The German Society of International Law is part of an (international) research network and cooperates with numerous formal and informal academic associations in the are of international law.
Our cooperation with our French sister society, the Société française pour le droit international, and the Association of Young International Scholars (AjV) is particularly close. Analogous to the French-German cooperation, German-Polish talks were initiated in 2022 and are now to be institutionalised as well.
Information on our joint conferences with these (partly informal) associations and the resulting publications can be found on this page.
cooperations
Société française pour le droit international
Since1996, joint conferences or workshops between the DGIR and the Société française pour le droit international have been held on a biennial basis, resulting in numerous joint publications. Frequently, these conferences also serve as a venue for exchanges with representatives of other academic associations in the field of international law. Joint doctoral and postdoctoral workshops are also regularly held in connection with these conferences.
Association of Young International Scholars (AjV)
Since 2012 the DGIR has been supporting the conferences organised by the AjV in a variety of ways, including by having members of the DGIR participate as speakers or commentators. Many of these contributions have subsequently found their way into the conference proceedings below. A representative of the AjV also attends meetings of the Council of the DGIR in an advisory capacity.
german-polish talks
In analogy to the French-German cooperation, the society was interested in also establishing a forum for discussion with our eastern neighbour Poland. To this end, a German-Polish working group was set up, chaired by Professor Władysław Czapliński on the Polish side and Professor Stephan Hobe on the German side. The forum takes place every two years, alternating between Germany and Poland. Within the framework of a given conference theme, 6 participants on the German and 6 on the Polish side open the discussion on pre-defined topics with an introductory presentation, which is then followed by a debate among the entire working group.
