Programme
6 June 2025
8:45 : Welcoming Participants
9:00 : Welcoming
from Frédéric Worms, Director of Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France
9:05 : Introduction
from the Chair of the Conference: Florian Couveinhes Matsumoto & Paolo Davide Farah
9:10 : Address from the ESIL Interest Group Chairs and Conveners
Paolo Davide Farah – Chair of the ESIL IG on EU and International Rule of Law
Daria Boklan – Co-Convener of ESIL IG on International Environmental Law
Elena Cima - Co-Convener of the ESIL IG on Energy and International Law
José Gustavo Prieto Muñoz - Co-Convener ESIL IG on International Economic Law
9:15 : Addressing the Negative Externalities of Trade
Keynote Speaker : Gregory Shaffer, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington DC, USA
10:00 : Discussants, Q&A and Debate
Florian Couveinhes Matsumoto & Paolo Davide Farah
10:15 : Break
Inaugural Panel - The Relationship between International Environmental Law and International Economic Law
Chair : Gregory Shaffer, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington DC, USA
10:30 : The Emperor’s Green Clothes : Exposing the Structural Pathologies of Environmental Exceptions in Trade and Investment Agreements
Caroline Henckels, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Promoting Corporate Environmental Standards Through Interlegality
Jaye Ellis, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Balancing the Energy Trilema Through Dispute Resolution Reform
Guillermo Garcia Sanchez, Texas A & M University
Business, Human Rights, and the Environment : Indigenous Perspectives and the 2024 WIPO Treaty
Paolo Davide Farah, West Virginia University (USA) and gLAWcal – Global Law Initiatives for Sustainable Development
12:00 : Q&A and Debate
Panel 1 - Reframing International Rules on Subsidies and Industrial Policy for a Sustainable Future – ESIL Energy and International Law
Chair : Ilaria Espa, University of Lugano, Switzerland
12:15 : Green Subsidies and WTO Rules
Gabrielle Marceau, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Mapping Current Subsidy Practices and Their Effects
Elettra Bargellini, Dublin City University, Ireland
Subsidies, Industrial Policies and Dispute Settlement
Tetyana Payosova, International Trade Law and Policy Expert
Subsidies and Renewable Energy
Elena Cima, University of Geneva, Switzerland
13:15 : Q&A and Debate
13:30 : Lunch Break
Panel 2 - Reframing International Trade Law - Principles and Exceptions
Panel Chair : Gabrielle Marceau, University of Geneva
15:00 : Climate Change Interpretation of Trade Rules or Used as Guise for Protectionism ?
Daria Boklan, HSE
Can Climate Change Be Considered "Other Emergency In International Relations" Under Article XXI(B) of the GATT94 ? The Potential Strengthening Of Environmental Restrictions in a Context of Securitization of International Trade
Justo Corti-Varela, UNED, Spain
Navigating Through a Fragmented International Legal Order : Is There a Place For Sectoral Agreements on Trade and Environment Outside the WTO ?
Antoine Comont, Universite de Bordeaux, France
15:45 : Q&A and Debate
16:00 : Break
Panel 3 - The Tools of Trade Agreements and Policies, and Their (In)Efficiency - Ecological-Economic Agreements
Panel Chair : Paolo Davide Farah, West Virginia University (USA) and gLAWcal – Global Law Initiatives for Sustainable Development
17:00 : Towards a New Generation of Agreements for Sustainability
Rhea Tamara Hoffmann, University of Siegen, Germany
Strengthening International Climate Change Mitigation Law through Regional Trade Agreements ? Prospects and Obstacles for Concretization, Adjudication and Enforcement
Andreas Buser, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Sustainability Impact Assessments of Trade Agreements : Harm Prevention and Due Diligence
Johanna Aleria Lorenzo, University of Amsterdam
The Agreement on Climate Change, Trade and Sustainability (ACCTS) : Check and Balances Between the Institutional System and the Environmental Commitments
Esther López Barrero, Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), Spain
18:15 : End of the 1th day
7 June 2025
Panel 4 - The Tools of Trade Agreements and Policies, and Their (In)Efficiency Ecological-Economic Agreements - Ecological-Economic Policies
Chair : Justo Corti-Varela, UNED, Spain
9:30 : The Protection of Marine Ecosystems Through Trade : Assessing the European Union Toolbox
Justine Muller, National University of Singapore, Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL)
Biodiversity Protection in EU Policy : Balancing Disclosure Enforcement, and the Role of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive in The Omnibus Review
Marco Corradi, ESSEC Business School, Paris, France
Silvia Grandi, University of Bologne, Italy
Marios Iacovides, Uppsala University, Sweden
10:00 : Q&A and Debate
Panel 5 - Reframing International Investment Law
