About GILDS
The Department of International Law and International Relations of the Faculty of Law at the University of Graz organizes an online/on-campus lecture and discussion series with leading and emerging scholars and practitioners of international law and international relations from Europe and beyond.
The lectures in this series focus on both fundamental and current challenges and problems in public international law and the related field of international relations. Students, practitioners and academics from all academic disciplines are cordially invited and encouraged to register and participate in our discussions.
GILDS was founded and is led by Professor Erika De Wet, Head of the Department of International Law and International Relations: erika.de-wet(at)uni-graz.at
Future GILDS lectures
DR. MICHAL SALITERNIK: "The Occupation of Gaza - Past, Present, and Future"
30.04.2024 17:00 on site (SZ 15.21)
The withdrawal of Israel from the Gaza Strip in 2005 has sparked heated debates regarding the legal status of Gaza and the corresponding obligations of Israel towards the Gaza population. While some scholars have contended that belligerent occupation ended with the Israeli disengagement, others opined that it continued due to Israel's lasting control over Gaza's airspace, waters, and borders. The Israeli invasion of Gaza in October 2023 did not settle these disputes, which now mainly revolve around the duties of Israel to provide or facilitate humanitarian aid to the local population. The invasion has also raised crucial questions regarding the future status of Gaza, with the options on the table ranging from full or partial Israeli control to international administration to an independent Palestinian state. In her lecture, Dr. Saliternik will examine these options as well as other questions concerning the past, present, and future of Gaza from international law and international relations perspectives, while also discussing the broader implications of the Gaza case for the law and politics of occupation in the twenty-first century.
To participate, please register by e-mail to voelkerrecht(at)uni-graz.at by 25.04.2024.
- 28.11.2023 - Prof. Paul Gragl: "Mutual Defense and Assistance Clauses: A Comparative Analysis of Article 5 NATO and Article 42(7) TEU"
- 26.09.2023 - Prof. Charlotte Kreuter-Kirchhof: "Implementation of the Paris Agreement in the EU in times of energy crisis"
- 06.06.2023 - Prof. Matthias Herdegen: "The War in Ukraine: Controversial Issues under the International Law of War and Peace"
- 11.05.2023 - Prof. Liesbeth Lijnzaad: "THEN AND NOW, and the role of time in the interpretation of treaties"
- 29.03.2023 - Prof. Ass. Dr. Përparim Gruda: "Recent Developments in the Normalization Process between Serbia and Kosovo: The Brussels Agreement from a Kosovar perspective"
- 09.01.2023 - Mag. Dominik Ornig: "Automation of Decision-Making"
- 11.11.2022 - Dr. Katalin Sulyok: "Science and the Legitimate Argumentative Space of International Courts"
- 30.09.2022 - Prof. Jean D'Aspremont: "The Discourse on Customary International Law" (in collaboration with the European Society of International Law)
- 02.06.2022 - Prof. Wolfgang Benedek: "Presentation of the OSCE Report"
- 25.05.2022 - Prof. Martha Bradley: "Testing the boundaries of Tadic: Assessing the intensity of violence through an aggregated approach in complex conflict settings"
- 11.02.2022 - Dr. Marko Svicevic: "Collective self-defence or regional enforcement action: the legality of a SADC inter- vention in Cabo Delgado and the question of Mozambican consent"