Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law

The Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (Max Planck Institute for International Law, MPIL) is a legal research institute located in Heidelberg, Germany.

The institute currently employs 69 scientific staff and is led by two co-directors, Armin von Bogdandy (since 2002) and Anne Peters (since 2013).

Moreover, the institute's directors traditionally have held outstanding positions in national and international courts and bodies: Former research assistants include Hans-Peter Kaul, sitting vice president of the International Criminal Court,[2] Juliane Kokott, sitting Advocate General of the European Court of Justice,[3] former Justice in the International Court of Justice Carl-August Fleischhauer,[4] and Georg Nolte, present member of the United Nations International Law Commission.

[6] Guests are involved in the institute's programs, especially symposia, lectures and the weekly meetings of the research staff, as well as various staff-led working groups on specific subject areas.

[1] The institute is part of the network Max Planck Law.