The European Union (EU) not a state, but an international organisation. Yet, as all textbooks explain, the EU is a very special type of international organization to which its Member States have transferred a number of their competences. These … Continue reading Register for the April 28th EU/CIL Workshop Now!

The TRICI-Law and EUDIPLO projects are organizing a Workshop in Groningen on the 28th of April 2023. The Workshop aims to examine the interpretation of customary international law within and by the EU. This will be done by taking a dual perspective: 1. An outside-in perspective in which we analyse how CIL has been and is being interpreted in the EU legal order and which choices are made by the legislator and the judiciary; and2. An inside-out perspective in which specific … Continue reading Call for Papers: Workshop – The European Union and Interpretation of Customary International Law

The Practice of Interpretation in International Law The TRICI-Law project and the Department of Transboundary Legal Studies of the University of Groningen have the pleasure to invite you to a conference on ‘The Practice of Interpretation in International Law: Unity, Diversity, and Evolution’ which will take place on 1-2 December 2022. This 2-day Conference aims to reflect upon the prospects and limitations of rules of interpretation in international law focusing on the law and practice … Continue reading Registration Now Open for December 1-2 TRICI-Law Conference!

The TRICI-Law Team is extremely excited to announce the launch of our National Report Page. Currently, three reports have been completed by our National Research Teams (NRTs): Kenya, North Macedonia, & Singapore, with more reports to follow. YOU CAN FIND THE NATIONAL REPORT PAGE HERE About the Reports The National Research Teams (NRTs) of the TRICI-Law project are a collaborative research effort between TRICI-Law and national research institutions in various countries of the world. The … Continue reading TRICI-Law’s National Report Page Now Live

The TRICI-Law team are excited to announce that the videos from our recent Workshop on ‘Change of International Law: Rules of Change and Changing Rules’ are now live! Please click the banner below to view them. Themes of the Workshop International law, much like any law, sits at the centre of a tug of war between competing forces; stability and change, motion and rest. On the one hand, it needs to accommodate the need for … Continue reading September 30th Videos Now Live!

Change of International Law: Rules of Change and Changing Rules (Online & In-Person) Workshop Overview The TRICI-Law project and the University of Groningen’s Department of Transboundary Legal Studies have the pleasure to invite you to a workshop on ‘Change in International Law: Rules of Change and Changing Rules’ which will take place at the ‘Old Courtroom’ of the University of Groningen on 30 September 2022, from 10am – 5pm. The conference will form part of … Continue reading Registration for September 30th TRICI-Law Workshop Now Open!

Interpretation of CIL: Methods, Interpretative Choices and the Role of Coherence (Online Conference) We are happy to announce that the 2-3 December 2021 conference, co-organised with the PluriCourts Centre and the University of Groningen’s Department of Transboundary Legal Studies, will take place in an online format via Zoom. Free registration for the Conference Zoom: DAY 1 HERE / DAY 2 HERE ***Given the newly announced COVID-19 regulations, the conference will now be completely online*** Substance of the Conference … Continue reading Registration for December 2nd-3rd TRICI-Law Conference Now Open!

The registration for the upcoming TRICI-Law Workshop on ‘The Role of Interpretation in the Practice of Customary International Law: Interpretation as a Tool‘ is now open! REGISTER FOR THE FREE WORKSHOP HERE: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y1YwnE1uQU-vKqI_s4ahgg The workshop will take place at 10:30am CET on 5 November 2021 in Groningen, Netherlands. More information about the workshop can be found here. Due to the ongoing Covid-19 restrictions, the workshop will take place in a hybrid format. Our speakers will … Continue reading November 5th Workshop Registration Now Live!

The TRICI-Law team are excited to announce that the videos from our recent Workshop on ‘Interpretation in International Law: Rules, Content, and Evolution’ are now live! Please click the banner below to view them. Description of the Workshop In international law, the law and method pertaining to the process of interpretation continues to generate rich debates amongst legal scholars and to pose perplexing questions in international legal practice. From a conceptual viewpoint, the approach of … Continue reading June 11 Workshop Videos Now Live!

Registration for the TRICI-Law Project’s upcoming Workshop on ‘Interpretation in International Law: Rules, Content, and Evolution’ June 11 2021 10am CET IS NOW LIVE. REGISTER FOR FREE HERE: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sOpoL_ckQ6ev3aYxEM3pTw You can find an in depth description of the Workshop HERE Schedule 10.00-10.30 Opening Remarks: Professor Panos Merkouris (TRICI-Law) 10.30-11.30 Keynote Speech: Professor Hélène Ruiz Fabri (MPI Luxembourg)   12.00-13.30 Panel 1: A Normative Approach to Interpretation in International Law: Prospects and Challenges Chair: Professor Pauline … Continue reading June 11 TRICI-Law Workshop Registration Now Live!

The TRICI-Law project in collaboration with the PluriCourts Centre, is excited to announce its latest call for papers (deadline: 18 April 2021) for its 2nd Conference: Interpretation of Customary International Law: Methods, Interpretative Choices and the Role of Coherence 25-26 November 2021, The Hague.

The TRICI-Law team is excited to announce that Dr. Sotirios-Ioannis Lekkas’ latest research paper, entitled ‘The Uses of the Work of the International Law Commission on State Responsibility in International Investment Arbitration: Maintaining the Unity of the Law of StateResponsibility through Interpretation?‘ is now available on the TRICI-Law website. Abstract: The Articles on State Responsibility for Internationally Wrongful Acts (‘ARSIWA’) constitute an experiment in international law-making. Unlike other successful projects of the International Law Commission … Continue reading New Research Paper from Team Member Dr. Sotirios-Ioannis Lekkas

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Prof. Panos Merkouris, PI of the TRICI-Law project, recent had an article published in a collected book entitled ‘The Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros Judgment and Its Contribution to the Development of International Law‘. The book, edited by Serena Forlati, Makane Moïse Mbengue, and Brian McGarry, ‘offers a comprehensive analysis of both the management of this case and the substantive legal issues at stake. It also reappraises the Court’s findings in light of subsequent developments in the international legal … Continue reading TRICI-Law PI’s Article on the Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros Judgment Published in Book

Principal Investigator of the TRICI-Law project, Prof. Panos Merkouris, has co-published a book alongside Prof. Malgosia Fitzmaurice entitled ‘Treaties in Motion’, which can be found here. The law of treaties is in constant motion, understood not only as locomotion, but also as motion through time and as change. Thus, kinesis and stasis, two sides of the same concept of ‘motion’, are the central themes of Treaties in Motion. The concept of motion adopted in this … Continue reading Principal Investigator, Prof. Panos Merkouris Co-Publishes Book on ‘Treaties in Motion’

Due to the ongoing global situation with regard to COVID-19, the TRICI-Law team has decided to postpone both our May 22 2020 Workshop ‘Interpretation in International Law: Rules, Content, and Evolution’ and  23-24 September 2020 conference on ‘Custom and International Investment Law.’ New dates will be announced in the future and abstracts are currently under review. We thank you for your patience during these interesting times.