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Adam Nalgiev, a Ph.D student at the School of International Law of the Faculty of Law and a research assistant at the Laboratory of International Justice, was awarded the International Law in the XXI Century Award for the best scientific paper on public international law, hosted by International and Comparative Law Research Center. The topic of the paper: “Inconsistency in practice of investment tribunals on the issues of proof: does the reform have anything to offer?”.

In 2023, the team of the Faculty of Law of the Higher School of Economics took part in Willem С. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. The HSE Faculty of Law team was represented by 4^th year bachelor students Yaroslava Branovskaya, Maria Eremenko and Anna Zaikina, and also 3^rd year bachelor students Kamilla Makhmudova and Alexey Tolstykh.

On April 7, Round Table on the topic “Protection of the rights and legitimate interests of sanctioned Russian individuals in international courts” was held at the Faculty of Law of the Higher School of Economics. The event was organized by the Faculty of Law of the Higher School of Economics.

On 20 March 2023, Aleksei Petrenko, Associate Professor of the School of International Law, successfully defended his doctoral thesis at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. The title of his dissertation is «The Right to Regulate in International Economic Law: Towards a General Theory with Lessons from the GATS». During the defense, Aleksei demonstrated a deep level of knowledge and research skills in his field. He presented original scientific results that received high praise from the doctoral committee.

The HSE Faculty of Law team has successfully taken part in the Russian rounds of the prestigious competition in international law named after F. Jessup (International Law Philip C. Jessup Moot Court Competition), held from February 1 to 5 in in-person format.

On December 6-7, 2022, the IX Annual International Conference of Young Scientists "Actual Problems of World Politics" was held within the framework of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.

On December 10, 2022, a competition on international law was held among 2nd year bachelor students. The competition was held as a simulation of the hearing of the case in the International Court of Justice according to the rules of the Ph. Jessup Competition. 

The Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot (FDI Moot), the most prestigious competition in the field of international investment arbitration, was held in early November.