European Law Students' Association
INGO | |
Purpose | To contribute to legal education, to foster mutual understanding and to promote social responsibility of law students and young lawyers. |
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Headquarters | Blv. Général Jacques 239, 1050 Brussels, Belgium |
Region served | Mainly Europe – projects worldwide |
Membership | 60,000 members in 43 countries[1] |
Official language | English |
President | Bjarki Fjalar Guðjónsson |
Secretary General | Yordan Kyurkchiyski |
Treasurer | Adéla Chloupková |
Main organ | International Board |
Website | elsa.org |
Remarks | Claims to be the world's largest independent, non-political and non-profit law students' association |
The European Law Students' Association (ELSA) is an international, independent, non-political, non-profit,
History
Five law students from Austria, Hungary, Poland and West Germany founded ELSA on 4 May 1981.[2]
Organization
ELSA is organized into local member groups active at university level (Local Group), national member groups active on a national level (National Group), and ELSA International active on an international level.
Membership of ELSA for individual law students is possible through the Local Groups (for instance ELSA Leiden[3] or ELSA Tilburg[4]). The Local Groups are member of a National Group (for instance ELSA the Netherlands[5]). The National Groups are part of the international ELSA network, which is managed by ELSA International with headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. ELSA International consists of the International Board, the ELSA International Team, and the Auditors of ELSA.[6]
The International Board is the supreme executive body of the association. Its members are elected at an International Council Meeting (ICM) (which consists of all the National Groups) for a one-year period. The International Board's responsibilities include the overall co-ordination of the organisation as a whole including the support of member groups both locally and nationally. The International Board also co-ordinates and develops ELSA's collaboration with various international organisations and institutions, governments, law firms, and companies across Europe.
Institutional relations
ELSA has gained consultative status with several United Nations bodies. In 1994, ELSA was granted Consultative Status in Category C in
ELSA was part of the Diplomatic Conference of 1998 in
In 2000, ELSA was granted Participatory Status with the Council of Europe.[10] This cooperation was further widened with the signing of a Human Rights Partnership between Council of Europe and ELSA in 2008.[11]
Furthermore, ELSA has a co-operation agreement with
Since 2002, ELSA organizes the
ELSA Network
ELSA has members and observers in
Furthermore, ELSA co-operates with other student organisations across the world, for instance the Asian Law Students' Association (ALSA) in Asia.[17]
See also
- John H. Jackson Moot Court Competition
References
- ^ "ELSA - The European Law Students' Association".
- ^ "ELSA - The European Law Students' Association | History". Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "ELSA Leiden - Home" (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "ELSA Tilburg - Home". Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "ELSA the Netherlands – The European Law Students' Association". Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "ELSA - The European Law Students' Association | ELSA International". Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "Staff". UNESCO. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "E/2016/INF/5". undocs.org. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ "Final Act of the International Criminal Court". legal.un.org. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ "INGO Database". coe-ngo.org. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "European Law Students' Association (ELSA)". Human Rights Channel. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "Accredited Observers". www.wipo.int. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "WTO - Elsa Moot Court". www.wto.org. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "WTO | 2017 News items - WTO hosts 15th anniversary final of dispute settlement competition". www.wto.org. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "European human rights moot court competition". www.coe.int. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ "ELSA - The European Law Students' Association | ELSA Network". Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "ELSA | Asian Law Students' Association". 21 November 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2020.