On 16 January 2026, the Curatorium elected Mr Chin Leng Lim (Malaysia), Choh-Ming Li Professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, as a member of the Curatorium. The Academy extends its warmest congratulations to him.
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The Academy warmly congratulates H.E. Ms Phoebe Okowa on her election by the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council to serve as a judge on the International Court of Justice, succeeding Judge Abdulqawi Yusuf.
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The Third Edition of The Hague Academy of International Law’s Advanced Course in Hong Kong, organised in cooperation with the Asian Academy of International Law, will take place from 29 November to 5 December 2025.
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It is with deep sadness that the Academy was informed of the passing of Judge Shigeru Oda on 4 September 2025 in Japan.
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At the Closing Ceremony of the 2025 Summer Courses on Private International Law, Mr Michał Karolak (Poland) and Mr William Sullivan, cum laude (USA) were awarded the Diploma of the Academy.
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During the Official Ceremony held on 30 July 2025, high representatives of The Hague Academy of International Law and of the Colombian Embassy in the Netherlands gathered in the prestigious Historical Reading Room of the Peace Palace to launch the first edition of the Academy's International Law Courses for Latin America and the Caribbean, to be held in Cartagena.
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At the Closing Ceremony of the 2025 Summer Courses on Public International Law, Mr Phattharaphong Saengkrai (Thailand) and Mr André-Philippe Ouellet (Canada) were awarded the Diploma of the Academy.
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During the official ceremony held on 14 March 2025, senior representatives of the Philippine Judicial Academy, the Philippine Supreme Court, and The Hague Academy of International Law gathered at the prestigious historical reading room of the Peace Palace to sign the Terms of Reference for the second Advanced Programme on International Law, developed by The Hague Academy of International Law at the request of the Philippine Judicial Academy and the Philippine Supreme Court.
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The Academy warmly congratulates H.E. Mr Mahmoud Daifallah Hmoud on his election by the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council to serve as a judge on the International Court of Justice, succeeding Judge Nawaf Salam.
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The Secretary-General of The Hague Academy of International Law, Professor Jean-Marc Thouvenin, and the Treasurer, Ms Andrea Kramer, had the honour of welcoming H.E. Mr Mauricio Jaramillo Jassir, Colombia's Vice-Minister for Multilateral Affairs, to the famous Reading Room of the Peace Palace Library, to formally mark their agreement in principle to the organisation of a session of international law courses in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, in March 2026.
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The Secretary-General of The Hague Academy of International, Professor Jean-Marc Thouvenin, and the Treasurer, Ms Andrea Kramer, warmly welcomed H.E. Dr. Mutlaq bin Majed Al Qahtani, Ambassador of Qatar to the Netherlands, H.E. Judge Nasser Bin Youssef Al-Abdulghani, Acting Secretary-General of the Supreme Judiciary Council of the State of Qatar, and H.E. Mr. Ferdinand Lahnstein, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Qatar.
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The Academy was honoured to receive the Ambassador of Japan His Excellency Mr. Hiroshi Minami, Ms. Sakura Ozaki and Mr. Kazuki Goto, at a ceremony held on 13 March 2025 to formalise Japan’s support for the Academy in the form of a voluntary contribution for the year 2024.
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