After a very successful spring semester with 5 challenging projects and the graduation of our IHL Clinic students, the KGF team is ready to embrace the summer break. We wish everyone a wonderful summer and hope that you get a chance to recharge your batteries.

We are looking forward to the new semester, new projects and new students. We are also planning some more interactive social media activities, so please stay tuned!

Until then stay well and healthy,
Your KGF team

Leiden Law School Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies

The KGF is hiring a Research & Teaching Associate (0.5 fte), starting on 1 October 2020. The selected candidate will assist in establishing, institutionalizing, expanding and maintaining the Global International Humanitarian Law Clinic (IHL Clinic) Network.

For more information, see our website and apply until 15 August 2020 to join our team!
http://kalshovengieskesforum.com/vacancies/

REMINDER: Apply now for our guest researcher/intern positions and join our team!
More information on our website: http://kalshovengieskesforum.com/vacancies/

For the final round of #MeetOurStudents, we are proud to present Ahmed Abofoul, Alessandra Costa e Silva, Dorine Nauleau, Icarus Chan and Juliette Wangen!

These Leiden Law School LL.M. (adv.) candidates showed great commitment to the IHL Clinic work and produced excellent research on several legal issues with regards to the State of Palestine.

We wish the students all the best for their careers and hope that their continued commitment to the IHL Clinic was as rewarding to them as to us supervisors at the KGF and Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies!

Meet our IHL Clinic students who assisted Dr. Robert Heinsch in the submission of an amicus curiae brief to the Special Jurisdiction for Peace in Colombia!

Fernanda García Pinto, Lígia Monaco and Andrés Morales analysed several legal issues, including the meaning and scope of war crimes in international law and the Colombian Criminal Code, the possibility of amnesties for IHL violations, and the status and treatment of police forces in non-international armed conflicts.

It was a pleasure to work with these talented students, we are grateful to their commitment to the IHL Clinic, and wish them all the best for their careers after they graduate with an adv. LL.M. from Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Leiden Law School!

The KGF is looking for young talents that share our passion about all things IHL and want to join our team for the winter term 2020/21! Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies Leiden Law School

More information can be found on our website: http://kalshovengieskesforum.com/vacancies/

Very interesting traineeship position at the ICRC....

Continuing to present our IHL Clinic students, this week we are pleased to introduce our Strategic Litigation Team.

During the Spring 2020 semester, our IHL Clinic students further developed the KGF’s Strategic Litigation project initially launched in Spring 2019. They conducted extensive research aiming to identify countries that allow for the prosecution of international crimes under universal jurisdiction. The team’s hard work resulted in a high-quality report in which they have analysed different domestic legal systems and international crimes with potential to be prosecuted under universal jurisdiction. The report also identifies possible challenges to prosecute and includes recommendations for further research.

We are immensely proud of our students who were able to continue their work with excellence despite the recent challenges due to the Corona virus, and we are very grateful for their commitment to this important project.

Leiden Law School Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies

Today at 5 pm, KGF students Ms. Dorine Naleau and Julia Tétrault-Provencher will moderate a panel on "Careers in International Law - A Female Perspective".

The panel aims at informing Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies adv. LL.M. students - what a wonderful initiative!