INTERNATIONALLAWWEEKEND

98thAnnualMeetingoftheAmericanBranchoftheInternationalLawAssociation

OCT.10-12

2019

TheResilienceofInternationalLaw

OrganizedbytheAmericanBranchoftheInternationalLawAssociation(ABILA)

Thursday,October10,2019|OpeningPlenaryandReceptionNewYorkCityBarAssociation

42West44thStreet,NewYorkCity,NY10036

FridayandSaturday,October11-12,2019|ILWPanelsandMeetingsFordhamUniversitySchoolofLaw

150West62ndStreet,NewYorkCity,NY10023

Friday,October11,2019|UNMissionReceptionThePermanentMissionoftheRepublicofSingapore

318East48thStreet,NewYork,NY10017

www.ila-americanbranch.org/ilw

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WelcometoILW2019TheAmericanBranchof the International LawAssociation (ABILA)welcomesyou to theannual International LawWeekend(ILW)conferenceinNewYorkCity.ThethemeofILW2019isTheResilienceofInternationalLaw.

Inrecentyears,theinternationallegalsystemhasbeenchallengedathomeandabroad.Growingnationalism,shiftsingeo-politicalpower,deepeningeconomicinequality,climatechange,andaglobalmigrationcrisishavegeneratedcracksintheestablishedinternationalorder.Theseschismshavebeenexacerbatedbyotherfactors, includingthepower of private corporations over speech platforms and personal data and the rapid progression of newtechnologiessuchasartificialintelligenceandmachinelearning.Evenourdisciplineisbeingchallengedtomeetthegrowingcalls for inclusivityofdiversevoices.Can the international legal systemadapt toaddress theseprofounddevelopments?ILW2019willaddresstheseissuesandexplore international law’scapacitytopreservetheruleoflaw,promotebothpeaceandjustice,andmaintainstabilityinthefaceofgrowingfaultlines.Theworldischanging.ILW2019seekstoanswerwhetheritstheme—TheResilienceofInternationalLaw—isaquestionoranaffirmation.

ILW2019beginsThursdayevening,October10,2019withanOpeningPlenaryPanelandReceptionsponsoredbyDebevoise&Plimptonat theNewYorkCityBarAssociation (42West44thStreet).ModeratedbyABILAPresidentLeilaSadat,speakers includeH.E. JudgeKimberlyProst (InternationalCriminalCourt),Mr.MigueldeSerpaSoares(U.N.Under-Secretary-General for LegalAffairs), andDr.ChristopherWardSC (Presidentof the International LawAssociation).TheconferencecontinuesFridayandSaturday,October11-12,2019,atFordhamUniversitySchoolofLaw(150West62ndStreet)andfeatures35panelsonarangeoftopics.KeynotespeakersincludeWilliamBurke-White (Director of Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania Law School) and Ambassador Stephen Rapp(formerU.S.Ambassador-at-LargeforWarCrimesIssues).Theseeventsareopentoconferenceattendees.

The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Singaporereception will generously host the U.N. reception onFriday evening (318 East 48th Street, New York, NY10017).Forsecurityreasons,onlythosewhohavepre-registered for the reception may attend (photo IDrequiredatcheck-in).Anominalregistrationfeeof$10willbechargedtoconfirmparticipationandcoverothercostsoftheWeekendnotrelatedtothereception.Thesupport of the Permanent Mission of the Republic ofSingaporeisgreatlyappreciated.

Multiple panels are designated for continuing legaleducation (CLE) credit. CLE credit is offered to all ILWattendees at no additional cost through thesponsorshipandassistanceofWhite&CaseLLP,whichis an accredited provider of New York and CaliforniaCLEcredit.Attorneyslicensedinotherstatescanapplyfor CLE credit in their own jurisdiction using the NewYorkCLEcertificateprovidedbyWhite&CaseLLP.

