PROGRAMME

9:30 – 9:40
Welcome Address | Discours de bienvenue
Christian Bovet, Dean, Law Faculty, University of Geneva
Jean-Michel Jacquet, Professor, Graduate Institute

9:40 – 9:50
Opening Remarks | Remarques introductives
H. E. Judge Bernardo Sepúlveda-Amor ICJ |President of LASIL
 

• I – At the initiation of a dispute settlement procedure |Au commencement d’une procédure de règlement des différends

Chair: Anne Peters, Professor, University of Basel | President of ESIL

9:50 – 10:10
Marcelo G. Kohen, Professor, Graduate Institute
Interactions between diplomatic and judicial means | Interactions entre moyens diplomatiques et judiciaires

10:10 – 10:30
Vera Gowlland, Emeritus Professor, Graduate Institute
Diplomatic means as a trigger of judicial means: the Security Council and the ICC | Les moyens diplomatiques en tant que déclencheur des moyens judiciaires: le Conseil de sécurité et la CPI

10:30 – 10:50
Paola Gaeta, Professor, Law Faculty, University of Geneva | Graduate Institute
Potential tensions between diplomatic and judicial means: the issuance of arrest warrants during negotiations | Les tensions potentielles entre les moyens diplomatiques et judiciaires: la délivrance de mandats d’arrêt au cours des négociations

10:50 – 11:10
Debate | débats

11:10 – 11:40
Coffee break | pause café

• II – During proceedings before an international court or tribunal|Au cours de la procédure devant une cour ou un tribunal international

Chair : Lucius Caflisch, Emeritus Professor, Graduate Institute

11:40 – 12:00
Pierre-Marie Dupuy, Professor, Graduate Institute
The resort to the ICJ in the context of the settlement of a dispute|Le recours à la CIJ dans le cadre du règlement d’un différend

12:00 – 12:20
Hélène Ruiz Fabri, Professor, Paris I-Panthéon Sorbonne
The relationship between negotiations and third-party dispute settlement at the WTO, with emphasis on the EC-Bananas dispute | La relation entre les négociations et le règlement des différends par une tierce-partie au sein de l’OMC à la lumière de l’affaire CE-Bananes

12:20 – 12:40
Michael E. Schneider, Lalive
Alternative dispute resolution techniques versus arbitral or judicial litigation in international investment disputes | Les techniques alternatives de règlement des différends face à l’arbitrage et au règlement judiciaire dans le cadre des différends liés aux investissements internationaux

12:40 – 13:00
Debate | débats

13:00 – 14:00
Lunch | dejeuner
 

• TELEVISED INTERVIEW

H. E. Kofi Annan, Former Secretary-General of the United Nations
by Nicolas Michel, Professor, Law Faculty, University of Geneva | Graduate Institute

• III – At the implementation stage | Au stade de la mise en oeuvre

Chair: Nicolas Michel, Professor, Law Faculty, University of Geneva | Graduate Institute

14:30 – 14:50
Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Professor, Law Faculty, University of Geneva
Implementation of ICJ Decisions and Advisory Opinions | La mise en oeuvre des décisions et des avis
consultatifs de la CIJ

14:50 – 15:10
Ambassador Dr. Jürg Lindenmann (DDIP–DFAE)
Implementation of human rights judgments and recourse to diplomatic means | La mise en oeuvre des jugements relatifs aux droits de l’homme et le recours à des moyens diplomatiques

15:10 – 15:30
Gabrielle Marceau, Professor, Law Faculty, University of Geneva | Counselor, Legal Affairs, WTO
Implementation of recommendations and rulings in the WTO system | La mise en oeuvre des recommandations et décisions au sein du système de l’OMC

15:30 – 15:50
Jorge E. Viñuales, Assistant Professor, Graduate Institute
The enforcement of investment arbitral awards | L’exécution des sentences arbitrales en matière
d’investissement

15:50 – 16:20
Debate | débats

16:20 – 16:50
Coffee break | pause café
 

• IV – Round table | Table ronde

16:50 – 18:15
Chair: H.E. Judge Philippe Kirsch, QC, Former President of the International Criminal Court
Georges Abi-Saab, Former Professor, Graduate Institute
Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler, Professor, Law Faculty, University of Geneva | Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler
Lucy Reed, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | Former President of ASIL
H. E. Judge Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor, ICJ | President of LASIL

18:15
Cocktail | réception

The Symposium will take place in French and English with no live interpretation provided.
Le symposium se tiendra en français et en anglais, sans interprétation simultanée.
 

Registration before October 16th at | Inscription souhaitée avant le 16 octobre:
M. Edouard Fromageau: Edouard.Fromageau@unige.ch | M. Pablo Sandonato de Leon: pablo.sandonatodeleon@graduateinstitute.ch

Comité d’organisation | Organizing Committee
Prof. Laurence BOISSON de CHAZOURNES
Prof. Marcelo G. KOHEN
Prof. Nicolas MICHEL
Prof. Jorge E. VIÑUALES
M. Pablo SANDONATO de LEON

This Symposium is organised by the Graduate Institute with the Université de Genève, the American Society of International Law, the European Society of International Law and the Latin-American Society of International Law

Auditorium Jacques-Freymond, 132 rue de Lausanne, 1202 Geneva, Site Barton
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