Panels

Panel 1: The International Lawyer as Legal Adviser

Moderator: Niels Blokker, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

Matthew Windsor, University of Cambridge
Consigliere or Conscience? International Legal Advisers to Government and Competing Loyalties
Sarah McCosker, International Committee of the Red Cross; Former Principal Legal Officer, Attorney-General’s Department, Australia
The Intersecting Professions of the International Law Adviser and Diplomat in a Rising Asia
Daphna Shraga, Hebrew and Tel-Aviv Universities, Former Principal Legal Officer, UNOLA
The Role of the Legal Adviser of the UN – The Legal Counsel

Panel 2: The International Lawyer as Peacemaker (Part I)

Moderator: Carlos Espósito, Autónoma University of Madrid

Michelle Burgis-Kasthala, University of St Andrews
We’re All Doing This in Good Faith After All: Lessons from the Lives of International Lawyers in Palestine and the Constitution of a Community
Cindy Daase, Free University of Berlin
Making the Client’s Peace? International Lawyers Offering Pro Bono Services in Intra-State Conflict and Post-Conflict Settings – Implications of the Solicitor-Client Relationship
Victor Kattan, UNDP, Palestinian Negotiations Support Project
The Role of Legal Adviser: A ‘Third World’ Perspective from Palestine
Michal Saliternik, Tel Aviv University
International Lawyers as Peacemakers

Panel 3: The Identity of International Law

Moderator: Andrea Bianchi, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva

Alexandra Bohm & Richard Collins, University of Sheffield
‘Doing’ International Law as a Professional Practice: The Bounds of Legal Autonomy
Sahib Singh, University of Cambridge
Identifying Threats to the Discipline of International Law

Panel 4: The International Lawyer as Legal Counsel

Moderator: Marco Bronckers, VVGB Avocats, Brussels

Arman Sarvarian, University of Surrey
Common Ethical Standards for Counsel before International Courts and Tribunals
James Fry, University of Hong Kong
Exploring the Potential Problems Associated with Switching between International Adjudicator and Counsel
Georgios Petrochilos, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Law Firms in Inter-State Litigation
Cecily Rose, University of Cambridge & Shashank Kumar, National Law University, Jodhpur
Diversity and the Field of Public International Law: A Study of the Nationality and Gender of Counsel Appearing Before the ICJ

Panel 5: Les Professions du Ius in Bello

Moderator: Karine Bannelier-Christakis, Université de Grenoble

Svetlana Zasova, Conseiller Juridique, Ministère français de la Défense
Théorie et Pratiques Contradictoires: Les Enjeux Pour l’Unité du Droit des Conflits Armés
Jérôme de Hemptinne, Juriste sénior au Tribunal spécial pour le Liban
Les fonctions du juge pénal international et le développement du droit international humanitaire
Hirad Abtahi, Conseiller juridique, Chef de l’Unité de la Présidence de la Cour pénale internationale chargée des questions juridiques et de l’exécution des décisions
Qualifier juridiquement les faits de crimes contre l’humanité plutôt que de crimes de guerre. Une étude de cas de la CPI.

Panel 6: The Turn to Biography in International Law

Moderator: Lauri Mälksoo, University of Tartu

Helmut Philipp Aust, Humbolt University of Berlin
From Diplomat to Academic Activist: André Mandelstam and the History of Human Rights
John Haskell, Mississippi College School of Law
An Anti-Biography: Francis Lieber and the Development of Anglo-American Approaches to Modern International Law
Matthias Lippold, University of Göttingen
Philip C. Jessup: From an Activist Academic to an Academic Activist – A Modern Law of Nations Revisited

Panel 7: The Aristocracies of International Law and Democratic Narratives: Tensions and Ambiguities

Moderator: Christian Tams, University of Glasgow

Dov Jacobs, Leiden University
Flying to Neverland: The Aristocracy of International Scholars and the Disconnect with Reality
Sarah Nouwen, University of Cambridge
Professional Selectivity: NGOs and International Law
Yannick Radi, Leiden University
The Profession of International Adjudicators: Virtues and Perils of an Aristocracy

