8:45 - Welcoming Participants
9:00 - 9:05 Welcoming from Frédéric Worms, President of Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France
9:00 – 9:10 - Introduction from the Chair of the Conference (Florian Couveinhes Matsumoto & Paolo Davide Farah)
9:10 – 9:15 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 – 10:15
Keynote Speaker: Gregory Shaffer, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington DC, USA
Addressing the Negative Externalities of Trade
10:00 – 10:15 – Discussants, Q&A and Debate - Florian Couveinhes Matsumoto & Paolo Davide Farah
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 12:15 - Inaugural Panel: The Relationship between International Environmental Law and International Economic Law
Chair: Gregory Shaffer, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington DC, USA
The Emperor’s Green Clothes: Exposing the Structural Pathologies of Environmental Exceptions in Trade and Investment Agreements
Caroline Henckel, 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 – 12:15 - Q&A and Debate
12:15 – 13:30 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
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 – 13:30 - Q&A and Debate
13:30 – 15:00 - Lunch Break
15:00 – 16:00 – Panel 2 - Reframing International Trade Law - Principles and Exceptions
Panel Chair: Gabrielle Marceau, University of Geneva
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
Q&A and Debate: 15:45 – 16:00
Break and Poster Presentations: 16:00 – 17:00
17:00 – 18:15 - 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
Towards a New Generation of Agreements for Sustainability
Rhea Tamara Hoffman, 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
9:45– 10:30 - 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
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
Q&A and Debate: 10:15 - 10:30
10:30 – 11:15 - Panel 5 - Reframing International Investment Law
Panel Chair: Catharine Titi, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)–CERSA, University Paris-Panthéon-Assas, France
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 or Protection for Fossil Fuel Investments Under the Modernized ECT and in the Event of Withdrawal from the ECT
Johannes Tropper, University of Vienna, Austria
Q&A and Debate: 11:00 – 11:15
Break and Poster Presentations: 11:15 – 12:00
12:00 – 13:00 - Panel 6 - Key “Hybrid” Institutions and Themes
Panel Chair: Jaye Ellis, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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
VictorGrandaubert, 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
Q&A and Debate: 12:45 -13:00
13:00 – 15:00 - Lunch Break and Poster Presentations
15:00 – 16:00 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
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, Belgium
June 6, 2025, 16:00 – 17:00 Break and Poster Presentations and June 7, 2025, 13:00 – 15:00 - Lunch Break and Poster Presentations: Benedicta Naa Sackiorkor Quarcoo, Luiss Guido Carli University Law School, Italy, The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms: Legal Implications for International Trade and Cooperation
June 6, 2025, 16:00 – 17:00 Break and Poster Presentations and June 7, 2025, 13:00 – 15:00 - Lunch Break and Poster Presentations: Mariela (Maidana-Eletti) de Amstalden, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, 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
June 6, 2025, 16:00 – 17:00 Break and Poster Presentations and June 7, 2025, 13:00 – 15:00 - Lunch Break and Poster Presentations: Nehir ARSLAN, Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis, France, Cultural and Natural Heritage in Investment Arbitration: A Misalignment that Needs Alternative Paths
June 6, 2025, 16:00 – 17:00 Break and Poster Presentations and June 7, 2025, 13:00 – 15:00 - Lunch Break and Poster Presentations: Valerio Sinaj, IUSS Pavia & Universita di Roma Unitelma Sapienza, Italy, Who Pays for Environmental Harm? State and Corporate Responsibility in International Law
June 6, 2025, 16:00 – 17:00 Break and Poster Presentations and June 7, 2025, 13:00 – 15:00 - Lunch Break and Poster Presentations: Xiaofeng Li, Durham Law School, United Kingdom, China's Industrial Policy and World Trade Law
June 6, 2025, 16:00 – 17:00 Break and Poster Presentations and June 7, 2025, 13:00 – 15:00 - Lunch Break and Poster Presentations: Farouk GHAZI Badji Mokhtar-Annaba University, Algeria, & Tareck ALSAMARA, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia, The Environmental and Economic Dimensions of Litigation in National and International Courts: fossil fuels companies versus international climate change law
June 7, 2025, 11:15 – 12:00 Break and Poster Presentations and June 7, 2025, 13:00 – 15:00 - Lunch Break and Poster Presentations: Claudia Pharaon, Leiden Law School, The Netherlands, Rethinking the Settlement of International Investment Disputes to Address Ecological Challenges
June 7, 2025, 11:15 – 12:00 Break and Poster Presentations and June 7, 2025, 13:00 – 15:00 - Lunch Break and Poster Presentations: Preetkiran Kaur, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, Centre for Trade and Investment Law, India, Assessing the “Sustainability” Aspect and Implications of the EU-Angola Sustainable Investment Facilitation Agreement vis-à-vis Critical Minerals Supply Chain
June 7, 2025, 11:15 – 12:00 Break and Poster Presentations and June 7, 2025, 13:00 – 15:00 - Lunch Break and Poster Presentations: Laura Létourneau Tremblay, University of Inland Norway, Norway, Interpretation of International Investment Law: Towards an Ecological Approach?
June 7, 2025, 11:15 – 12:00 Break and Poster Presentations and June 7, 2025, 13:00 – 15:00 - Lunch Break and Poster Presentations: Mohamed Abubakr Abdelmaqsoud, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman, Causation in Climate Change Litigation: Legal Challenges and Alternative Approaches
Florian Couveinhes Matsumoto, (École Normale Supérieure-Paris Sciences et Lettres (ENS-PSL), France) and Paolo Davide Farah (West Virginia University, John D. Rockefeller IV School of Policy and Politics, USA & gLAWcal – Global Law Initiatives for Sustainable Development, United Kingdom)
Daria Boklan (HSE University), Chamu Kuppuswamy (University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom), Matjaz Nahtigal (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia), Martin Svec (Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic and gLAWcal – Global Law Initiatives for Sustainable Development, UK), Till Patrik Holterhus (Leuphana Law School, Lüneburg, Germany), Denise Wohlwend (Harvard Law School, USA and Kellerhals Carrard, Zurich, Switzertland), Velimir Živković (University of Warwick School of Law, United Kingdom), Patrick Abel (University of Passau, Germany and European University Institute, Fiesole, Italy), Carlo De Stefano (Roma Tre University, Italy), José Gustavo Prieto Munoz (Ghent University).
This conference is organized as a European Society of International Law (ESIL)-supported event by the École Normale Supérieure-Paris Sciences et Lettres (ENS-PSL), Centre de Théorie et Analyse du Droit, gLAWcal – Global Law Initiatives for Sustainable Development, the ESIL Interest Group on the European and International Rule of Law, the ESIL Interest Group on International Environmental Law, the ESIL Interest Group on International Economic Law and the ESIL Interest Group on Energy and International law.
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