Purpose
The Centre for International Law Research and Policy (CILRAP) contributes to international law knowledge-generation and -dissemination for practitioners, policy makers, researchers and others. Its knowledge platform integrates scholarship, publishing, and other forms of knowledge-transfer, informed by practical needs, with a view to contributing to strengthened international law and increased world order.
CILRAP promotes communitarian scholarship around the ideas, concepts and questions it opens up for research and discussion. It owns the independent Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher (TOAEP) which has published more than 895 authors in five publication series (enjoying more than 50 book reviews in journals and yearbooks). It has produced and maintains substantial thematic libraries online. CILRAP offers services such as CILRAP Film (with more than 500 films), CILRAP Podcast, CILRAP Conversations and Lexsitus, and grants the M.C. Bassiouni Justice Award. This short film gives an overview of some of CILRAP’s activities, with detailed information on its work through the menu links.
CILRAP’s Case Matrix Network (CMN) department engages in knowledge-transfer and capacity development and has been active in more than 30 countries. It seeks to empower those working on core international crimes cases or documentation, by providing access to legal information, legal expertise, and open access tools in the CMN Knowledge Hub.
The Centre is incorporated as an international non-profit organization in Brussels, Belgium, by Royal Decree WL 22/15.887 dated 15 June 2010, with the incorporation number 0827.424.153. The founder and responsible Director of the Centre is Morten Bergsmo. Its members include distinguished academics, professionals and students around the world as indicated on this web site and the TOAEP site. The Centre has entered into co-operation agreements with leading universities and international courts. It has a permanent CILRAP Bottega or office in the historical centre of Florence and an administrative office in Brussels.
