The instruction of international law was started
in 1984 with professor Dr Vanda Lamm, head of department between 1984-1998.
The curriculum was based on the traditions of other Hungarian law faculties,
however the training structure aimed at preparing students (beside basic
principles and introduction to international law) for applying and interpreting
international treaties in their legal careers. Students´ attention was focused on the demand to follow the international jurisprudence as well.
Since 1999,
professor Péter Kovács
(PhD, dr habil) has assumed the direction of the department. Beside his
university career, Péter Kovács has also been involved in diplomacy
as 1st class secretary of the Hungarian embassy to Paris (1990-1994), member
of intergovernmental expert committees of the Council of Europe, drafting
the European Charter of Regional or Minority Languages and the Framework-convention
for the Protection of National Minorities in Europe & head of the department
of Human Rights and Minority law of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (1998-1999).
Elected in 2005 to the Constitutional Court, he stepped down of the chair
but he is still deeply involved in the lecturing program.
Professor Péter Kovács
The method of teaching follows the French traditions
and the basic textbook is the Hungarian adaptation of the Droit international
public by Nguyen Quoc Dinh-Daillier-Pellet, prepared by Peter Kovács.
A special attention is devoted to diplomatic practice.
The accredited PhD programme of the Department
is entitled "Theory and practice of human rights". We offer inter alia the
possibility to follow and to analyse the jurisprudence of the European Court
of Human Rights and to study the international protection of national minorities.
International humanitarian law and diplomatic law also belong to the field
of research of the department. The department encourages students to take
part in different Moot Court activities, like Jean Pictet, René Cassin, Charles
Rousseau etc. Until now, four PhD dissertations were defended. (Rita Petró,
Krisztina Horváth, former assistants of the department, Gábor Sulyok and
Csaba Pákozdy) Collegues:
Csaba Pákozdy senior lecturer, and Eszter Kirs
university assistant, holders of foreign postgraduate diplomas,
Orsolya Garamvölgyi,
and
Anikó Raisz PhD students.
Eszter Kirs, Csaba Pákozdy
Orsolya Garamvölgyi, Csaba Pákozdy, Anikó Raisz