UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE

On September 30, Dr. Markus Perkams and Dr. Lars Markert, LL.M., were appointed as Honorary Professors at the Faculty of Law. Both have been long-standing lecturers at the IILCC, offering courses in investment law each semester. We sincerely thank Prof. Dr. Markert and Prof. Dr. Perkams for their years of dedication and congratulate them on this well-deserved appointment!

For the ninth time, the ELSA Summer School on International Investment Law took place in cooperation with the University of Athens. For several days, students received a profound training in international investment law, covering both basic and specialized issues. Jun.-Prof. Dr. Julian Scheu gave a guest lecture on "Challenges to and Enforcement of Investment Treaty Arbitration Awards". Please find the program of the Summerschool here.

Climate change threatens human rights and requires effective measures to combat it. However, these measures cannot be financed solely by public funds, but require large sums of private capital. Against this backdrop, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Julian Scheu and Eva-Maria Wettstein argue that states have a human rights obligation to close the so-called "climate investment gap" and analyse three practical examples. The article "Climate Change, Human Rights, and Private Capital: The Obligation of States to Close the Climate Investment Gap" has recently been published in the Austrian Review of International and European Law.

On June 21 to 22, 2024, the members of the Krickenbeck Circle met for the 14th time at Schloss Montabaur to discuss recent developments in international investment law. The conference was again organized by the the International Investment Law Centre Cologne and the University of Siegen. The conference report will be published later this year.