First Visiting Professors from Luxembourg, June 2018

The FLP welcomed for the first time a delegation of two Professors, Pr. Luca Ratti and Pr. Matthew Happold from the University of Luxembourg to teach for a week long in Vientiane. They each gave a series of lectures on Public International Law and Labour law to targetting FLP lecturers.

As part of cooperation with ILSTA, they also contributed to ILSTA’s Open lectures by giving each a conference to FLP students. Professor Matthew Happold gave a conference on “International Law in a Multipolar World, Perspectives in the Age of Trump, Putin and Brexit” attended by more than 140 professors and students.

Pr. Ratti also gave an open lecture on “The Core Concepts of Labour Law and their Evolution”. He outlined the origins, sources and general principles of labour law, as well as the termination of the employment relationship and unfair dismissal protections .