Peace, Justice and Development

Specialisation of: Public International Law (Advanced)
Degree: Master of Laws in Advanced Studies in Public International Law
Mode of Study: Full-time, part-time, single modules
Duration: 1 year
Start date: September
Language of instruction: English
Location: Leiden and The Hague
Croho/isat code: 75027
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The objective of the Peace, Justice and Development specialisation is to provide students with advanced knowledge of, and skills in, various areas of public international law which attract considerable attention in international affairs and which are inter-related.

Staff

Teaching staff – The courses are taught by faculty members of the Leiden Law School, visiting professors, guest lecturers, and distinguished legal practitioners from international legal institutions and tribunals in The Hague. Our current Leiden staff includes:

Past and present lecturers include:

  • Judge Thomas Buergenthal (ICJ)
  • Judge Bruno Simma (ICJ)
  • Judge Elizabeth Odio-Benito (ICC)
  • Judge Ekaterina Trendafilova (ICC)
  • Judge Christine Van den Wyngaert (ICTY)
  • Prof. Hugh Thirlway (formerly Principal Secretary ICJ)
  • Prof. Pierre d’Argent (Professor of International Law at the University of Louvain and former First Secretary ICJ)
  • Prof. William Schabas (Director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland, Galway)

For Curriculum Vitae and further information on teaching staff please consult our website.

Prof. John Dugard

Prof. John Dugard

‘‘When I teach in the advanced LL M programme, I am confronted with a diverse, bright and highly enthusiastic group of students. I hope they learn something from me. Certainly I learn much from them.’‘

Prof. Carsten Stahn

Programme Director

“There is almost no day without legal news from The Hague or fresh developments in international law.”

“Drawing on on a global student body and faculty, this programme seeks to connect new generations of international lawyers to the legal and real life challenges in this dynamic field.”