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The Center for International Law and Justice (The Centre for International Law and Justice)is a nongovernmental, nonprofit and nonpolitical organization. The Centre for International Law and Justice (CILJ) was established in 2009, Odessa
Odessa
Odessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...

, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

 by the students and lecturers whose scope of interest is international law
International law
Public international law concerns the structure and conduct of sovereign states; analogous entities, such as the Holy See; and intergovernmental organizations. To a lesser degree, international law also may affect multinational corporations and individuals, an impact increasingly evolving beyond...

 and international relations
International relations
International relations is the study of relationships between countries, including the roles of states, inter-governmental organizations , international nongovernmental organizations , non-governmental organizations and multinational corporations...

.

The Centre for International Law and Justice contributes to popularization and research in the field of international law by organizing conferences
Academic conference
An academic conference or symposium is a conference for researchers to present and discuss their work. Together with academic or scientific journals, conferences provide an important channel for exchange of information between researchers.-Overview:Conferences are usually composed of various...

, moot courts, study visits, summer schools, seminars, forums, etc and realization of public interest projects, sponsored by Ukrainian and foreign funds.

The Centre has its official logo and motto: "Once it will be Justice".

Events

The Centre for International Law and Justice provides wide opportunities for extracurricular activities, which is connected with different branches of international law and protection of human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...

 in perticular.

Seminars

During the seminars, the participants discuss and analyzed the most disputable issues and challenges of international law. At the present moment, two seminars were provided by the auspices of the CILJ: theoretical-practical seminar «International law during the epoch of globalization
Globalization
Globalization refers to the increasingly global relationships of culture, people and economic activity. Most often, it refers to economics: the global distribution of the production of goods and services, through reduction of barriers to international trade such as tariffs, export fees, and import...

 of criminality: challenges of the present» and a preparation seminar to the Model of the International Criminal Court
International Criminal Court
The International Criminal Court is a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression .It came into being on 1 July 2002—the date its founding treaty, the Rome Statute of the...

 together with «Kreisau-Initiative Berlin e.V.».

Summer School

The "Summer School on Maritime Law: Dispute Resolution" is a common project of the Centre and European Law Students Association, Odessa which is held in July in Odessa. After successfully passed application period, participants attend lectures on maritime law, international arbitration
International arbitration
International arbitration is a leading method for resolving disputes arising from international commercial agreements and other international relationships...

, carriage of good by the sea, passing custom contol and other subjects, which are closely related to shipping
Shipping
Shipping has multiple meanings. It can be a physical process of transporting commodities and merchandise goods and cargo, by land, air, and sea. It also can describe the movement of objects by ship.Land or "ground" shipping can be by train or by truck...

. Together with study programm, participants are welcomed to attend the Sea Port Administration or Commercial Court of Appeal and enjoy entertainment program.

Institutional Visits

International Institutions Study Visit is a new project whose aim is to attend different international organizations, universities or law firms throughout Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

. During study visits 2010-2011 participants visited Catholic University of Lublin; International Tribunal on the Law of Seas; Bremen University; Munster University; International Criminal Court
International Criminal Court
The International Criminal Court is a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression .It came into being on 1 July 2002—the date its founding treaty, the Rome Statute of the...

; European Parliament
European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...

; Council of Europe
Council of Europe
The Council of Europe is an international organisation promoting co-operation between all countries of Europe in the areas of legal standards, human rights, democratic development, the rule of law and cultural co-operation...

; European Court of Human Rights
European Court of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg is a supra-national court established by the European Convention on Human Rights and hears complaints that a contracting state has violated the human rights enshrined in the Convention and its protocols. Complaints can be brought by individuals or...

; Geneva and Vienna Head-quarter of United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...

 Office, Venice head-quarter of UNESCO
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...

, Food and Agricultural Organization, Court of Arbitration for Sport
Court of Arbitration for Sport
The Court of Arbitration for Sport is an international arbitration body set up to settle disputes related to sport. Its headquarters are in Lausanne and its courts are located in New York, Sydney and Lausanne, Switzerland...

, World Intellectual Property Organization
World Intellectual Property Organization
The World Intellectual Property Organization is one of the 17 specialized agencies of the United Nations. WIPO was created in 1967 "to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world"....

, Law firm "Latham&Watkins" (in Frankfurt), Bologna University, Wroclaw University
Wroclaw University
The University of Wrocław is one of nine universities in Wrocław, Poland. Former, German university was founded in 1702 as Leopoldina, and re-founded in 1811 as Schlesische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Breslau...

 etc.

European Court of Human Rights Forum

Forum "The Ukrainian Legal Entities Rights Protection at the European Court of Human Rights" is held in Lviv, on the basis of Ivan Franko National University annually. In the mid of May, lawyers and students listens to the expert`s lectures about Ukrainian and international experience of pretection of the legal entities` rights of the ECHR and general questions, concerning activity of the Court, application of the Court and effectiveness of its decision on the territory of Ukraine and other states. The lectureers are practical lawyers, scientists, former judge
Judge
A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is supposed to conduct the trial impartially and in an open...

s of the ECHR.

Kazanskiy Readings

Peter E. Kazanskiy International Readings on International Law are devoted to the memory of one of the most prominent international lawyers from Novorossiysk Imperial University, which was located in Odessa. The event is organized by the Department of International Law and International Relations of National University "Odessa Law Academy" and Centre for International Law and Justice.

Regional Seminar for Excellence in Teaching (ReSET)

The Centre for International Law and Justice administers Project “Wealth, Poverty and Life Satisfaction in Transition Societies”, which is part of the Regional Seminar for Excellence in Teaching (ReSET) within the International Higher Education Support Program (HESP) of the Open Society Institute
Open Society Institute
The Open Society Institute , renamed in 2011 to Open Society Foundations, is a private operating and grantmaking foundation started by George Soros, aimed to shape public policy to promote democratic governance, human rights, and economic, legal, and social reform...

.

Moot Court

International Moot Competition on Maritime Arbitration
International Moot Competition on Maritime Arbitration
International Moot Competition on Maritime Arbitration is a moot court competition for law students which is organized by the Centre for International Law and Justice starting from 2010. The contest is called to demonstrate disputable and important issues of private international law and in...

 is the maritime arbitration competition for law schools from all over the world. The purpose is to provide the law students an opportunity to develop knowledge in maritime arbitration and to develop their abilities to persuade as well as their written and oral advocatory techniques.

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