Institute of International Law

Institute of International Law (French Institut de Droit International), nongovernmental society of international law specialists devoted to the development of international law, founded in 1873. The institute aims at clarifying general principles in international law and promoting codification of the law. Its membership is restricted to 132 specialists in the theory or practice of international law. Institute proceedings are conducted in French and English. The institute's work and proceedings are published in the Annuaire de l'Institut de droit international, the institute's yearbook. Headquarters, first in Ghent (Gent), Belgium, is now in Geneva. The institute was awarded the 1904 Nobel Peace Prize.

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