Panel 8: The International Lawyer as Scholar

Moderator: Jürgen Bast, Radboud University Nijmegen

Gleider Hernández, University of Durham
Strategies of Justification and the International Legal Academic
Akbar Rasulov, University of Glasgow
New Approaches to International Law: A Critical Sociology
Santiago Villalpando, Legal Officer, United Nations
The ‘Invisible College of International Lawyers’ Forty Years Later

Panel 9: The Dynamics of International Judicial Law-Making

Moderator: Nico Krisch, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin

Susan Franck, Washington and Lee University
The Role of the International Legal Profession in Investment Treaty Arbitration
Jorge Viñuales, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Domestic and International Judicial Legitimacy
Michael Waibel, University of Cambridge
Are Arbitrators Political?

Panel 10: International Law as a Practice

Moderator: Tanja Aalberts, VU University Amsterdam

Janina Dill, University of Oxford
Practicing International Humanitarian Law: Efficiency, Necessity and Individual Liability
Nikolas Rajkovic, European University Institute
Power, the Lawyer and the Will to Legality: Toward a Critical Sociology of International Law/Power
Frédéric Mégret, McGill University
Logics of Practicality and the Construction of the Field of International Criminal Justice

Panel 11: The International Lawyer as Peacemaker (Part II)

Moderator: Warner ten Kate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, former UN Advisor to the Juba Peace Talks

Barney Afako, Independent Legal Advisor to Peace Processes and Immigration Judge
Conflicting Opinions: International Lawyers in the Juba Peace Process
Kasaija Phillip Apuuli, Makerere University, Kampala
The Government of Uganda, the ICC Arrest Warrants for the LRA Leaders and the Juba Peace Talks
Pål Wrange, Stockholm University
The Implementation of Juba – Shared Vocabularies, Different Approaches

Panel 12: The International Lawyer as Judge or Arbitrator

Moderator: Pieter-Jan Kuijper, University of Amsterdam

Ioana Cismas, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Whose Belief: the Plaintiff’s or the Judge’s? Strategies to Preserve the Impartiality of Judicial Decisions in Cases Relating to Religion
Chiara Giorgetti, University of Richmond
Do We Need To Change the Rules Relating to Challenging International Investment Arbitrators?
Hege Elisabeth Kjos, University of Amsterdam
Knowing the Law: A Power or a Duty? The Role of Arbitrators and Counsel in Ascertaining the Applicable Law in Investor-State Arbitration

Panel 13: The International Lawyer in the Domestic Legal Order

Moderator: Kenneth Keith, International Court of Justice

René Fernando Urueña Hernández, Los Andes University, Bogotá
Bringing International Law Home: Pluralism and the Anxiety of Certainty as Professional Experiences
Sharon Weill, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian and Human Rights
National Judges and International Law: To Be (An Independent) Judge Or Not To Be?
Yael Ronen, Sha’arei Mishpat, Hebrew University
The Legal Discourse of Judges in Military Courts of the Occupying Power

Panel 14: Regulating Defence Counsel before International Criminal Tribunals

Moderator: Michiel Pestman, Lawyer at Böhler Advocaten

Richard Harvey, Garden Court Chambers
Who Needs a Lawyer Anyway? The Right to Self-Representation and the Role of Standby Counsel in International Criminal Trials
Colleen M. Rohan, Defense Counsel before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Ethical Obligations of Defense Lawyers in International Criminal Proceedings
Gentian Zyberi, University of Oslo
Navigating the Occasional Tensions Arising between Effective and Efficient Legal Counseling and Respecting the Formal Rules of the Tribunals: What Compass to Use?

Panel 15: The International Environmental Lawyers Situated between Natural Scientific Knowledge and Economic Constraints

Moderator: Alan Boyle, University of Edinburgh

Caroline Foster, Auckland University
The Role of the International Lawyer and the Structural Tensions in an Era of Transnationalism
Tracy Hester, University of Houston
Framing, Fault and Feasibility: How the Developing Science of Climate Attribution Will Shape International Climate Change Law
Cymie Payne, Rutgers University
Mastering the Evidence: Improving Fact Finding by International Courts