Flight and expulsion of Germans from Poland after World War II. Wikimedia/public domain."It is a rare event for international lawyers to overwhelmingly agree on the content, scope and interpretation of international law".
This remark by Başak Çali, Director of the Center of Global Public Law, captures well the events, during and shortly after, the Annual Conference of the European Society of International Law.
As a result of a conference session on the refugee crisis, an open letter was drafted, and within 48 hours signed by over 674 lawyers and leading experts in the field. Due to the overwhelming demand and the on-going discussions at EU level, the letter was reopened for signature and is now supported by more than 900 international lawyers including academics from all the top universities in the world.