The Saturday program will begin with ABILA AnnualMeeting and Plenary, which will feature a keynotespeaker.TheAnnualMeeting isopentomembersandnon-membersalike.

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ScheduleAtAGlanceThursday,October10,2019

NewYorkCityBarAssociation

6:30pm

OpeningPlenaryPanelontheResilienceofInternationalLawH.E.JudgeKimberlyProst,InternationalCriminalCourt;LeilaNadyaSadat,ABILAPresident;MigueldeSerpaSoares,U.N.

Under-Secretary-GeneralforLegalAffairs;andChristopherWardSC,InternationalLawAssociationPresident

8:00pm OpeningReceptionsponsoredbyDebevoise&PlimptonLLP

Friday,October11,2019FordhamUniversitySchoolofLaw

8:00am

ComplimentarycoffeesponsoredbyInternationalandNon-J.D.Programs,FordhamUniversitySchoolofLaw(SodenLounge)

9:00am

CompetitionandConvergenceinInternationalDisputeResolution*Room2-02C

ForgingaConventionforCrimesAgainstHumanityRoom2-01B

Surveillance,Privacy,andHumanRights:LookingAheadto2020*Room2-02B

HotTopics:BeyondExceptionalism:TheUnalienableRightsCommissionandtheRedefinitionofInternationalHumanRightsRoom2-02A

EnvironmentalProtectionBeforeInternationalTribunalsRoom2-01A

10:30am Break

10:45am

CorporateFamiliesinInternationalLaw*Room2-01A

TheUnitedStatesandtheInternationalCriminalCourt:ChallengingTimes*Room2-01B

TheEffectivenessofHumanRightsIndicatorsandtheRoleofIndicatorsRoom2-02B

TheJudiciary,ForeignAffairs,andInternationalLawRoom2-02A

ProvisionalMeasuresattheInternationalCourtofJustice:PossibilitiesforPlausibilityRoom2-02C

12:30pmBoxlunchsponsoredbytheLeitnerCenterforInternationalLawandJustice(SodenLounge)

ABILABoardofDirectorsMeeting(lunchprovided)(Room4-01)

1:30pmKeynoteAddress:NoGoingBack:ThePersistentPressureforAccountability

AmbassadorStephenRapp, formerU.S.Ambassador-at-LargeforWarCrimesIssuesintheOfficeofGlobalCriminalJustice

Room2-02B/C2:45pm Break

3:00pm

TheFragmentationofInternationalLaw:ResolvingtheConflictBetweenEULawandInternationalInvestmentLaw*Room2-02C

FailuretoNoticeorNotableFailure?:ChallengestoInstillingaGender-SensitiveApproachtoInternationalLawRoom2-01B

CriminalizingAsylum-Seekers:AViolationofInternationalLaw?*Room2-02B

TheDeclineoftheLiberalInternationalOrder?Room2-02A

TheGrowingRiskofWarinOuterSpace:WhatRoleWillInternationalLawPlay?Room2-01A

4:30pm Break

4:45pm

InvestmentLawandHumanRights:Friends,Strangers,orEnemies?*Room2-02C

WomenatInternationalTribunalsRoom2-01B

StrengtheningInternationalLawtoCombatTrafficking-in-Personsinthe21stCenturyRoom2-02B

PathwaystoCareersinInternationalLawRoom2-02A

TheResilienceoftheInternationalLawofOuterSpaceinLightofTechnology,Business,andMilitaryDevelopments*Room2-01A

6:30pm ReceptionatthePermanentMissionoftheRepublicofSingapore(318East48thStreet,NewYork,NY10017)

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ScheduleAtAGlanceSaturday,October12,2019

FordhamUniversitySchoolofLaw

8:00am

ComplimentarycoffeesponsoredbyInternationalandNon-J.D.Programs,FordhamUniversitySchoolofLaw(SodenLounge)

