Research subject Public International Law
International law is a legal discipline and what might be described as the public part of international law. It consists of rules and principles that regulate how States, international organisations and certain other international actors cooperate and act towards each other.
International law may also affect companies, international organisations and individuals. Unlike national law, international law is a horizontal legal system in which the rules of law are created and enforced by the States themselves. This is done by the States giving their consent to be bound by a certain rule, usually in written form as a treaty (e.g. in agreements, conventions, or protocols), or through practice (referred to as customary international law). The starting point is that States are sovereign and legally equal to each other.
Research in this area is often interdisciplinary. Examples of obvious issues relevant for international law are how a state has the right to exercise power within its own territory, the extent to which the international community can control and interfere with how a state treats its inhabitants, and how a state can be held responsible under international law for an act or omission. Other issues may overlap with other areas of law, such as what rights and obligations a state has for oceans or the environment, or how individuals responsible for serious violations of international law can be brought to justice (procedural law and criminal law).
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Mark Klamberg
Professor
Pål Wrange
Professor
David Fisher
Professor emeritus in international Law
Said Mahmoudi
Professor emeritus
Per Ahlin
Universitetslektor i Folkrätt
Lily Katinka Viktoria Svanberg
Universitetslektor
Sally Alexandra Longworth
Senior lecturer
Love Rönnelid
Bitr. lektor
Daniel Augusto Pinheiro Astone
Doktorand
Fredrik Svensson
Doktorand
Hevi Dawody
Doktorand
Linnéa Kortfält
Doktorand
Mariana Fakih
Doktorand
Sonia Bastigkeit Ericstam
Doktorand
William Underwood
Doktorand
Ylva Lennartsson Hartmann
Doktorand
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The Stockholm Centre for International Law and Justice (SCILJ) is a part of the department of law at Stockholm University. Its mission is, inter alia, to develop research in international law, especially the relationship between international law and other legal systems and between international law and international politics and ethics, to strengthen the links between academia and practice, and to make international law visible in public discourse. The Center shall have an interdisciplinary and practice oriented character.
The Centre organizes a broad range of activities, including the 2021 Annual Conference of the European Society of International Law.
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