Bureau (2023-2025)

President: Mr Santiago TORRES BERNARDEZ

First Vice-President: Mr Antonio REMIRO BROTONS

Second Vice-President: Ms Léna GANNAGE

Third Vice-President: Mr Olufemi ELIAS

Secretary-General: Mr Fausto POCAR

Treasurer: Ms Laurence BOISSON DE CHAZOURNES

President of the Programme Committee: Mr José ALVAREZ

 

Members

New Honorary Members:

Mr Hisashi OWADA

Mr Santiago TORRES BERNARDEZ

 

New Titular Members:

Ms Paz ANDRES SAENZ DE SANTA MARIA,

Mr Masahiko ASADA

Ms Samantha BESSON

Mr Philippe COUVREUR

Sir Malcolm EVANS

Ms Patricia GALVAO TELES

Mr Michael KARAYANNI

Mr Chin Leng LIM

Mr Tiyanjana MALUWA

Mr Makane Moïse MBENGUE

Ms Iulia Antoanella MOTOC

Mr Sean MURPHY

Mr Gérard NIYUNGEKO

Mr Fatsah OUGUERGOUZ

Mr Raul PANGALANGAN

Ms Anne PETERS

Mr Sergey PUNZHIN

Ms Hélène RUIZ FABRI

Mr Jean-Marc THOUVENIN

Mr Santiago VILLALPANDO

 

New Associates:

Mr George Rodrigo BANDEIRA GALINDO

Ms Stefania BARIATTI

Ms Hannah BUXBAUM

Mr Louis D’AVOUT

Ms Cristina GONZALES BEILFUSS

Ms Helen KELLER

Ms Phoebe OKOWA

Ms Anne ORFORD

Mr Hassan OUAZZANI CHAHDI

Mr Charalampos PAMPOUKIS

Mr Mārtiņš PAPARINSKIS

Ms Philippa WEBB

 

Declaration and Resolutions adopted by the Institute

 

Declaration

DECLARATION OF RABAT OF THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW MARKING THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Resolutions

The following resolutions were adopted in Rabat:

HARM PREVENTION RULES APPLICABLE TO THE ENVIRONMENT OF AREAS BEYOND NATIONAL JURISDICTION

(3rd Commission, Rapporteurs Ms Jutta Brunnée and Mr Nico Schrijver)

INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW AND PANDEMICS: ACCESS TO MEDICINE, PREVENTION, PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE

(14th Commission, Rapporteur Mr Edward Kwakwa)

STATUS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE CONFERENCES OR MEETINGS OF PARTIES TO MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS

(15th Commission, Rapporteurs Ms Geneviève Bastid-Burdeau and Ms Malgosia Fitzmaurice)

-> You can find the texts of the Declaration and the Resolutions under “Publications”.

The Institute also adopted modifications to its Statutes and Rules in order to harmonize the texts.

 

New Commissions

  • International Environmental Law and the Complementarity between Private and Public International Law
  • Freedom of Navigation in the Law of the Sea
  • Food in International Law
  • Climate Change Obligations and International Investment Law

 

Prizes instituted by J.B. Scott

Carlos Calvo Prize 2025:

The Carlos Calvo Prize 2025 on “The Law of Foreign Investment” was awarded to Mr Mawuto Tossa for his manuscript entitled “L’évolution du régionalisme africain en droit international des investissements: de la communautarisation à la continentalisation”.

Grotius Prize 2027:

The Institute has decided that the Grotius Prize 2027 will focus on the “High Seas”. The deadline for submitting a manuscript in accordance with the Prize Regulations is 31 December 2026.

 

Next session

In 2027, the 83rd session of the Institute will take place in Spain (city to be confirmed).

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