Panel Chair : Catharine Titi, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)–CERSA, University Paris-Panthéon-Assas, France
10:15 : General Principles of International Law : Bridging Investment Arbitration and Environmental Protection
Marina-Elissavet Konstantinidi, Independent Researcher, Brussels
Should I Stay or Should I Go ? A Comparative Analysis of the Exclusion of Protection for Fossil Fuel Investments Under the Modernized ECT and in the Event of Withdrawal from the ECT
Johannes Tropper, University of Vienna, Austria
Between Sovereignty and Systemic change : MDBs and Paris Alignment in Development Policy Lending
Katerina Akestoridi, Boston University, Global Development Policy Center, USA
11:00 : Q&A and Debate
11:15 : Break and Poster Presentations
Panel 6 - Key “Hybrid” Institutions and Themes
Panel Chair : Jaye Ellis, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
12:00 : Revisiting and Comparing International Legal Arrangements Governing Transfer of Technology in International Economic Law For Sustainability
Felipe de Andrade, University of Antwerp and KU Leuven, Belgium
International Law and Circular Economy : The Case of Recycling Raw Materials Necessary for the Energy Transition
Victor Grandaubert, Université Paris Nanterre - Centre de droit international de Nanterre (CEDIN), France
The Challenges of Including The/A One Health Approach in a Legally Binding Instrument
María Juliana Tenorio Quintero, Permanent Mission of Colombia to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland
Managing Regime Conflicts in Climate Governance : Towards a More Structured Approach to Systemic Integration
Huiwen Yang, National University of Singapore, Asia Pacific Centre of Environmental Law, Singapore
13:00 : Q&A and Debate
13:15 : Lunch Break & Poster Presentations
Panel 7 - Reconnecting the Global Ecological-Economic Legal Framework with General International Law and Theories of Justice
Panel Chair : Florian Couveinhes Matsumoto, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France
15:00 : The Emergence of an Environmental Jus Cogens Norm : Rethinking General Obligations in International Economic and Environmental Law
Kasim Balarabe, O P Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana, India
Bringing Ecological and Socioeconomic Justice Together : A Law & Political Economy Approach to Planetary and Earth System Justice
Gauthier Martens, UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles, Belgiu
16 :00 : Closure
Poster Paper Presentations
June 6, 16:00–17:00 and June 7, 13:00–15:00
The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms : Legal Implications for International Trade and Cooperation
Benedicta Naa Sackiorkor Quarcoo, Luiss Guido Carli University Law School, Italy
June 6, 16:00–17:00 and June 7, 13:00–15:00
Engineering Biology, Planetary Health and New WTO Law : Examining the Role of International Standards in Operationalizing the Principle of (Rebuttable) Presumption of Compliance under WTO law
Mariela (Maidana-Eletti) de Amstalden, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
June 6, 16:00–17:00 and June 7, 13:00–15:00
Cultural and Natural Heritage in Investment Arbitration : A Misalignment that Needs Alternative Paths
Nehir Arslan, Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis, France
June 6, 16:00–17:00 and June 7, 13:00–15:00
Who Pays for Environmental Harm ? State and Corporate Responsibility in International Law
Valerio Sinaj, IUSS Pavia & Universita di Roma Unitelma Sapienza, Italy
June 6, 16:00–17:00 and June 7, 13:00–15:00
China's Industrial Policy and World Trade Law
Xiaofeng Li, Durham Law School, United Kingdom
June 6, 16:00–17:00 and June 7, 13:00–15:00
The Environmental and Economic Dimensions of Litigation in National and International Courts : fossil fuels companies versus international climate change law
Farouk Ghazi Badji Mokhtar-Annaba University, Algeria, & Tareck Alsamara, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia
June 7, 11:15–12:00 and 13:00–15:00
Rethinking the Settlement of International Investment Disputes to Address Ecological Challenges
Claudia Pharaon, Leiden Law School, The Netherlands
June 7, 11:15–12:00 and June 7, 13:00–15:00
Assessing the “Sustainability” Aspect and Implications of the EU-Angola Sustainable Investment Facilitation Agreement vis-à-vis Critical Minerals Supply Chain
Preetkiran Kaur, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, Centre for Trade and Investment Law, India
June 7, 11:15–12:00 and 13:00–15:00
Interpretation of International Investment Law : Towards an Ecological Approach ?
Laura Létourneau Tremblay, University of Inland Norway, Norway,
June 7, 11:15–12:00 and 13:00–15:00
Causation in Climate Change Litigation : Legal Challenges and Alternative Approaches
Mohamed Abubakr Abdelmaqsoud, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
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