The Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights
P.O. BOX 4
FI-00014 UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI
Tel. +358 (0)9 191 23140
Fax +358 (0)9 191 23076
intlaw-institute(at)helsinki.fi
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Welcome!

The Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights (ECI) was established in 1998 within the Faculty of Law at the University of Helsinki as a centre for research and study. The Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights was named after Professor Erik Castrén.
The aim of the Institute is to promote research on human rights and new approaches to public international law.
News
ECI receives excellent results in the University of Helsinki international research evaluation - for more, see http://www.helsinki.fi/arviointi2010-2012/eng/
On-line article :
Ihmisoikeudet terrorismin vastaisen sodan jaloissa
Martti Koskenniemi: new articles
INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE EMERGENCE OF MERCANTILE CAPITALISM Grotius to Smith (unpublished paper)
- Histories of International law: Dealing with Eurocentrism, Zeitschrift des Max-Planck-Instituts für europäische Rechtsgeschichte, Rg 19/2011
- The mystery of legal obligation, International Theory (2011), 3:2, 319–325
Martti Koskenniemi awarded Doctor Honoris Causa at Frankfurt Goethe University
Martti Koskenniemi again selected for the Academy Professor 2012-2016
New publications: Magdalena Kmak: The Scope and Application of the Principle of Universal Jurisdiction
Visit by Prof. Craig Scott, article on Charter cities give law experts food for thought
Internet article: Uuskolonialistista rikosoikeutta?
Martti Koskenniemi: EMPIRE AND INTERNATIONAL LAW: THE REAL SPANISH CONTRIBUTION, University of Toronto Law Journal, Volume 61, Number 1 /2011
Martti Koskenniemi: What Use for Sovereignty Today? Asian Journal of International Law, 1 (2011), pp. 61–70
Jan Klabbers: Autonomy, constitutionalism and virtue in international institutional law: forthcoming in Nigel White & Richard Collins (eds.), International Organisations and the Idea of Autonomy (Routledge 2011)
Jan Klabbers: Global Governance before the ICJ: Re-reading the WHA Opinion:13 Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law (2009), 1-28
Publication: Human Rights and Crisis Management - A handbook for members of CSDP missions (pdf)
Events
- Guest lecture by Mary Ellen O'Connell hosted by ECI & Pugwash Committee on "Attack Drones and the Challenge to Peace"
16 May
- Helsinki Summer Seminar 20-31 August 2012 on International Law and Capitalism: Explorations into the Legal Architecture of the Political Economy
- Helsinki Summer Seminar 2013
Rule of Law: A Contested Concept? A new Ideology of the Rule of Law in Development
