Established by James Brown Scott in memory of his mother and sister:

JOHN WESTLAKE PRIZE

This competition, endowing an award of 10’000 Swiss francs, is organized under the auspices of the Institute of International Law in accordance with the Regulations of the Prize as established by the late J.B. SCOTT. This Prize bears the name of thirteen distinguished international lawyers on a rotating basis.

The subject of this competition is:

DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BEFORE INTERNATIONAL COURTS AND TRIBUNALS

Papers related to this subject can be submitted in German, English, Spanish French, or Italian and should comply with all other requirements as specified in the Regulations of the Prize, which can be consulted in the Yearbook of the Institute of International Law, Vol. 61-II, 1986, p. 359-367 and on the website of the Institute of International Law: www.idi-iil.org. The papers have to be submitted to the Secretary-General of the Institute at the latest by 31 December 2016 to the following address:

Professor Marcelo Kohen
IHEID
Chemin Eugène Rigot 2
Case postale 136
CH-1211 Geneva 21

The Prize will be awarded during the 2017 session of the Institute of International Law in Hyderabad.

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