9:00am

PlenaryandABILAAnnualMeetingKeynoteAddress:HowInternationalLawGotLost

WilliamW.Burke-White,Director,PerryWorldHouse,UniversityofPennsylvaniaLawSchoolRoom1-01

10:15am

TheEuropeanUnion’sRoleinShapingtheFutureofInvestor-StateArbitration*Room2-01A

InternationalImmunitiesintheWakeofJamv.Int’l.Fin.Corp.:WhatComesNext?Room2-01B

MercenariesorPrivateMilitaryContractors?:RegulationofanEver-ExpandingPhenomenonRoom2-02B

TheVenezuelaCrisisandtheResilienceofInternationalLawRoom2-02A

InternationalIntellectualPropertyLawintheAgeofSmartTechnologyandIntelligentMachinesRoom2-02C

10:30am ILSABoardofDirectorsMeetingRoom3-05

11:45am Break

12:00pm

TheResilienceofJudgmentsRecognitionInitiatives*Room2-02C

DEBATE:ForeignFightersandtheirFamilies:HowtoReconciletheCompetingDemandsofInternationalHumanitarianLaw,HumanRightsandRefugeeLaw,andDomesticLawRoom2-01B

DiverseVoicesontheUseofForceRoom2-02B

AtaCrossroads:CanCustomaryInternationalLawProvideaStabilizingInfluenceinaFractiousWorld?Room2-02A

HittingaBoundary:IstheU.N.ConventionontheLawoftheSeaStillFitforitsPurpose?Room2-01A

1:30pm LunchBreak

2:00pm

TheReturnoftheStateinInternationalTradeandInvestmentLawRoom2-02C*

ProsecutorialDiscretion:SwordorShieldoftheInternationalCriminalCourt?*Room2-01B

2020JessupCompetitionPanelRoom2-02B

HotTopics:NavigatingtheBBNJnegotiations:UpdatesontheThirdIntergovernmentalConferenceRoom2-02A

EmergingVoicesinInternationalLawRoom2-01A

3:30pm EndofILW2019

*Panelsare90minutes.Sign-insheetsforpanelsapprovedforCLEarelocatedinpanelrooms.DigitalcopiesofreadingmaterialsareavailableontheILWWebsite.

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ScheduleThursday,October106:30pmMeetingHall2ndFloorNewYorkCityBarAssociation

OpeningPlenaryPanelontheResilienceofInternationalLaw(42West44thStreet,NewYork,NY10036)TheOpeningPlenarywillexplorecurrentchallengesfacingtheinternationallegalsystemandhowthesechallenges affect the work of international institutions. The panel will discuss whether the currentinternationallegalsystemisresilientenoughtoaddressthesechallengesorifitneedssubstantialreforminordertodoso.Moderator:

● LeilaNadyaSadat,President, theAmericanBranchof InternationalLawAssociation;Director,WhitneyR.HarrisWorldLawInstitute,WashingtonUniversitySchoolofLaw

Panelists:● JudgeKimberlyProst,InternationalCriminalCourt● MigueldeSerpaSoares,U.N.Under-Secretary-GeneralforLegalAffairs,UnitedNations● ChristopherWardSC,President,TheInternationalLawAssociation

8:00pmReceptionArea2ndFloorNewYorkCityBarAssociation

OpeningReceptionSponsoredbyDebevoise&PlimptonLLPThereceptionattheNewYorkCityBarAssociationisopentoallILWattendeesthankstothegenerosityofDebevoise&PlimptonLLP.

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ScheduleFriday,October118:00amSodenLounge

ComplimentaryCoffeeSponsoredbyInternationalandNon-J.D.Programs,FordhamUniversitySchoolofLaw

9:00amRoom2-02C

ApprovedforCLE

CompetitionandConvergenceinInternationalDisputeResolution

This panel will consider the growing competition and procedural convergence between courts,arbitration, and other forms of dispute resolution in international commercial disputes. Topics fordiscussion will include the recent proliferation of international commercial courts, cross-borderdiscovery, third-party funding and mandatory disclosure rules, and the emergence of global civilprocedure.Panelistswilldiscusstheroleofthesetopicsinpromotingcompetitionandconvergenceinmultiple fora for international commercial dispute resolution andwill reflect upon prospects for thefutureoftransnationaladjudication.

