Join the IHL Clinic!

The call for applications for the winter term 2021/22 IHL Clinic is open! The Kalshoven-Gieskes Forum will conduct two projects this semester, and is inviting students of Leiden University’s LL.M. programme(s) in Public International Law to apply. More information on the application procedure can be found here.

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New Publication: To Be (a State) or Not to Be?

In ‘To Be (a State) or Not to Be’, our KGF Director Dr. Robert Heinsch and IHL Clinic Deputy Director Dr. Giulia Pinzauti discuss the impact of the law of belligerent occupation on Palestine’s ability to satisfy certain criteria for statehood under international law, especially with regard to triggering the

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Join our team!

The KGF is looking for one (or two) guest researchers/interns for the period of September 2020 – February 2021. More information can be found here.

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Art competition on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions: Winners, honorable mentions, and IHL calendars 2020!

In 2019, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, The Kalshoven-Gieskes Forum coordinated an art competition ‘Posters for Protected Persons’. The competition provided an alternative method of engaging people around the world with the Conventions, as it sought to inspire participants to reflect on the realities of

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