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The Squire Law Library and the Faculty of Law are pleased to announce that an entry for Philippe Joseph Sands, Professor of Law and Director of the Centre on International Courts and Tribunals at University College London, has been added to the Eminent Scholars Archive. Professor Sands was interviewed in person at his home in Hampstead on two occas…

On Friday 14 November 2025, the Lauterpacht Centre hosted an award ceremony honouring Prof Eliav Lieblich, recipient of the 2025 Max Planck-Cambridge Prize for International Law. Professor Sandesh Sivakumaran, Director of the Centre, opened the event with a warm welcome, followed by a Laudatio delivered by Professor Anne Peters, Managing Director o…

Professor Surabhi Ranganathan (King's College) has been awarded the prestigious Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award 2025, a prize of 1.5 million euros. The award recognizes her groundbreaking work on ocean governance and the law of the sea, particularly its political challenges. The award ceremony will take place in Berlin on December 2. The Max Pla…

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The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law is pleased to invite applications for the Brandon Research Fellowship 2025-2026, funded by generous gifts from Mr Michael Brandon MA, LLB, LLM (Cantab), MA (Yale) (1923–2012) and Mr Christopher Brandon. The Lauterpacht Centre provides a base for research in Cambridge for legal practitioners and academics…

The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law and the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law of Heidelberg are pleased to announce that the Max Planck – Cambridge Prize for International Law (MaxCamPIL) has been awarded to Eliav Lieblich, Professor at Tel Aviv University.  The Prize was established in 2019 by the Max P…

The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law mourns the death of Lady Catherine Lauterpacht (née Daly). She died peacefully in Addenbrookes hospital, Cambridge in the morning of 11 December.     Beloved wife of Sir Elihu, Lady Lauterpacht, to many in the Centre known as Cathy, has helped build the Centre ever since Sir Eli founded it in 1983.  Afte…

The Centre's latest newsletter is now available. To read, please click on the text or image below: Lauterpacht Centre News - October 2024  

The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce that Professor Jan Klabbers has been elected to the Whewell Professorship of International Law. Professor Klabbers is currently Professor of International Law at the University of Helsinki, where he has been based since 1996, having previously taught at the University of Amsterdam. Professor Klabbers serv…

On 1 July 2024, the award-winning online Customary IHL Database of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was updated with practice from Cambodia up to the end of 2011, as well as Rwanda up to the end of 2015. This recently added practice is marked in green throughout the database. A team of British Red Cross researchers based at the L…

The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law is pleased to invite applications for the Brandon Research Fellowship 2024-2025, funded by generous gifts by Mr Michael Brandon MA, LLB, LLM (Cantab), MA (Yale) (1923–2012) and by Mr Christopher Brandon. The Lauterpacht Centre provides a base for research in Cambridge for legal practitioners and academic…

The Faculty is delighted that Dr Andrew Sanger has been awarded a University of Cambridge Pilkington Prize for Excellence in Teaching. Dr Sanger is Associate Professor of International Law at the Faculty of Law where he teaches and supervises international law and global governance, including human rights, political economy, technology and the law,…

On 21 February 2024, the award-winning online Customary IHL Database of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was updated with practice from Brazil up to the end of 2012, as well as the Philippines up to the end of 2011. This recently added practice is marked in green throughout the database. A team of British Red Cross researchers ba…

Professor Eyal Benvenisti is to step down as Director of the Lauterpacht Centre from the beginning of the upcoming Lent Term 2024. Professor Sandesh Sivakumaran will take on directorship of the Centre and will be supported by Professor Surabhi Ranganathan, who will continue in her role as Deputy Director. Professor Benvenisti took on the role of Ce…

The Centre is delighted to celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2023. The Research Centre for International Law was founded in 1983 by Sir Elihu Lauterpacht. Clive Parry, Robert Jennings and Derek Bowett all played a part in the creation of the Centre, which was set up with very little funding, to provide institutional protection for various academic …