Moderator:● RobinEffron,ProfessorofLaw,BrooklynLawSchool

Panelists:● PamelaBookman,AssociateProfessor,FordhamUniversitySchoolofLaw● AlyssaKing,AssistantProfessor,Queen’sUniversityFacultyofLaw● DanyaReda,AssistantProfessor,PekingUniversitySchoolofTransnationalLaw● DanielSchimmel,Partner,FoleyHoagLLP

9:00amRoom2-01B

ForgingaConventionforCrimesAgainstHumanity

In August 2019, the United Nations International Law Commission completed Draft Articles andCommentary for a crimes against humanity convention. The Draft Articles will be sent to the U.N.GeneralAssemblythisfall,whichwilldecidewhethertousethemforanewglobalconventiononthepreventionandpunishmentofcrimesagainsthumanity,perhapsbyconveningadiplomaticconferenceor by negotiating a final textwithin theAssembly itself. This panelwill discuss the need for such atreaty and highlight the core elements of the Commission’s Draft Articles. Among other things, thepanelwill considerwhether sucha treatywouldassist in atrocity crimeprevention, complement thework of the International Criminal Court aswell as international human rights bodies, and promoteinter-Statecooperationonmutuallegalassistanceandextradition.Finally,thepanelistswilldiscusstheprospectsforadoptinganewglobaltreaty.

Moderator:● LeilaNadyaSadat,President,theAmericanBranchofInternationalLawAssociation;Director,

WhitneyR.HarrisWorldLawInstitute,WashingtonUniversitySchoolofLawPanelists:

● JohnBellinger,Partner,Arnold&PorterLLP;formerLegalAdviser,U.S.DepartmentofState● MichelleReyesMilk,RegionalCoordinator,CoalitionfortheInternationalCriminalCourt● SeanMurphy,SpecialRapporteurforCrimesAgainstHumanity,InternationalLawCommission;

Manatt/AhnProfessorofInternationalLaw,GeorgeWashingtonUniversityLawSchool;● PatríciaGalvãoTeles,MemberoftheU.N.InternationalLawCommission;SeniorLegal

ConsultantonInternationalLawattheLegalDepartmentofthePortugueseMinistryofForeignAffairs

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ScheduleFriday,October119:00am

Room2-02B

ApprovedforCLE

Surveillance,Privacy,andHumanRights:LookingAheadto2020Privacy lawwillbeoncenter stage in2020. Implementationof theEuropeanUnion’s (EU)GeneralData Protection Regulation (GDPR) will be in full swing and EU courtsmay decide the fate of thePrivacyShieldagreement,whichregulatescommercialdatatransferbetweenU.S.andEUcompanies.Inaroundtableformat,panelistswilldiscussthesekeyissues.Moderator:

● PeterMargulies,ProfessorofLaw,RogerWilliamsUniversitySchoolofLawPanelists:

● BrianEgan,Partner,Steptoe&JohnsonLLP;formerLegalAdviser,U.S.DepartmentofState● MargaretHu,AssociateProfessor,Washington&LeeUniversitySchoolofLaw● FaizaPatel,Co-Director,BrennanCenterforJustice,NewYorkUniversitySchoolofLaw● BeckyRichards,CivilLibertiesandPrivacyOfficer,U.S.NationalSecurityAgency● TeresaRodriguezdelasHerasBallel,AssociateProfessor,UniversidadCarlosIIIdeMadrid● PatrickToomey,SeniorStaffAttorney,AmericanCivilLibertiesUnion

