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Navigating New Horizons: International Economic Law in a Changing World

Peace, Justice and Europe in the Age of Geopolitics (PhD Workshop)

SOUTH ASIA INTERNATIONAL\
ECONOMIC LAW NETWORK

# FOURTH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE

LOCAL APPROACHES TO INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW

 

16th-18th December 2024

Colombo, Sri Lanka

 

International Economic Law (IEL) can be defined as the law governing international economic relations among States. IEL is generally understood as a branch of public international law that governs a vast array of specialised topics including trade, investment, development, finance, and taxation. However, with the advent of globalisation, international economic relations have evolved dramatically to impact all spheres of human activities. These developments have made IEL more multifaceted and complex, increasing its interactions with other domains of international law such as human rights, public health, environmental protection, and cultural concerns. Consequently, IEL’s influence and interactions with the “local”, which includes civil society, marginalised groups, and other grassroots level actors, have greatly expanded. However, despite this expansion, these new relationships are not always reflected in IEL’s formulation, practice, and dispute settlement process.

States’ institutional engagement with IEL should ideally reflect coordinated democratic voices within each State, subsequently echoed in relevant international forums. But IEL is often characterised by executive driven State actions and influential private lobbies, thereby sidelining the lived experiences of individuals and communities that comprise the “local”.

Against this backdrop, the South Asia International Economic Law Network (SAIELN)’s 4th Biennial Conference aims to provide a platform for experts, policymakers, lawyers, academics, economists, and grassroots level actors to exchange views on the multifaceted challenges and innovative legal and policy solutions to further “local” approaches to IEL.

 

SAIELN’s 4th Biennial Conference will take place on 16th - 18th December 2024 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in collaboration with the Open University of Sri Lanka.

 

**An abstract of 500 words should be submitted no later than 30th July 2024. Authors of selected abstracts will then be required to submit a working draft of their contribution of at least 3,000 words by 1st October 2024.**



**Non-exhaustive list of themes and topics of the conference:**

* Civil society perspectives on IEL
* Local communities and IEL
* Impact of IPR on public health
* Interaction of ISDS with indigenous people
* Impact of IEL on climate justice
* Localising the International - IEL experiences
* Re-evaluating trade and investment policy for grassroots-level actors
* Democratic participation and inclusivity in IEL
* Impact of international-standard setting on local actors
* Inclusive participation of consumers in international standard-setting
* The interplay between international human rights law and IEL
* Role of trade agreements in enhancing inclusivity and sustainable development
* Leveraging IEL for benefiting local actors
* Interdisciplinary analysis of IEL

 

 

**We welcome critical and interdisciplinary perspectives, South Asian and global case studies and approaches.**

**Please make submissions and enquiries to [southasiaiel@gmail.com](http://southasiaiel@gmail.com/)****[.](http://southasiaiel@gmail.com/)**

LOCAL APPROACHES TO INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW

The 19th Annual Minerva Conference on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Minerva Center for Human Rights will focus on international law aspects of the current escalation of the armed hostilities between Israel and Hamas, which followed from the attack of 7 October 2023. The discussion will include an inquiry of applicable jus ad bellum norms, IHL, and the study of the role of international courts and quasi-judicial mechanisms. 

The conference will take place on 17-18 December 2024, in Jerusalem. The conference will be held in an in-person format but would also allow for online presentations.  Recipients of this call for papers are invited to submit proposals to present a paper at the conference.  

Submission deadline: 20 August 2024 Authors of selected proposals may be offered full or partial flight and accommodation expenses. 

F﻿or more information, please download the PDF.

 The Gaza War and International Law:  Norms and Institutions

The Utrecht Centre for Regulation and Enforcement in Europe (RENFORCE)’s building block on EU values in International Trade is organizing the third edition of its annual informal workshop on EU trade and investment policy, to take place on Friday, 6 December 2024. Building on earlier editions on the trade-security nexus (2022) and the unilateral turn in EU trade and investment policy (2023), we are inviting scholars to submit abstracts on issues connected to the role of ‘economic security’ in EU trade and investment policy. Participants can submit their abstracts  until Friday, 27 September 2024.

Economic security has taken centre stage in the European Commission’s trade strategy. In July 2023, the Commission adopted an [economic security strategy](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52023JC0020), and in January 2024 it launched its [economic security package ](https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_24_363)in which it proposed, among other things, significant reforms to the Foreign Direct Investment Regulation. The blurring of trade and security has been visible in many corners of EU trade policy, ranging from the FDI Screening Regulation, over the Anti-Coercion Instrument to the EU’s export control rules on dual-use items and their application to EU-based research organisations. These are also intertwined with the EU’s extensive use of economic sanctions following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

## Abstracts

Economic security can be examined from various angles and through different disciplinary lenses. We invite scholars in the in the fields of law, political science, economics, international relations, history, etc. to **submit abstracts (max. 500 words) by Friday, 27 September 2024 to Thomas Verellen**: [t.e.verellen@uu.nl](mailto:t.e.verellen@uu.nl).

We particularly welcome abstracts that question the concept of economic security and the role it plays in discourses within the EU trade law/policy epistemic communities, or that engage with the repercussions of the EU’s economic security agenda on non-trade related constitutional values such as the rule of law, fundamental rights and democracy. Interrogations on the legality of EU trade instruments and their application under international (economic) law principles, or historical or comparative analyses that aim to uncover the drivers and core features of economic security narratives across time and place are also very much welcomed.

## About the workshop

We invite contributions by researchers at all career stages. To discuss and debate work in progress, the workshop will be held in a closed format. **Participants will be expected to submit a paper by Monday, 25 November 2024** (max. 10 000 words) and will receive feedback on their work from experts in the field based in Utrecht and elsewhere.

Selected participants will have the opportunity to submit their final papers for publication in a special issue of the Utrecht Law Review. We may be able to offer limited financial support for travel and lodging. Please indicate in your submission whether you would like to benefit from this.

EU Trade and Investment Law Workshop – ‘Questioning Economic Security’

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INTERNATIONAL LAW IN THE AGE OF PERMACRISIS 

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“New Tools Instead of Old Rules? The Changing Instruments of International Economic Law”

We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the Charting the Future of Private Law in Aotearoa New Zealand Symposium which will take place at the University of Otago, Dunedin on Monday 10 February 2025. The keynote speech will be given by The Honourable Sir Stephen Kós KNZM and the thematic panels will be chaired by a selection of leading voices from New Zealand academia.


Conference Themes:

Property Law: Examining current challenges and reforms in property law, including issues of ownership, use, and regulatory frameworks.



Contract Law: Analyzing recent developments in contract law, commercial transactions, and the adaptation of legal principles to modern business practices.



Torts and Civil Wrongs: Exploring evolving concepts of liability, negligence, and compensation in tort law, particularly in light of recent judicial decisions and legislative changes.

Legal Pluralism: Discussing the interaction of private law and tikanga Māori, as well as the interaction between the common law and other legal orders.


Technology and Private Law: Analysing the impact of technological advancements, such as cryptoassets/blockchain etc, on private law practices and legal relationships.


Equity and Trusts: Addressing issues concerning the development of Equity and Trusts in New Zealand, such as constructive trusts, fiduciary law, and the nature of the trust itself.


Private law and ‘…’: Analysing the intersection of private law with other areas of law and avoiding the ‘siloing’ of legal expertise.



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University of Georgia

International Law