8/5/2017: Geneva: Implementing the Rights to Water and Sanitation

LUNCH BRIEFING | DÉBAT DE MIDI

Implementing the Rights to Water and Sanitation

MONDAY 8 MAY 2017, 12:30 - 13:30
AUDITORIUM IVAN PICTET B | MAISON DE LA PAIX, GENEVA


The rights to water and sanitation enjoy increasing recognition under international law, however, the international mechanisms for implementing these rights remain largely unexplored. This session will address this question from the perspective of environmental and health law, with particular emphasis on the UN-ECE Protocol on Water and Health and its compliance committee.

	Gian Luca Burci is Adjunct Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute. He has served in the Legal Office of the World Health Organization since 1998 and was appointed WHO Legal Counsel in 2005. Professor Burci previously served as Legal Officer at the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna and in the United Nations Secretariat in New York. Jorge Vinuales is Adjunct Professor of International Law, Harold Samuel Professor of Law and Environmental Policy at the University of Cambridge and chair of the Compliance Committee of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Protocol on Water and Health.

8/5/2017, Geneva: Shadow World (Trade in Weapons) - Film Screeing

FILM SCREENING AND DEBATE | FILM-DÉBAT

	MONDAY 8 MAY 2017, 18:30 - 21:00 AUDITORIUM IVAN PICTET | MAISON DE LA PAIX, GENEVA
	A powerful documentary on how the international trade in weapons fosters corruption, determines economic and foreign policies, undermines democracy and creates widespread suffering. Shadow World (2016, 94 minutes, English) will be followed by a panel discussion with:  Keith Krause, Professor, International Relations/Political Science, The Graduate Institute, Geneva  Riccardo Bocco, Professor, Anthropology and Sociology of Development, The Graduate Institute, Geneva (moderator) Entry is free, but seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Summer School on "Perspectives on Regulatory Cooperation"

 Summer School on "Perspectives on Regulatory Cooperation"

June 19-23, 2017

Campus Luigi Einaudi - Turin

The Summer School on “Perspectives on Regulatory Cooperation” is organized by the Collegio Carlo Alberto. The course programme is designed to explore the normative questions raised by the emergence and the crisis of regulatory spaces that go beyond the State. The School offers participants the possibility to critically engage with mechanisms that promote regulatory cooperation across borders, the interaction between public and private bodies, their impact on democratic decision-making and on the safeguard of competing interests and values. All these issues are examined by looking both at the EU and at the international legal order, as well as from a comparative perspective.

http://www.carloalberto.org/summerschool/

19/5/2017, Geneva: The Russia – Pigs (EU) Dispute

Talking Disputes - The Russia – Pigs (EU) Dispute

AN ICTSD / WTI ADVISORS EVENT – 19 May 2017

Dear colleague,   The International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) and WTI Advisors jointly invite you to a panel discussion in Geneva on 19 May 2017.   The event This event will cover the recent WTO Appellate Body ruling in the Russia – Pigs (EU) dispute (DS475). The trade row was triggered by Russia’s rejection of certain pig and pork imports from the European Union (EU) following the detection of African swine fever (ASF) in four of its member States – Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, and Poland. ASF is a highly contagious, lethal haemorrhagic disease affecting pigs.   The Appellate Body found that Russia had indeed imposed an EU bloc-wide ban on live pigs, pork, and other pig products. The Appellate Body also clarified the “regionalization” obligations of an importing Member and that of an exporting Member under the WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement). The Appellate Body found that Russia failed to adapt its measures to regional conditions as required by the SPS Agreement. The Appellate Body’s findings uphold the bulk of an earlier panel’s conclusions circulated last August.   Following a presentation on the key findings of the Appellate Body, the experts will engage in an exchange of views on the legal and policy implications of the findings, covering international trade relations and regulatory cooperation perspectives.   Practical info Venue: Room S3, World Trade Organization (WTO), Rue de Lausanne 154, 1202 Geneva. Registration: Registration is mandatory. Please register online by COB on Wednesday 10 May 2017. Webcast: The event will also be streamed live online on the event page. Online viewers may send questions through Twitter using the hash tag #TalkingDisputes, @ICTSDTradeLaw, @WTIAdvisors or through the comment function on the ICTSD event page. Selected questions will be read and addressed by the speakers during Q&A session.   We look forward to seeing you at the event.   Agenda 12:15 – 12:45 Lunch Reception   12:45 – 13:45 Panel Discussion Presentation of the Appellate Body’s findings in Russia – Pigs (EU): Maria ALCOVER, Advisory Centre on WTO Law (ACWL) Commentators: Anait SMBATYAN, WTO Expertise Center (Moscow) Craig VANGRASSTEK, Harvard University Lorenza JACHIA, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)   13:45 – 15:00 Open Discussion   Background Talking Disputes (TD) is designed to allow for the discussion of specific WTO disputes by experts and interested professionals from relevant fields. One or two experts present key aspects of the case, setting the stage for a targeted discussion, and designated discussants provide substantive comments.   TD events are also usually streamed live online on the ICTSD web page (www.ictsd.org). Online viewers may send questions through Twitter using the hash tag #TalkingDisputes, or @ICTSDTradeLaw, @WTIAdvisors, or through the comment function on ICTSD event page. Selected questions are read and addressed by the speakers during the Q & A session.

