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We aim to enrich academic programmes, competence and capacity of individuals in the field of law. By doing so, we seek to strengthen the Rule of law and justice institutions in Lao PDR.
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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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Congratulations to the Lao team participating in the Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot Court, which was again this year exceptionally organized through a virtual format due to covid-19, from 9-13th March,2022. The University of Luxembourg has been actively supporting NUoL’s participation in this international competition! Dr. Perrine Simon, the Liaison Officer of Uni.lu, has been coaching the team during from the January to March and hosted the team during the competition at the Project’s office at the Faculty of Law and Political Science.
The Lao team has been trained intensively after winning the National Round in December 2021 until the last day of the competition. They worked extremely hard and put a lot of effort into this highly competitive moot court on International Criminal Law, entirely in English, to challenge universities from the Asia-Pacific region.
After five days of competition, with a total of 24 teams of law students across the Asia-Pacific, Singapore Management University (Yong Pung How School of Law) won the competition. The first runner-up was awarded to University Gadjah Mada (Faculty of Law), Dylan Jesse Andrian from Universitas Gadjah Mada won the Best Mooter. The best prosecution memorial was awarded to the University of Hong Kong and the best defense memorial went to the Chinese university in Hong Kong and Chulalongkorn University. The Quarter-Finalist teams were: Interantional Isalamic University Malaysia, Singapore Management University, the University of Hongkong, the University of Tokyo, the University of New South Wales, the University Gadjah Mada, the University of San Agustin and Victoria University of Wellington. For more details on the 20th IHL Moot Court competition results and announcement, you can find the link here: https://www.redcross.org.hk/en/moot20/results.html.
Laos did not make it to the top eight teams but the team got very positive feedback from the judges during the oral pleading of the general rounds! They also managed a good scoring in the written memorials with an average of good-good+.
This Moot court organised by the ICRC is a great way to stimulate legal thinking, by learning how to develop legal arguments appropriately. Students also have improved their critical thinking and problem solving skills, analyzing skill, presentation skills, debating skills and also their English!
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Under the framework of the Inter-University Cooperation project between the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and Lao People’s Democratic Republic, the University of Luxembourg and the National University of Laos are proud to open a call for applications for the third student exchange at the University of Luxembourg thanks to the Erasmus+ Progamme funded by the European Union.
We are happy to offer a grant covering all expenses (travel, cost of living including) to study for one semester at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) of the University of Luxembourg, which will provide a friendly and dynamic international academic environment at the heart of the Europe.
We are looking for enthusiastic students preparing a law degree or willing to enter a law career/law degree in the future. Candidates will be selected on the basis of the excellency of their grades, interest for studying law, the quality of their application and their level of English (B2 recommended).
The selected student will be able to follow law courses in English such as Introduction to Law, Global Constitutional Law, Public International Law, Global Constitutional Law, Philosophy of Law, Public Administration with a comparative Law Perspective and Introduction to International Private Law.
Applications must be written in English and should encompass:
– A CV with full contact details;
– A motivation letter.
Deadline: 30th of March 2022
Selected candidates will be contated for an interview online on 1st of April 2022.
Applications must be sent to Ms Sonenaly Nanthavong s.nanthavong@nuol.edu.la and Dr Perrine Simon perrine.simon@ext.uni.lu
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In the framework of the Inter-University Cooperation Project Lao-Luxembourg, the University of Luxembourg organised a special online lecture on the “International Bill of Human Rights” on 23rd February 2022. We had the pleasure to welcome again Dr. Başak Bağlayan, post-doctoral researcher at the University of Luxembourg. Ms. Bağlayan’s conference focused on the “International Bill of Human Rights”; she presented the instruments constituting this bill of rights: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), and the optional protocols to ICCPR. Ms. Bağlayan elaborated on the content of these instruments and their legal status. The presentation later particularly focuses on the implementation and monitoring mechanisms of the ICCPR and ICESCR, including their scope of application. Dr.Başak Bağlayan concluded her lecture by explaining the rules of treaty reservation.
The lecture was attended via Zoom by 117 participants including students of the FLP, as well as lecturers, and Academic staffs from the Faculty of Law and Political Science, the National Institute of Justice, the Faculty of Law and Administration of Champasack University. Participants actively engaged with the guest speaker in the Q&A session.
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The University of Luxembourg is proud to announce the opening of applications to select academic staff to undertake research in the field of law from the Faculty of Law and Political Science of the National University of Laos to pursue a research project under the supervision of the Inter-University Cooperation Project Laos-Luxembourg.
Criteria
The research programme is dedicated to Lao lecturers to improve their academic and research skills in the legal field, in order in the long-run to strengthen the capacities of the Faculty of Law and Political Science of the National University of Laos. Applicants must be lecturers at the Faculty of Law and Political Science of NUOL, with at least a Bachelor degree in law or with a strong component in law. There are no criteria in terms of age. Candidates will be selected based on merit. The University of Luxembourg will have full discretion in the selection and or rejection of the applications.
