The Royal Netherlands Society of International Law (KNVIR) devoted its Annual General Meeting of 7 November 2025 to the theme: ‘State Immunity in Civil Proceedings Comparative Notes and Critical Analysis’. The recording of the meeting, hosted by Leiden University, can be viewed here. Speakers were: The meeting was introduced and moderated by Prof. Aukje van […]
JOINT EVENTORGANISED BY THE ROYAL NETHERLANDS SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW (KNVIR) WITH WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY & RESEARCH (WUR) AND THE FOOD LAW ACADEMICS NETWORK (FLAN) International Food Law Symposium TUESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2025 13.30 – 17.00CAMPUS LEIDEN UNIVERSITY, WIJNHAVEN, ROOM 3.16, TURFMARKT 99, THE HAGUE AND ONLINE The International Food Law Symposium is a joint event […]
The Board of the ROYAL NETHERLANDS SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW INVITES those who are students at a Dutch university, or have obtained a Master’s degree from a Dutch University after 31 December 2023, to submit their Master’s thesis on a subject of Public International Law or Private International Law to compete for the FRANÇOIS PRIZE […]
State Immunity in Civil ProceedingsComparative Notes and Critical Analysis Annual General Meeting of theRoyal Netherlands Society of International LawFriday 7 November 2025 at 14.30 hours Campus Den Haag, Leiden University, Turfmarkt 99, 2511 DP Den Haag This year’s theme is State Immunity in Civil Proceedings. Can immunity from jurisdiction of a foreign State regard private […]
INTERNATIONAL LAW AND NATIONALISM:HISTORIES OF A COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP On 3 June 2025 the Royal Netherlands Society of International Law (KNVIR) held its Spring Meeting on: ‘International Law and Nationalism: Histories of a Complicated Relationship’. The main speaker was Prof. Ingo Venzke, Professor of International Law and Social Justice, University of Amsterdam. Dr. Misha Plagis, Assistant […]
SPRING MEETINGOF THE ROYAL NETHERLANDS SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW International Law and Nationalism: Histories of a Complicated Relationship TUESDAY 3 JUNE 2025 19.00 – 21.00CAMPUS LEIDEN UNIVERSITY, WIJNHAVEN, TURFMARKT 99, THE HAGUE AND ONLINE In conventional accounts, international law is often positioned in opposition to nationalism: whereas nationalism prioritizes the particular interests of individual nation-states, […]
The Royal Netherlands Society of International Law (KNVIR) devoted its Annual General Meeting of 1 November 2024 to the theme: ‘Missing Links in the Migration Law Debate’. The recording of the meeting, hosted by Leiden University, can be viewed here. Speakers were: The meeting was introduced and moderated by Prof. Aukje van Hoek, President KNVIR.
It is with immense pleasure that we present to you our jury report for the 2024 François Prize, awarded by the Royal Netherlands Society of International Law (Koninklijke Nederlandse Vereniging voor Internationaal Recht, KNVIR). The François Prize, established to inspire and promote excellence in the study of public and private international law at universities across […]
At the Annual General Meeting of 1 November 2024, held in The Hague, the J.P.A François Prize was awarded to: Lautaro Pablo Melcón Meroi Click here for the jury report Click here for the prize winning paper Mr Cor de Boer (Groningen University) received an honourable mention for his paper entitled “Perspectives on Advancing Protection […]
With reference to the invitation for this year’s AGM – please see below – kindly note that the discussion statements can be found here.