3/5/2017, Lausanne: Negotiating trade agreements with the EU: The cautionary tale of CETA (EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement)

Negotiating trade agreements with the EU: The cautionary tale of CETA (EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement)

Professor Armand de Mestral (Emeritus Professor and Jean Monnet Professor of Law, McGill University)

Wednesday 3 May 2017 (15h15 - 16h45) - Internef - 231, Université de Lausanne

Especially today many members of society ask themselves what globalization means and how its challenges can be best addressed. Is it increased nationalism and protectionism or further cooperation and integration. Megaregionals are modern agreements that normally try to use the second approach. The most recently concluded EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement is a perfect example. Our speaker Professor Armand de Mestral (Emeritus Professor and Jean Monnet Professor of Law, McGill University) speaks about its challenges... The presentation is given is given in English as part of the course "Droit international économique" and the LLM Programme in International and European Economic and Commercial Law (Prof. Andreas R. Ziegler).

llm@unil.ch

https://agenda.unil.ch/display/1493276585421

9/5/2017, Geneva: European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Law in Investor-State Arbitration

MIDS Lecture, 9 May 2017, 18h30

European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Law in Investor-State Arbitration Prof. José Alvarez New York University (NYU)   Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdFAtDo72g7C-vYdxkaYX528MHbc6HyMapkEqPfswu8PpFr_A/viewform?c=0&w=1

Tuesday, 9 May 2017, 18h30 Maison de la Paix Room Auditorium Ivan Pictet A1-B Chemin Eugène-Rigot 2 Geneva A cocktail will be served after the lecture

Register Here

2/6/2017, Basel: Prosecuting Companies for Human Rights Violations Abroad?

An unserer Fakultät wird (in Zusammenarbeit mit der Association de Droit Pénal, AIDP) eine internationale

Konferenz zur Haftung von Unternehmen für mutmassliche Straftatbegehung im Ausland organisiert:

Prosecuting Companies for Human Rights Violations Abroad?
The Jurisdictional Issues, 2 June 2017, 9am – 4pm Law Faculty, ProIure Auditorium, JBH

Experten aus der Akademie und aus der Praxis diskutieren unter anderem die strafrechtliche Verantwortung von Unternehmen und Managern für Menschenrechtsverletzungen in Zusammenhang mit einer Geschäftstätigkeit im Ausland. Hintergrund sind Initiativen aus der Zivilgesellschaft mit dem Ziel, beispielsweise Muttergesellschaften am Sitz für bestimmte Aktivitäten ihrer Töchterunternehmen haftbar zu machen. Dies hat bereits in verschiedenen Ländern zu Gesetzes- und Rechtssprechungsänderungen geführt. Für die Schweiz ist diese Diskussion mit Blick auf die Konzernverantwortungsinitiative von aktuellem Interesse.

Sprechen werden:
Mark Pieth, Universität Basel, Schweiz

Radha Ivory, University of Queensland, Australien

Sara Beale, Duke University, U.S.A.

Cedric Ryngaert, Utrecht University, Holland

Kenneth Gallant, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, U.S.A.

Am runden Tisch diskutieren u.a. über die Konzernverantwortungsinitiative:
Mirna Adjami, Basel Institute on Governance
Felix Ehrat, Novartis, Schweiz
Flavio Noto, Staatsanwaltschaft Basel-Stadt, Schweiz
Urs Rybi, Public Eye Schweiz

Alle Interessierten sind herzlich zu dieser Veranstaltung eingeladen. Einzelheiten entnehmen Sie bitte dem anliegenden Flyer. Anmeldungen bitte bis 15. Mai 2017 an Claudine.Abt@unibas.ch.

8/5/2017, Neuchâtel: L'accueil des jeunes réfugiés en Suisse: état des lieux et réflexions pour le futur

Le Swiss Network for International Studies vous invite à cette première conférence-débat d'une série d'événements consacrés au thème de la migration dans l'optique des objectifs de développement durable.
 