In line with the “Luxembourg General Cooperation Strategy for Sustainable Development – Road to 2030”, the Inter-University Project welcomes research proposals falling under the following themes:
- Rule of law and governance;
- Fundamental rights;
- Gender equality;
- Environment sustainability and climate protection.
Supervision
The Project will provide thorough research guidance during the grant period. The selected candidates will be supported to carry out their research and be supervised by the Project’s Liaison Officer through regular meetings to share the progress of their research.
Selected candidates will be required to participate fully in capacity building activities organised by the Inter-University Cooperation (seminars, research workshops, etc) and will be asked to present their research to the public. They will also have to submit advancement reports every 3 months, in accordance with the research contract signed with the University of Luxembourg.
Administration
Selected candidates will receive a grant equivalent to 1 200 EUR to complete their research.
The scholarship will be granted by Uni.lu to the lecturer in 4 instalments. Payment of the Uni.lu’ scholarship is based on merit and will be conditional on compliance with the obligations of the researcher set up in the “scholarship agreement” including in particular the submission of advancement reports every 3 months to the Liaison Officer of Uni.lu in Vientiane.
The candidates will be entirely responsible for the management of the funding allocated; no extra-costs will be borne by the Project.
The candidates will conduct their research from Lao PDR.
Selected candidates shall ensure that their research complies with the University of Luxembourg procedures, in particular on research ethics and plagiarism.
The research will take the form of a paper written in Lao or in English. The length of the final paper will be discussed with the Liaison Officer. The research must be completed within one year from the date of signing the grant contract, and the agreed research outcome submitted.
Applicants can only apply for a funding grant as an individual researcher, not as a team or institution.
Application
The application must be written in Lao or in English and should encompass:
– A cover letter (not to exceed 2 pages);
– A curriculum vitae with full contact details including academic experience (courses taught, previous research experience, university curriculum, etc);
– A research proposal (not to exceed 3 pages), including the bibliography. The project proposal should include a description of the research topic (introduction), the hypothesis, research objectives and envisaged methodology as well as a short bibliography (15 references maximum).
Application deadline: 28 February 2022
The pre-selected candidates will be invited for an interview.
Applications should be submitted to Dr. Perrine Simon: perrine.simon@ext.uni.lu
and to Ms. Thongkhoon Xayyahong: thongkhoonxayyahong@gmail.com
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On the 16th of December 2021, Ms. Daopakay SOUVANNALATH and Ms. Noutthida MISOUPHAN the winner of the national round and the mooter, and Ms. Soudaphone VIRAVONGSA the researcher were rewarded for their participation in the Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot Court competition international round, as a represents of the lao team. The competition was exceptionally organized through a virtual format on 11-12 March 2021 by submission of memorials and virtual oral hearings, in which over a hundred of law students from different Asia-Pacific cities gathered on-line. A total of 26 teams of law students, competed in a series of simulated trials of controversial issues related to armed conflicts and humanitarian challenges. The event is now the largest inter-university competition in scale of its kind in the Asia-Pacific Region.
The certificates were handed-over by Dr. Perrine Simon, the Project’s Liaison Officer of the University of Luxembourg who is managing the Inter-University Cooperation Project and has been intensely coaching the three students. Congratulations once again for the hard work.
With a total of 26 teams of law students from the Asia-Pacific, Laos did not make it to the Top Eight Teams. The Quarter-Finalist Teams were: China University of Political Science and Law; Royal University of Law and Economics; Singapore Management University; The University of Hong Kong; The University of Sydney; University of the Philippines; University of Tokyo; Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka). This year no public ranking was issued for the other teams. However, the Lao team got some very good feedback from the judges’ panel. Both their written memorials and oral pleadings provided for a good style and analysis, as well as good citations and sources, with detailed references. They achieved a general scoring with the rate “good”!
This Moot court organised by the ICRC is a great way to stimulate legal thinking, by learning how to develop legal arguments appropriately. Students also have improved their presentation skills, debating skills and English!
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In the framework of the Inter-University Cooperation Project Laos-Luxembourg, the University of Luxembourg organised a special online lecture on “Criminal Law and Procedure – an overview” in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Laos. The Project had the chance to welcome Mr. David Frend, who is the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Adviser for the Mekong Region at UNDOC. Mr. Frend not only shared his theoretical but also practical knowledge with the audience as a former barrister in England with a wide range of experience as a court-based advocate at both international and domestic level.
The lecture was attended by 80 students and lecturers from the Faculty of Law and Political Science as well as from the National Institute of Justice located in Luang Prabang, Savannakhet and Vientiane on last Wednesday 8th of December via Zoom.
The speaker gave on overview of criminal law and procedure highlighting key differences between civil law and common law and dealing with actors of the criminal proceedings, definition of crime and burden of proof, constitutive elements of crime (actus reus and mens rea), types of crime as well as key aspects of the prosecution and trial phase. The participants energetically engaged with the speaker in a Q&A session for more than one hour!
Given this fruitful exchange and positive feedback, the Inter-University Project aims to organise further lectures in partnership with UNODC in 2022!