9:00amRoom2-02A

HotTopics:BeyondExceptionalism:TheUnalienableRightsCommissionandtheRedefinitionofInternationalHumanRightsDespite remaining largely outside formal human rights treaty systems, the United States has fordecades engaged in a foreign policy that takes human rights into account. The creation of the“UnalienableRightsCommission”inJune2019,whichisformallybipartisanandtaskedtoinject“freshthinking” on international human rights into the foreign policy process, may be evidence that theTrumpadministrationhasmovedbeyondambivalencetowardinternationalhumanrightstoconfrontmoredirectlytheinternationalhumanrightssystemascurrentlyconstituted.WhilesupportersoftheCommissionviewitasmeansthroughwhichtoreorientU.S.humanrightspolicyalongamoremodestlist of core rights, others see the Commission as an attempt to circumvent congressional statutesregulatingU.S.humanrightsandtodiluteU.S.supportforwomen’sandLGBTrightaroundtheglobe.This panel will address thepossible impact of the Unalienable Rights Commission on U.S. humanrightspolicyand itsbroader implicationsforAmericanengagementwith internationalhumanrightslawandinstitutions.Moderator:

● PeggyMcGuinness,ProfessorofLaw,Co-DirectoroftheCenterforInternationalandComparativeLaw,St.John’sUniversitySchoolofLaw

Panelists:● MarkBromley,Chair,TheCouncilforGlobalEquality● MiguelDiaz,AmbassadortotheHolySee,Ret.;TheJohnCourtneyMurrayChairinPublic

Service,LoyolaUniversityChicago● JayneHuckerby,ClinicalProfessorofLaw,DukeLawSchool ● RussellRonaldRenoIII,Editor,FirstThingsmagazine

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Friday,October119:00amRoom2-01A

EnvironmentalProtectionBeforeInternationalCourtsandTribunals:ChallengesandOpportunities

Environmental cases pose unique challenges for international courts and tribunals, such as theavailabilityandenforceabilityofremedies,scientificcomplexity,andquestionsofstanding,causation,andquantifiabilityofdamages.Giventhesechallenges,thesecourtsandtribunals’abilitytoproperlyadjudicate environmental cases has been called into question.What is, or should be, internationalcourtsandtribunals’roleintheprotectionoftheenvironment?

Moderator:● OfilioMayorga,Associate,FoleyHoagLLP

Panelists:● PatriciaCruzTrabanino,Associate,Jenner&Block● HariOsofsky,Dean,PennsylvaniaStateUniversityLawSchoolandSchoolofInternational

Affairs● LisaSachs,AdjunctAssistantProfessorofInternationalandPublicAffairs,Columbia

University;Director,ColumbiaCenteronSustainableInvestment● CharlotteSalpin,LegalOfficer,DivisionforOceanAffairsandtheLawoftheSea,United

Nations

10:45amRoom2-01AApprovedforCLE

CorporateFamiliesinInternationalLaw

Thispanelwillexaminetheroleofinternationallawinregulatingmultinationalcorporations(MNCs)aswellastheroleofMNCfamilies inshaping international law. Manyof thecorporateregulatoryconcernsthatwehave–thelackofjurisdictionforextraterritorialhumanrightsviolations,theabilitydodgetaxlawthroughtheinternationalmovementofassets,theabilitytoshopforinvestmenttreatyprotection, and theavoidanceof environmental regulation throughmanufacturing relocation–areprimarily possible due to the corporate family structure that permits almost unlimited subsidiary“children,” each with their own separate legal personality (for jurisdictional purposes) and limitedliability. The panel will discuss how the subsidiary structure is central to the MNC governancechallenge. Itwillalsoconsiderhowjudicializeddomainsof international lawhaveprovenunabletoeffectively grapple with corporate families, as in the case of investor-State dispute settlement.Ultimately, this panel aims to refocus attention to the family nature of MNCs – particularly theirability to create a family of separate legal entities on demand, and discuss how to address thisconcernwithdomesticandinternational law. DrawingonrecentEuropeanlegaldevelopments,thepanelwillalsodiscusshowparentcorporationscouldhaveadutyofcare for theirsubsidiariesthatwouldpromotethereasonablesupervisionofsubsidiaries’activities.

