Third Lauterpacht Centre Conference on International Dispute Settlement - Remedies in International Disputes

Third Lauterpacht Centre Conference on International Dispute Settlement - Remedies in International Disputes

Time: 09:15 hrs - 17:45 hrs

International courts and tribunals have been the focus of much world attention in recent times as a means of addressing some of the world’s most pressing problems through the processes of adjudication. But international litigation is much more than the airing of grievances in a judicial setting: its value depends upon the provision of appropriate and effective remedies. In the practice of international courts, there is much evidence of innovation in remedies: from the development of provisional measures in the Gaza Strip proceedings in the ICJ; to a renewed focus on the approach to compensation in a series of recent cases before the Court; to controversies about determination of compensation in investment arbitration; to reparations for ecological and climate harms and for victims in armed conflict. However important they are in practice, the topic of remedies has until recently been comparatively neglected in legal scholarship. This is changing as the ILC plans to revisit the topic of compensation in its next programme of work.

The Third Lauterpacht Centre Conference on International Dispute Settlement will bring together leading scholars and practitioners of international law to debate the issues.

Conference attendance is free of charge but subject to prior registration at the following link: https://forms.gle/hhmBQUJUqDpebZnD9

Outline Programme (pdf)

Welcome coffee

Opening and context (9:15–10.15h)

Introduction to the Conference: Remedies in International Litigation, Prof Campbell McLachlan KC (Cambridge)

Opening keynote lecture - Prof Jan Klabbers (Cambridge), followed by a discussion moderated by Prof McLachlan

Coffee break

The remedies playbook: opportunities and limitations (10.30–12.00h)

Roundtable moderated by Dr Federica Paddeu (Cambridge), with the participation of Prof Eirik Bjorge (Bristol), Prof Veronika Fikfak (UCL), Dr Manuel Casas (Twenty Essex)

Lunch break

Remedies in environmental and resource claims (13.00–14.30h)

Roundtable moderated by Prof. Michael Waibel (Vienna), with the participation of Prof Payam Akhavan (Toronto/Twenty Essex), Amy Sander (Essex Court Chambers), Margherita Cornaglia (Landmark Chambers)

Coffee break

Remedies in human rights and armed conflict (15.00–16.30h)

Roundtable moderated by Prof Sandesh Sivakumaran (Cambridge), with the participation of Chanaka Wickremasinghe (FCDO), Dr Justina Uriburu (Manchester), Prof Marko Milanovic (Reading)

Brief refreshment break

Closing (16.45–17.45h)

Closing keynote lecture: Prof Joan Donoghue (Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor, Cambridge) followed by a discussion moderated by Prof Jorge Viñuales (Cambridge)