Graduation 2015

The seventh graduation ceremony of the LL.M. Program in International Legal Studies took place at the Great Ceremony Hall of the University of Vienna on 28th September 2015. 15 students from 13 countries were conferred the LL.M. degree together with 27 further graduates from the LL.M. Program in European and International Business Law to the music of Haydn, Mozart, and Schubert.

The graduates came from the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Italy, Japan, Korea, Nicaragua, Russia, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine.

This year’s “ best student of the year” was Teresa Crockett (Canada) who achieved A grades in all the courses offered, followed closely by Victoriya Zhun (Ukraine).

• Teresa Crockett’s thesis was supervised by Prof. Christina Binder and entitled: "Black Comedy on the World Stage: "The CJEU’s Decisions on UNSC Targeted Sanctions".
• Victoriya Zhun‘s thesis was supervised by Prof. Gerhard Hafner and entitled:"The Scope and Application of the Principle of Universal Jurisdiction in Criminal Law: Ensuring Accountability and Combating Impunity.".