Hague Academy of International Law

Recommendation 359 (1963)

Author(s):

Parliamentary Assembly

Origin

Assembly debate on 9th May 1963 (7th Sitting) (see Doc. 1575, report of the Legal Committee). Text adopted by the Assembly on 9th May 1963 (7th Sitting).

The Assembly,

Considering that The Hague Academy of International Law constitutes one of the best-organised and most active centres for Advanced. Studies of Public and Private International Law ;

Considering the valuable and objective nature of the teaching given at the Academy by experts in international law of various nationalities to jurists, specialised students, young members of the teaching profession and diplomats from every part of the world ;

Considering the high standard of the diploma awarded by the Academy to students who pass the annual examination,

Recommends that the Committee of Ministers ;

a draw the attention of member Governments to the activities of The Hague Academy of International Law and the results achieved by it ;

b ask member Governments :

to encourage, in particular, their civil servants, members of the teaching profession, jurists and diplomats to take the courses at the Academy, by granting them the necessary facilities such as special leave, travelling and subsistence allowances, etc. ;

as far as possible, to take into account - as in the case of other university diplomas - the diploma granted by the Academy, whenever they appoint civil servants specialised in the field of public or private international law.