The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationales Recht e.V. is a charitable association whose statutory purpose is to promote research, teaching and the development of law in the field of public international law, private international law and procedural law as well as other branches of international law.
The Society currently has around 500 members. Anyone who is nominated by a member of the Council and elected by the Council can become a member. The members share a connection to the German language in research, teaching and practice in the field of international law.
The Society's organs are the Executive Board, the Council and the General Meeting. In addition, working groups are occasionally established on specific topics.
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The management of the German Society of International Law is generally the responsibility of the board, which consists of the chairperson and two other members. The board is elected by the meeting of the association's members for a two-year term.
During the 39th Biennial Conference from 12th to 14th March 2025 in Hamburg, the current board was elected for a two-year term of office. This board consists of Prof. Dr. Heike Krieger (chairwoman), Prof. Dr. Karsten Thorn and Prof. Dr. Christian Walter.
the board
CHAIRWOMAN
Prof. Dr.
Heike Krieger
Freie Universität Berlin
Freie Universität Berlin
VICE CHAIRMAN
Prof. Dr.
Christian Walter
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
cwalter@jura.uni-muenchen.de
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
cwalter@jura.uni-muenchen.de
VICE CHAIRMAN
Prof. Dr., LL.M.
Karsten Thorn
Bucerius Law School
Bucerius Law School
Professor Dr.
Andreas von
Arnauld
Professorin Dr.
Sigrid
Boysen
Professorin Dr.
Jutta
Brunnée
Professor Dr.
Oliver
Diggelmann
Professorin Dr.
Tanja
Domej
Professor Dr.
Anatol
Dutta
Professorin Dr.
Eva-Maria
Kieninger
Professor Dr.
Markus
Kotzur
Professorin Dr.
Ursula
Kriebaum
Professor Dr.
Ralf
Michaels
Professor Dr.
Andreas L.
Paulus
Professorin Dr.
Giesela
Rühl
Professorin Dr.
Kirsten
Schmalenbach
Professorin Dr.
Astrid
Stadler
Professor Dr.
Christian J.
Tams
Professor Dr.
Christian
Tietje
Professor Dr.
Christian
Walter
Professor Dr.
Marc-Philippe
Weller
Professorin Dr.
Erika de
Wet
Professor Dr.
Andreas R.
Ziegler
The Council is composed of the Board and up to 24 other members, who are elected by the General Meeting for a period of four years. In addition, two representatives of the associations of early-career researchers take part in the Council meetings in an advisory capacity. The Council convenes the general meetings, elects the members, awards the dissertation prizes and determines the Society's work programme.
