The Directorate of Legal Advice and Public International Law fulfills its mandate through three entities. Each of them handles a specific set of tasks.


The Legal Advice and Litigation Department is organised around two subdivisions:


The Public International Law Division

Treaty Office


Moreover, the DLAPIL provides the Secretariat of the Advisory Panel of Experts on Candidates for Election as Judge to the European Court of Human Rights.

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Directorate of
Legal Advice and
Public International Law
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