Abstract
It is an honour and a source of satisfaction to me to deliver this aula magna here at the University of Vilnius, on the topic “Reflections on a Century of International Justice: Developments, Current State and Perspectives”. This is a subject which has been accompanying me in recent years. Two years ago, I addressed it in the ceremony of commemoration, by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), of the centenary of the Peace Palace at The Hague. And eight years ago I did the same, in the ceremony of commemoration of another centenary, that of the II Hague Peace Conference (of 1907), held in the premises of the Hague Academy of International Law. It is my intention today, 04 September 2015, to share new reflections on the matter with those present in this auditorium. May I at first thank Professor Judge Dainius Žalimas, President of the Constitutional Court of Lithuania, for his introductory address: I credit his kind words to his generosity. I am very pleased to learn that I am the first Judge of the International Court of Justice to come to Lithuania to address an aula magna at the secular and prestigious University of Vilnius: as a scholar of international law, this is a great honour to me. In the course of my presentation, I shall refer, inter alia, to developments in the case-law of the Hague Court, – the old Permanent Court of International Justice (PCIJ) as well as the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which I have nowadays the honour to serve. May I take the occasion, preliminarily, to pay tribute, in this auditorium, to the fruitful experience gained by Lithuania already in the era of the PCIJ, in respect of contentious cases (such as those of the Interpretation of the Statute of the Memel Territory, Judgment of 11.08.1932, and of the Panevezys-Saldutiskis Railway, Judgment of 28.02.1939), as well as of advisory opinions (such as that on the Railway Traffic between Lithuania and Poland – Railway Sector Landwarow-Kaisiadorys, Advisory Opinion of 15.10.1931).
Highlights
It is an honour and a source of satisfaction to me to deliver this aula magna here at the University of Vilnius, on the topic “Reflections on a Century of International Justice: Developments, Current State and Perspectives”
I addressed it in the ceremony of commemoration, by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), of the centenary of the Peace Palace at The Hague
I am very pleased to learn that I am the first Judge of the International Court of Justice to come to Lithuania to address an aula magna at the secular and prestigious University of Vilnius: as a scholar of international law, this is a great honour to me
Summary
It is an honour and a source of satisfaction to me to deliver this aula magna here at the University of Vilnius, on the topic “Reflections on a Century of International Justice: Developments, Current State and Perspectives”. This is a subject which has been accompanying me in recent years. I addressed it in the ceremony of commemoration, by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), of the centenary of the Peace Palace at The Hague. May I take the occasion, preliminarily, to pay tribute, in this auditorium, to the fruitful experience gained by Lithuania already in the era of the PCIJ, in respect of contentious cases (such as those of the Interpretation of the Statute of the Memel Territory, Judgment of 11.08.1932, and of the Panevezys-Saldutiskis Railway, Judgment of 28.02.1939), as well as of advisory opinions (such as that on the Railway Traffic between Lithuania and Poland – Railway Sector Landwarów-Kaisiadorys, Advisory Opinion of 15.10.1931)
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