Friday 12 April 2013

08:30–09:00

Registration commences

Registration

09:00–09:15

Welcome Address

Dapo Akande
University of Oxford

Jeremy Carver
Clifford Chance & President of International Law Association (British Branch)

Welcome Address

09:15–10:45

Opening Plenary - Chair: Dapo Akande (University of Oxford)

The 'New' International Institutions

Dan Sarooshi
University of Oxford

International Institutions: Pushing the Boundaries of the Law

Nico Krisch
Hertie School of Government, Berlin

The Challenge of Informality

Alan Boyle
Edinburgh Law School and Essex Court Chambers, London

Judicial Settlement of Environmental Disputes: Why an International Environmental Court is Not the Answer

10:45–11:15

11:15–12:45

Parallel Panel 1 - Chair: Maurice Mendelson QC (Blackstone Chambers)

Interpretation and Constitutionalism

Julian Arato
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Treaty Interpretation and Constitutional Transformation: Informal Change in International Organisations

Ingo Venzke
University of Amsterdam

A Global Separation of Powers? Balancing Institutions in Making International Law

Richard Collins
University of Sheffield

The 'Institutional Problem' and the Deployment of Constitutional Analogy in Modern International Law

Alison Duxbury
University of Melbourne

Interpreting Constituent Instruments and the Membership Practice of International Organisations

Parallel Panel 2 - Chair: Rae Lindsay (Clifford Chance)

The Institutionalisation of Trade and Finance

Giovanna Adinolfi
University of Milan

The Regulation of Capital Movements in the Law and Practice of the IMF

Mary Footer
University of Nottingham

Gregory Messenger
University of Oxford

The Role of Transnational Law and Legal Process in Secondary Rule-Making at the WTO

Giedre Jokubauskaite
University of Edinburgh

The World Bank Now and Then: Examining the Legal Landmarks of Its Broadening Mandate

12:45–14:00

14:00–15:30

Parallel Panel 3 - Chair: Antonios Tzanakopoulos (University of Oxford)

Complexity in the Law of Institutional Responsibility

Chanaka Wickermasinghe
Foreign & Commonwealth Office

The Relationship between Responsibility and Immunities of International Actors

Sotirios-Ioannis Lekkas
British Institute of International and Comparative Law

Institutional Short-Circuits in International Criminal Justice: The Turbulent Practice of Security Council Referrals to the ICC

Nikolaos Voulgaris
King's College London

Rethinking Indirect Responsibility: A Study about Article 17 of the Draft Articles on the Responsibility of International Organizations and the Coherence of the Law of International Responsibility

Parallel Panel 4 - Chair: Elizabeth Wilmshurst (Chatham House)

Proliferation of International Institutions

Yoshinobu Takei
University of Kiel

Prolifertion of International Institutions in the Field of International Law of the Sea: A Threat to Global Ocean Governance

Jan Wouters
Catholic University Leuven

Jed Odermatt
University of Leuven, Belgium

Comparing the 'Four Pillars' of Global Economic Governance: A Critical Analysis of the Institutional Design of the FSB, WB, IMF, WTO

Richard Burchill
University of Hull

The Impact of Regional Organisations on Global Governance: The Value of Diversity

15:30–16:00

16:00–17:30

Keynote Plenary & Inaugural Oxford Global Justice Lecture - Chair Catherine Redgwell (University College London & Chichele Professor of International Law - Elect, University of Oxford Faculty)

Patricia O'Brien
UN Legal Counsel, New York

International Criminal Justice: Where do we Stand Today?

Payam Akhavan
McGill University, Montreal

Charles C. Jalloh
University of Pittsburgh

Panel Discussion

17:30–19:00

ILA, British Branch, Executive Council Meeting

19:30–21:00

Saturday 13 April 2013

09:00–10:30

Plenary: International Institutions from the Perspective of Legal Advisers - Chair: Edward Kwakwa (World Intellectual Property Organization)

Alice Lacourt
Legal Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Sanctions and the Rule of Law

Peter Quayle
Legal Counsel, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

International Institutional Accountability: Internal and External

Stephen Bouwhuis
Commonwealth Secretariat

The Role of Legal Advisers in International Organisations

10:30–11:00

11:00–12:30

Parallel Panel 5 - Chair: Dan Sarooshi (University of Oxford)

Institutional Dispute Management

Sophie Dawkins
Conflict Dynamics International

Bart Smit Duijzentkunst
University of Cambridge

Peace through Law: Consent Management Strategies in International Arbitration

Naomi Burke
University of Cambridge

The Edge of the Continental Shelf: Is the CLCS being Left Behind?

Isobel Roele
University of Cardiff

Docile States: The UN Security Council and Disciplinary Power

Parallel Panel 6 - Chair: Martins Paparinskis (University of Oxford)

Hybrid Institutions

Eliza Ruozzi
University of Turin

The Changing Patterns of International Trade Regulation: The SPS and TBT Agreements and the Rise of Private Standardisation

Lisa Clarke
European University Institute

Remedies in the Context of Hybrid Forms of Global Governance: A Case Study of Global Health Public-Private Partnerships

Christoph Good

Antoine Schnegg

Constitutionalising Custom in International Humanitarian Law? - The Experimental Codification of Customary IHL by the ICRC

12:30–14:00

13:00–

14:00–15:30

Parallel Panel 7 - Chair: Nancy Eisenhauer (University of Oxford)

International Institutions and the Regulation of Technology

Richard Gardiner
University College London

Acquisition by the International Telecommunications Union of Powers over Time and Space

David Fidler
Indiana University

Internet Governance and International Telecommunications Regulations

Edward Kwakwa
Legal Counsel, World Intellectual Property Organization

The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy: Law-Making by Other Means?

Parallel Panel 8 - Chair: Jure Vidmar (University of Oxford)

Regional Institutional Aspects

Theodore Christakis
University of Grenoble

Regional Organisations and the Use of Force

Efthymios Papastavridis
Academy of Athens & Democritus University of Thrace

EUNAVFOR Operation Atalanta Off the Coast of Somalia: The EU in Unchartered Waters?

Katja Samuel
University of Reading

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and its Underestimated Potential to Influence International Law-Making

15:30–16:00

16:00–17:00

Closing Plenary - Chairs: Dapo Akande & Antonios Tzanakopoulos (University of Oxford)

Guy Goodwin-Gill
University of Oxford and Blackstone Chambers

Kristin Boon
Seton Hall Law School

Closing Plenary