Academy Side Event at UN Headquarters on 23 October 2024

The Hague Academy of International Law, the Permanent Missions of the Philippines and the Republic of Korea to the United Nations, with the kind sponsorship of the Permanent Missions to the United Nations of Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Japan, Latvia, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Norway, Peru, Portugal, the Principality of Andorra, the Principality of Monaco, the Republic of Poland, Senegal, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Thailand, the Togolese Republic, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, the United States of America, Uruguay and Vietnam will hold its annual “Side Event” at the UN Headquarters in New York.

The event will take place on Wednesday, 23 October 2024, from 1:15 pm to 2:30 pm EST/7:15 to 8:30 pm GMT+2. The topic of this year’s Side Event is “Is International Law a Babel’s Tower?”.

Participants will have the opportunity to listen to addresses by H.E. Mr. Marcin Czepelak, Secretary-General of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, H.E. Mr. Philippe Gautier, Registrar of the International Court of Justice, Dr. Nilüfer Oral, Member of the Curatorium of the Academy and Member of the International Law Commission, and Professor Jean-Marc Thouvenin, Secretary-General of the Academy.

The event will be held in English and French, with simultaneous translation, and will be live streamed on UN Web TV via this link.