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LATEST NEWS
Project supported by the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Directorate for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Action
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The Inter-University Project in partnership with LuxDev-Lao/031 has organised from 20-22 January 2021 a 3-day workshop dedicated to plagiarism and research ethics in Vang Vieng. The event in English gathered 20 FLP lecturers.
This workshop took place in the framework of our support to the establishment of “Guidelines on legal research” (see). The Luxembourg Cooperation is committed to foster the recognition of the distinctiveness of law, and the pursuit of higher research standards of scholarly and scientific integrity. The foreseen guidelines are meant to describe some basic rules about academic integrity and plagiarism, which could be a first step before the creation of law journal, or the adoption of a NUOL “Code of research ethics”.
During the seminar, participants discussed what academic ethics and plagiarism are. Presentations were given by Dr. Perrine Simon and Dr. Boulaphiane Sisouk (FLP lecturer) and Dr. Latdavanh Domkeodavong. The seminar was dedicated to explaining clearly what plagiarism is, by showing examples of plagiarism and highlighting the importance of handling problems of plagiarism. Participants discussed potential solutions to improve academic ethics and plagiarism. They performed group exercises during which they had to search for examples of definitions on the website of various universities to identify how it is tackled elsewhere.
By the end of workshop, participants listed some basic rules which should be included in the Guidelines and made recommendations as regards future actions that could be established by FLP and NUOL.
The guidelines on legal research are an important tool to improve the understanding about legal research and quality research. They could serve as a benchmark for research in law, but could also inspire similar academic strategies/policies in political science, and on plagiarism and research ethics at NUOL level.
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The Inter-University Cooperation project between the University of Luxembourg and the National University of Laos has been supporting training for the ICRC International Humanitarian Law Moot Court competition at the FLP for four years. This year, the project also organised a hand-over ceremony of certificates on the 11th of November 2020, to reward the teams involved in the international round in 2020 who could not travel to Hong-Kong. This ceremony was also the opportunity to launch the 19th edition of the Moot and the preparation for the national rounds.
During the first week of December 2020, a series of online Moot training was organized via Zoom with Dr. Lawrence SIRY, who has been involved in this IHL Moot Court in the last 2 years. It was a one week intensive training with a group of 12-15 students of FLP. The students learned how to do a convincing pleading and present their arguments in a critical way and gained some in-depth knowledge about International humanitarian law and International criminal law.
Moot court competitions are an essential aspect of “Problem-based learning” and promote practice-relevant teaching. Students will not only develop their legal skills, but also enhance speaking and debating skills, as well as their English.
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The University of Luxembourg is supporting the elaboration of official guidelines for legal research by the Faculty of Law of NUOL. A committee of lecturers was created to draft these guidelines under the supervision of the two vice-dean of the FLP adjuncts to research. The committee is supported by the Liaison Officer of the Inter-University Project.
The committee meets once a month for participatory workshops led by Dr. Perrine Simon, in order to elaborate the content of these guidelines following the pre-identification of topics/chapters by Dr. Perrine Simon together with Dr. Latdavanh Donkeodavong (Deputy Head of Research and Academic Service Division). The guidelines will include chapters on the distinctiveness of legal research, sources in law, plagiarism and legal ethics, style of citation, and structuring a law research. The draft guidelines are expected to be presented at the FLP in April/May and subsequently adopted by FLP and NUOL by summer 2021. This activity is jointly organised with LuxDev (Lao/031) providing financial support.
The first workshop took place on 25th of November and was dedicated to identifying the distinctiveness of legal research. Participants discussed what is legal research, what belongs to this field and what does not. They were asked to search for material about the autonomy of law as a field (academic papers, statement by Dean’s of Law Faculties, curriculum of Universities abroad, etc.) and presented their findings to other members during the meeting.
The second workshop took place on 23rd of December and focused on primary and secondary sources in Law. Participants discussed what are the sources researchers need to look at when doing legal research. They had to search for examples in Law textbooks and academic law papers to identify the main sources widely used around the world and to present their findings to other members. The workshop was concluded by listing primary and secondary legal sources that FLP students and lecturers should take into account in their research.
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The Inter-University Cooperation Project organised its first Hybrid “Law Winter School” from 15-17 December 2020, in Vang Vieng as the previous Law Summer School in 2019. 12 candidates were selected based on their interest in improving their legal knowledge and level of English for an intensive 3-day seminar entirely in English. This edition included 9 lecturers from the FLP and 3 practitioners (one judge, one prosecutor and one lawyer).
Our Winter School was dedicated to “Rule of law principles”. It focused in particular on the principle of legality, with sessions on legal certainty, non-retroactivity and application of law in time, and access to justice and fair trial, with sessions on judicial independence and presumption of innocence. The main speakers were Dr. Lawrence Siry and Dr. Perrine Simon, with Pr. Stefan Braum joining for some discussion sessions. Each session included a theoretical part, followed by a practical part during which candidates had to work in groups on case studies.
Some sessions included pre-recorded videos or live sessions via Zoom, whereas the practical part was led by Perrine (physically present). All participants actively engaged in discussions on the meaning of Rule of law in the Lao context, the power of interpretation of judges, difficult access to judgements, judges’ ethics, and the rights of the defence. The contribution of the practitioners was extremely relevant to shed some light on some provisions of the Lao laws and on how they apply in practice.
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On the 9th of December 2020, the National round of the ICRC International Humanitarian Law Moot Court competition took place at the FLP with the support of the University of Luxembourg. This year was quite special as the judges decided on the winner partly virtually through Zoom.
Six teams composed of two mooters competed in English acting in turn as the Defence and the Prosecution pleading a fictitious case before the International Criminal Court. Judges included Mr. Sippakorn Chongchuwanich (ICRC Legal Advisor) online, and Ms. Sophia Cason from the ASIA FOUNDATION (Chief of Party, Laos Legal Aid Support Program) and Dr. Boulaphiane Sisouk (lecturer at FLP), physically present.
The teams have been trained during November and December by the University of Luxembourg with Dr. Perrine Simon and Dr. Lawrence Siry both face-to-face and virtually.
This Moot court organised by the ICRC is a great way to stimulate legal thinking, by acquiring a specific method of reasoning and learning how to develop arguments appropriately. Students also have improved their presentation skills, debating skills and English!
Congratulations to all teams and special congrats to the winning team Ms. Noutthida MISOUPHANH and Ms. Daopakay SOUVANNALATH, which will participate to the International Round in March 2021!
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In the framework of the Inter-University Cooperation Project Laos – Luxembourg , the University of Luxembourg organised its first hybrid lecture! Dr Basak Baglayan from the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance – Luxembourg, gave a lecture via Zoom to 50 participants, students and teachers from the Faculty of Law and Political Science National University of Laos , on ‘Human Rights and the United Nations’. Dr. Baglayan has been involved for more than three years in our Project. She is a distinguished expert in human rights and has written extensively in this field, in particular on business and human rights. She is also currently advising the Government of Luxembourg as an independent expert on business and human rights issues.
Given the successful interactions between the speaker and the students, more online lectures will be organised soon!