Law and Politics of International Security

Activities

At VU University Amsterdam we regularly organize interesting activities for our students, like guest lectures, conferences and excursions.

Upcoming and past guest lectures

• "The Implementation of International Humanitarian Law: Recent Developments", inaugural Lecture 2010-2011 by Professor Robert Kolb (University of Geneva) on Thursday 9 September 2010, Room 2D-16 at 3.30 PM. The lecture will be followed by an informal reception.
• "The Rise and Fall of Universal Jurisdiction", guest lecture by Luc Reydams, Associate Professor at Notre Dame University (United States) on Wednesday 24 February 2010, Room D1-05 at 2 PM.
• “Energy Security”, guest lecture by Sajjad Amjad on January 13th 2010.
• “Shaping U.S. Foreign Policy in Time of Crises”, guest lecture by Michael Scharf, professor at Case Western Reserve University Law School, 16 December 2009.
• “Religion and conflict”, guest lectures by Claudia Baumgart-Ochse, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, 7 and 9 December 2009.
• “Terrorism and Counterterrorism”, guest lecture by Fréderique Petit, 2 December 2009.
• “The Security Council, the Security Imperatives and International Law”, Master Inaugural lecture by Nigel D. White, Professor of International Law at the University of Nottingham, 10 September 2009.
  
  

Conferences

• Necessity Across International Law, Amsterdam, 24-25 April 2009. Main speakers: Prof. M. Fizmaurice, Prof. G. Venturini, Prof. Koutrakos, Prof. Reinisch, Prof. Qureshi, Dr, Tsagourias. Papers to be published in 41 Netherlands Yearbook of International Law (2010).
  
  

Activities and excursions

• Visit to the International Criminal Court and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon on January 29th, 2010.
• Excursion to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the Dutch Foreign Office, The Hague, 10 November 2009.
  
  

Competitions

Frits Kalshoven Competition
Three students attending International humanitarian law will represent VU University Amsterdam at the Frits Kalshoven Competition. The competition is organized every year in The Hague by the Dutch Red Cross, with the support of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the T.M.C. Asser Institute, and the Ministry of Defense of The Netherlands. It is and aims to be a practical experience of the application of international humanitarian law in various situations of an imaginary armed conflict and includes a moot court competition. Teams representing Dutch universities – including VU University Amsterdam – take part in the competition.
More information on the competition

Frits Kalshoven Competition 2010:

  

 

Amsterdam Law Forum

Students enrolled in the master programme may join the editorial board of the VU University Amsterdam international and European law journal, the students-run online journal of the Faculty of Law.
More information on the Amsterdam Law Forum