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One year on – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine |
Book presentation of Professor Feldbrugge’s History of Russian Law |
The DRLA organizes a special lecture on the MH17 judgment |
The DRLA wishes you lovely summer holidays! |
Board Report – General Meeting 16 June 2022 |
Article DRLA Co-funder on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the role of the DRLA |
General meeting 16 June 2022 |
16 June 2022 – DRLA hosts virtual Symposium |
DRLA Annual Meeting and Symposium |
Save the Date: Annual General Meeting 16 June 2022 |
Suspension of the Russian Federation’s rights of representation in – and the Russian Federation’s potential withdrawal from – the Council of Europe |
International legal development regarding the war between the Russian Federation and Ukraine |
Statement on Ukraine |
Informal meeting between DRLA representatives and representatives of the RGUP |
Season’s Greetings from the DRLA! |
DRLA Board Members attend inaugural meeting ‘REKA’ |
Congress on “The Legal Traditions on Russian Statehood” |
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs publishes periodical country report on Russian Federation |
18 December 2020 – DRLA hosts virtual symposium on ‘The Influence of International Law on Domestic Law’ |
DRLA hosts Virtual Symposium on the Impact of International Law on Domestic Law |
7-8 October 2020 VIIth Students M.G. Rozenberg Moot Court for International Commercial Arbitration |
25-26 September 2020: a conference organized by The North-West Branch of The Russian State University of Justice (St.Petersburg) |
11 September 2020: a conference organized by The North-West Branch of The Russian State University of Justice (St.Petersburg) |
2 September 2020: working meeting |
21 May 2020: working online meeting with representatives of The North-West Branch of the Russian State University of Justice |
NEW CHAIRPERSON DRLA EXECUTIVE BOARD |
26-27 October 2019 – Introductory course on international criminal justice by dr. A. Orie and prof. M. Wladimiroff in St. Petersburg |
18 December 2019, Leiden: Dissertation of mr M.V. Antonov & DRLA General Members Meeting |
Leiden Symposium – 5 July 2019 – a look back |
20-29 August 2019, 8th Summer School “Future Lawyers & Economists: Essential Skills to Success” at Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University. |
AMICUS CURIAE – seminar St. Petersburg 24 April 2019 |
Future events:
New events will be announced soon!
Recent events:
On 18 December 2020, the DRLA organized a (virtual) Symposium on ‘The Impact of International Law on Domestic Law under Russian and Dutch Law’. Speakers included professor Zholobov, director of the North-West branch of the Russian State Judicial University; professor Dorskaia, vice-director for academic research, head of the department of general theory of law of the North-West Branch of the Russian State Judicial University; Dr. Antonov, doctor juris at Leiden University and attorney-at-law in St. Petersburg; and by professor Mälksoo, professor of International Law at the University of Tartu, Estonia. The session was moderated by professor William Simmons, professor emeritus of East European Law at Leiden University. The highly interesting presentations by the speakers were followed by lively debates between the participants. The Board of the DRLA would like to thank all participants and in particular the speakers and moderator to the Symposium for joining us and for making the Symposium a success!
15 October 2020. Wim Timmermans, chairperson of the DRLA, will give a (probably on line) presentation on “Customs arrest of counterfeit goods in the practice of Dutch courts and the ECJ” at a conference organized by, inter alia, the Council of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation for customs policy in Moscow.
25 September 2020. Ruth van der Pol will – upon the request of Professor Zholobov, president of RGUP – give an on line presentation at another conference organized by RGUP on the role of the president of a court of law in The Netherlands.
Past events:
11 September 2020. The DRLA’s members Messrs Pawel Cyran (Mr Cyran is a judge in Cracow) and Ruth van der Pol (judge of the court of appeal in ‘s Hertogenbosch) participated on line in a conference organized by the Russian State University of Justice (RGUP) in St. Petersburg. The conference was held on Friday 11 September. In the spring of this year we signed an MoU for cooperation with the RGUP. Mr Cyran spoke about the Polish-Russian lawyer Vas’kovskii end Mr Van der Pol’s presentation highlighted the great Dutch lawyer Hugo Grotius (Hugo de Groot).