Conférence-débat - Brown Bag Lunch Seminar L'accueil des jeunes réfugiés en Suisse: état des lieux et réflexions pour le futur Lundi 8 mai 2017 - 12h15-13h45 Université de Neuchâtel, avenue du 1er-mars 26, Salle B32

Des dizaines de milliers de migrants fuyant des conflits ont trouvé refuge en Europe au cours des dernières années, dont un grand nombre de mineurs non-accompagnés. Quelles sont les politiques d’accueil et d’intégration menées en Europe et en Suisse en particulier. Comment accueillir les jeunes dans une perspective d’avenir ? Quelles sont les actions au niveau local et les initiatives citoyennes qui contribuent au dialogue entre la population et les nouveaux arrivants ? Intervenantes : Denise EFIONAYI-MÄDER Vice-Directrice du Forum suisse pour l’étude des migrations et de la population (SFM), Université de Neuchâtel Katrina LOURIE Programme Officer, Intergovernmental Consultations on Migration, Asylum and Refugees (IGC), Genève Céline MAYE Déléguée à l’intégration et cheffe du Service de la cohésion multiculturelle (COSM) du Canton de Neuchâtel Melete SOLOMON-KUFLOM Fondatrice et Membre du Comité, Association de Médiatrices Interculturelles (AMIC), Genève Modérateur: Prof. Gianni D’AMATO Directeur du “nccr – on the move”, Université de Neuchâtel

Basel, 2. Juni 2017: Prosecuting Companies for Human Rights Violations Abroad?

Prosecuting Companies for Human Rights Violations Abroad?

The Jurisdictional Issues, 2 June 2017, 9am – 4pm Law Faculty, ProIure Auditorium, JBH

An unserer Fakultät wird (in Zusammenarbeit mit der Association de Droit Pénal, AIDP) eine internationale

Konferenz zur Haftung von Unternehmen für mutmassliche Straftatbegehung im Ausland organisiert:

Prosecuting Companies for Human Rights Violations Abroad?

The Jurisdictional Issues, 2 June 2017, 9am – 4pm Law Faculty, ProIure Auditorium, JBH

Experten aus der Akademie und aus der Praxis diskutieren unter anderem die strafrechtliche Verantwortung von Unternehmen und Managern für Menschenrechtsverletzungen in Zusammenhang mit einer Geschäftstätigkeit im Ausland. Hintergrund sind Initiativen aus der Zivilgesellschaft mit dem Ziel, beispielsweise Muttergesellschaften am Sitz für bestimmte Aktivitäten ihrer Töchterunternehmen haftbar zu machen. Dies hat bereits in verschiedenen Ländern zu Gesetzes- und Rechtssprechungsänderungen geführt. Für die Schweiz ist diese Diskussion mit Blick auf die Konzernverantwortungsinitiative von aktuellem Interesse.

Sprechen werden:

Mark Pieth, Universität Basel, Schweiz

Radha Ivory, University of Queensland, Australien

Sara Beale, Duke University, U.S.A.

Cedric Ryngaert, Utrecht University, Holland

Kenneth Gallant, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, U.S.A.

Am runden Tisch diskutieren u.a. über die Konzernverantwortungsinitiative:

Mirna Adjami, Basel Institute on Governance

Felix Ehrat, Novartis, Schweiz

Flavio Noto, Staatsanwaltschaft Basel-Stadt, Schweiz

Urs Rybi, Public Eye Schweiz

Alle Interessierten sind herzlich zu dieser Veranstaltung eingeladen. Einzelheiten entnehmen Sie bitte dem anliegenden Flyer. Anmeldungen bitte bis 15. Mai 2017 an Claudine.Abt@unibas.ch.

8/5/17, Geneva: Implementing the Rights to Water and Sanitation

Monday 08 May 2017, 12:30 - 13:30
Implementing the Rights to Water and Sanitation

Gian Luca Burci and Jorge Viñuales, Adjunct Professors, International Law
Register here

10/5/17, Geneva: ANNUAL UPDATE ON WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT

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	10th ANNUAL UPDATE ON WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT WEDNESDAY 10 MAY 2017 | 18:00 - 20:00 Auditorium Ivan Pictet, Maison de la paix, Geneva PROGRAMME 18:00 to 18:30 OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES AND DEVELOPMENTS IN 2016 WTO Dispute Settlement Body Developments in 2016  H.E. Ambassador Xavier CARIM, (South Africa), 2016 Chairperson of the DSB Appellate Body Developments in 2016  Professor Thomas R. GRAHAM, 2016 Chairperson of the Appellate Body 18:30 to 19:00 Progress Report on Informal Consultations to Enhance Dispute Settlement Efficiency and Procedural DSU Innovation  Karl BRAUNER, Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organization  Robert McDOUGALL, Fellow CIGI and formerly with the Canadian Mission to the WTO 19:00 to 20:00 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION ON WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT IN 2016  Steve ORAVA, Partner King & Spalding  Claudia OROZCO, Trade Law Advice  Giorgio SACERDOTI, Bocconi Univerity and Former Member of the Appellate Body Moderator:Joost PAUWELYN, Professor of International Law, The Graduate Institute, Geneva 20:00 ONWARDS Reception kindly sponsored by King & Spalding For further enquiries about this event, please send an email to ctei@graduateinstitute.ch