Journal of International Criminal Justice

Antonio Cassese Prize for International Criminal Law Studies

The Journal is pleased to announce the establishment of the Antonio Cassese Prize for International Criminal Law Studies. This biennial prize will award 10,000 (ten thousand euro) to the author of the most original and innovative paper published in the Journal in the two years preceding the award. The aim is to enable the winner to undertake a research or publication project, or further studies in the field of international criminal law (including aspects relating to human rights, humanitarian law issues, as well as substantive and procedural law matters).

This award does not replace the La Pira Prize which is awarded annually by Oxford University Press together with the Regional Government of Tuscany. Those who have received or will receive the La Pira Prize may also be considered for the award of the new prize.

All contributors to the Journal are eligible for the award, irrespective of their age. Preference may, however, be given to emerging authors and other persons at the beginning or at a turning point in their career. Members, or past members of the Board of Editors and the Advisory Board of the Journal cannot be considered for award, while past or current members of the Editorial Committee will be considered as eligible.

The selection will be made by the Board of Editors. Authors, when their papers are published in the Journal, should let the Board know whether they are interested in being considered for the prize.

A short-list of the best articles published during the two years for which the award is being made will be drawn up by the Board of Editors of the Journal. The short-listed authors will then be invited to submit a research proposal to be completed within two years of reception of the grant. The research proposal submitted may be part of a larger project, or could consist of a proposal for funding studies at a masters or doctoral degree level (or equivalent). It could also propose an individual project designed to lead to a major work (book or article or report). The Board of Editors may choose not to award the prize and hold it over for a subsequent year if in its view the papers or projects submitted do not reach the standards required.

For the grant of the first Antonio Cassese Prize, the Board of Editors will exceptionally select a paper published since the inception of the Journal (2003–2009). The short-listing will be made at the end of 2009, and the award will be announced in the first issue of Volume 8, JICJ (March 2010). The next Prize will be awarded in early 2012 and will cover the years 2010–2011.