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International Lawyers and Legal Activists
The League of Nations served as a platform where international lawyers and legal activists with varying agendas were actively engaged. Significant initiatives were undertaken within its commissions, international legal organisations and non-governmental bodies – particularly in the fields of international criminal law and humanitarian law.
International Lawyers and Legal Activists in the Interwar Period. Legal Networks and Debates in International Law
During the interwar period, the League of Nations and its institutional environment emerged as a central arena where international lawyers and legal activists with diverse agendas operated. Within its commissions, international legal associations and non-governmental organisations, significant initiatives were launched in the fields of international criminal law and humanitarian law, whose long-term effects became evident after 1945.
The project examines from biographical, network-theoretical and institutional-historical perspectives the scope and limitations of agency exercised by international lawyers, diplomats and independent intellectuals in this arena. It focuses on two internationally renowned jurists and diplomats from Southeastern Europe who exemplify different thematic fields, interests and modes of action: Vespasian Pella from Romania and Nikolaos Politis from Greece.