International Law Summer Academy

Investing into professional development of youth, into young professionals’ better understanding of values and tools of democracy and rule of law remains of special value in times of war.  The OSCE Secretariat Extra-Budgetary Support Programme for Ukraine together with the country’s Supreme Court organised for students and postgraduates from Ukrainian universities and think-tanks the International Law Summer Academy.

The event will provide an opportunity for up to 30 students to review in details topical issues of international law, challenges faced in connection with the war waged against Ukraine, as well as the development of the national legal system in the light of the European integration of Ukraine.

Prominent experts in international law, European law, legal theory and philosophy will deliver lectures and presentations as part of the Academy, among them - judges of the Supreme Court, European Court of Human Rights, experts of international organizations, prominent local and international scholars and legal practitioners.      

Part of the lectures (in Ukrainian) are streamed live via the SPU YouTube channel according to the following schedule: 

21 August 2023, Monday

• 12:15 – 13:15 - Aggression, human rights, international humanitarian law: parallel realities or interdependent components of international law applicable to armed conflicts. Lecturer: Mykola GNATOVSKYY, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights. Watch it live here.

• 14:45 – 15:45 - The phenomenon of European law: common values of the EU and their export. Lecturer: Kseniia SMYRNOVA, Doctor of Law, Professor, Vice-Rector for Scientific and Pedagogical Work (International Cooperation), Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Professor of the Department of Comparative and European Law, Institute of International Relations, Member of the Board of the Summer Academy of International Law 2023. Watch it live here.

22 August 2023, Tuesday

• 10:10 – 11:15 - Europeanisation of legal orders. Lecturer: Kseniia SMYRNOVA, Doctor of Law, Professor, Vice-Rector for Scientific and Pedagogical Work (International Cooperation) of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Professor of the Department of Comparative and European Law of the Institute of International Relations, Member of the Board of the Summer Academy of International Law 2023
• 11:30 – 12:30 Mechanisms for protecting the rights of individuals in the Court of Justice of the EU: the Ukrainian context. Lecturer: Tetyana KOMAROVA, Head of the EU Law Department at Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Doctor of Law, Professor, Member of the Board of the Summer Academy of International Law 2023
• 15:50-16:50  The erga omnes principle: the controversial basis of the world order. Lecturer: Mykhailo BUROMENSKYI, Doctor of Law, Professor of the Department of International Law, Institute of International Relations, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Coordinator of the Summer Academy of International Law 2023
• 17:00-17:40 Problems of international criminal justice and what to do about them. Lecturer: Vitalii GUTNYK, Doctor of Law, Professor of the Department of International Law, Faculty of International Relations, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Professor of the Faculty of Law, Vilnius University (Lithuania), Member of the Board of the Summer Academy of International Law 2023

Selection of in-person participants:

Application for the Academy is open for students of law, but also those studying other humanities, such as international relations, political sciences, sociology, philosophy, and others. The deadline for application is 25 July 2023, by 23:59 Kyiv time.

Detailed description of the conditions of participation and selection criteria is described in the attachment available in Ukrainian language.

Enquiries for additional information on the application process should be addressed to:

• Prof. Mykhailo Buromenskyi, Summer Academy Co-ordinator: ilss2023ukraine@online.ua..

Please note! Due to the war waged against Ukraine and the resulting security situation, the indicated dates of the Academy are preliminary; the OSCE Secretariat Extra-Budgetary Support Programme for Ukraine may shift the event to a later date. All the selected participants will be timely notified of any changes.