• Book launch: Maritime Boundary Delimitation: The Case Law; Is it Consistent and Predictable?, 17 May 2018
  Alex Oude Elferink (JCLOS), Yoshifumi Tanaka (University of Copenhagen)

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• Book launch: Nicaragua Before the International Court of Justice: Impacts on International Law, 15 May 2018
  Prof. dr. Pierre d’Argent (Université Catholique de Louvain), Dr. Giulia Pinzauti (Leiden University), Mr. Benjamin Samson (Université Paris Nanterre), Dr. Geoff Gordon (T.M.C. Asser Instituut)

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• H. E. Sergio Ugalde, Ambassador of Costa Rica to The Hague and former Vice President of the ICC’s Assembly of States Parties: “Stopping the clocks in New York” and Dr Catherine Brölmann, Associate Professor, University of Amsterdam: “The activation of the crime of aggression in the ICC regime: between a contractual and an institutional approach”, 5 April 2018

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• Dr. Konrad G. Bühler, head of the Department of Public International Law in the Legal Office of the Austrian Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, 15 November 2017 - “The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals: Untold Stories about its Establishment”

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• Mr. Jakob Werksman, Principal Adviser, DG-CLIMA at the European Commission, 23 June 2017 - "The Role of the European Union in the adoption and implementation of the Paris Agreement"

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• Prof. James C. Hathaway, Professor of Law/ Director, Program in Refugee and Asylum Law, University of Michigan Law School, 18 May 2017 - “A Plea for Principle and Pragmatism:  Rethinking our Approach to Refugee Protection”.​

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• Mr. Jason Silva, media artist, a world renowned futurist, philosopher, keynote speaker and TV personality. Mr. Silva is the Emmy nominated host of National Geographic Channel's hit TV series Brain Games and Origins: The Journey of Humankind, 19 pril 2017 - "Disruptive technologies, exponential change and a new way of thinking".

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• H.E. Linos-Alexander Sicilianos, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights, 06 April 2017 - "The European Court of Human Rights as an International Court".

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• Mr. Marcel Beukeboom, Climate Envoy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands,  30 March 2017 - “The functioning of the Paris Agreement and its implementation in The Netherlands”.

 

• Judge Egils Levits, European Court of Justice, 03 March 2017 - “European crises- political and legal challenges and perspectives for the EU”.

 

• Prof. Alain Pellet, 20 January 2017 - "Pleading before International Courts and Tribunals?".

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• H.E. Judge Raul C. Pangalangan, International Criminal Court, 08 December 2016 - "From State Responsibility to Individual Criminal Responsibility: Implications for International Justice"

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• Prof. dr. Eric Myjer, Emeritus Professor of Conflict and Security Law, Utrecht University, Law School; Director Centre for Conflict and Security Law; External researcher University of Amsterdam; co-founder and (co)-Editor in Chief of the Journal of Conflict and Security Law (Oxford University Press), 19 October 2016- "Anything new? Nuclear weapons and the law (of arms control)”

 

• Mr Lawrence H. Martin, FOLEY HOAG LLP. - Partner, Deputy Chair, International Litigation and Arbitration Department - Washington, D.C, 23 September 2016, jointly hosted by the T.M.C. Asser Instituut - “A Review of the South China Sea Arbitration”

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• Professor Symeon C. Symeonides, 16 August 2016 at the Embassy of Colombia in The Hague, jointly hosted by the Cypriot Branch of the ILA and Le Club de Droit International- "Private International Law: What’s in a Name?".

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• Prof. Niels Blokker, Professor of International Institutional Law (Schermers Chair) at Leiden University, 26 April 2016 - "The governance of international courts and tribunals".

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•  Mr Brooks W. Daly, Deputy Secretary General and Principal Legal Counsel of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, 22 March 2016 - "Inter- State Arbitration".

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• H.E. Judge O-Gon Kwon, United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, 09 March 2016 - "Reflections on the days at the ICTY: Challenges of the international criminal trial seen from the bench".

   

• Mr Christophe Bernasconi, Secretary-General of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, 11 February 2016 - "Interaction between HCCH and VCCR: How the work of the Hague Conference on Private International Law assists officials dealing with consular matters".

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• Prof. Dr. M.Y.A. (Marjoleine) Zieck, Professor of International Refugee Law / Vice-Dean, Director Amsterdam Graduate School of Law (Amsterdam Law School) / Dean of Admissions, University of Amsterdam, 08 December 2015 - "Resettlement: An Indispensable but Flawed Solution to the Problem of Refugees".

 

• Dr. Bjørn Kunoy, Legal Adviser in the Foreign Affairs Department of the Government of the Faroe Islands, 12 November 2015 - “Legal and Technical Challenges to Assertions of Outer Continental Shelf Entitlements in the Arctic”.

 

• H.E. Judge Ronny Abraham, President of the International Court of Justice,  09 June 2015 - “La Cour internationale de Justice et les droits de l'homme. Quelques réflexions à la lumière de la jurisprudence récente”.

 

• H.E. Mr. Philippe Couvreur, Registrar at the International Court of Justice, 4 June, 2015 - “ La pratique interne de la Cour en matière judiciaire”.

 

• Professor William A. Schabas, 12 May, 2015 - “The European Court of Human Rights and International Criminal Law”.

 

• Professor Marcelo Kohen, 28 April, 2015 - “Principle of Territorial Integrity and Right of Self-Determination and Their Application in the International Relations".

 

• Professor Alfred Soons, 26 March, 2015 - “The effects of a rising sea level on maritime limits and boundaries, and on the continuity of States”.

 

• H.E. Mr. Peter Tomka, Judge at the International Court of Justice,17 March, 2015 - “Reflections of the former President of the ICJ on the Court´s presence and future”.

 

• H.E. Judge Sang-Hyun SONG, Former President of the International Criminal Court, 02 February, 2015 - “Prospects for the ICC’s future – reflections by the 2nd President of the Court”

 

• Professor Hugh Thirlway, 04 December, 2014 - “Customary International Law and Human Rights”.

 

• Mr. Paul Reichler, 12 November, 2014 - “Evidence and the ICJ:  How the Facts are Presented by the Parties and Determined by the Court”.

 

• Professor Alex G. Oude Elferink, 13 October, 2014 - “The Delimitation of the Continental Shelf between Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands; Arguing Law, Practicing Politics?”.

 

• Professor Alain Pellet, 30 May, 2014 - “International law between manipulation and disenchantment”.

 

• Professor Vaughan Lowe, 17 February, 2014 - “The Development of the Law of the Sea by the international tribunals”.

 

• H.E. Mr. Peter Tomka, Judge at the International Court of Justice, 21 January, 2014 - “Current Developments at the International Court of Justice”.