Panelists:● JulianArato,AssociateProfessorofLaw,BrooklynLawSchool● Melissa(“MJ”)Durkee,AssociateProfessorofLaw,UniversityofGeorgiaSchoolofLaw● KatharinaPistor,EdwinB.ParkerProfessorofComparativeLaw,ColumbiaLawSchool● Pierre-HuguesVerdier,ProfessorofLaw,UniversityofVirginiaSchoolofLaw

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Schedule

Friday,October1110:45amRoom2-01B

ApprovedforCLE

ThispanelissponsoredbytheABILAInternationalCriminalCourtCommittee

TheUnitedStatesandtheInternationalCriminalCourt:ChallengingTimesThis panelwill explore the relationshipbetween theUnited States and the International CriminalCourt(ICC),asithasevolved,historically,underthedifferentpastU.S.Administrations,withsomeof the key representatives of those Administrations leading the discussion. The panel will thenexamine where that relationship stands today, under the current Administration, which hasimposed a travel ban on the ICC Prosecutor. The panel will include discussion of the ICC’sAfghanistan Preliminary Examination, which would have examined conduct including by U.S.nationals,exceptauthorizationtoproceedwasrejectedbyICCPre-TrialChamberII.Thepanelwilladditionally consider the ICC’s pending Preliminary Examination into the situation regardingPalestine/IsraelandpotentialconsequencesfortheU.S.—ICCrelationshipiforwhenthatsituationmovesforward.Moderator:

● JenniferTrahan,ClinicalProfessor,NewYorkUniversity,CenterforGlobalAffairs;Chair,ABILAInternationalCriminalCourtCommittee

Panelists:● ToddBuchwald,formerlyAmbassadorforGlobalCriminalJustice,U.S.Departmentof

State● AmbassadorStephenJ.Rapp,formerU.S.Ambassador-at-LargeforWarCrimesIssues;

formerHeadoftheOfficeofGlobalCriminalJustice,U.S.DepartmentofState● BethVanSchaack,LeahKaplanVisitingProfessorinHumanRights,StanfordLawSchool;

formerDeputytotheAmbassador-at-LargeforWarCrimesIssues,OfficeofGlobalCriminalJustice,U.S.DepartmentofState

● JohnWashburn,Convener,AmericanNon-GovernmentalOrganizationsCoalitionfortheICC(AMICC)

10:45amRoom2-02B

TheEffectivenessofHumanRightsIndicatorsandtheRoleofIndicatorsWhileit istruethathumanrightstreatiesmaynothaverealizedtheirfullpotential,humanrightstreaties do matter. Panelists will discuss their respective research on human rights indicators,includinghowindicatorscanbeusedto identifyhumanrightsviolationsandassessprogresswithtreaty obligations in the areas of women’s rights, environmental law, corporate socialresponsibility,anddisabilityrights.Moderator:

● ArleneS.Kanter,ProfessorofLaw;Director,InternationalPrograms;Director,DisabilityLawandPolicyProgram,SyracuseUniversityCollegeofLaw

Panelists:● CatherinePowell,ProfessorofLaw,FordhamUniversity● TinaKempinReuter,Director,InstituteforHumanRights,UniversityofAlabamaat

Birmingham● MargaretL.Satterthwaite,ProfessorofClinicalLaw,NewYorkUniversitySchoolofLaw● BethSimmons,AndreaMitchellUniversityProfessorofLawandPoliticalScience,

UniversityofPennsylvania

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Schedule

Friday,October1110:45amRoom2-02A

TheJudiciary,ForeignAffairs,andInternationalLawThispanelwillexplore theclaimthat the judiciary,both in theUnitedStatesandglobally, shouldreclaimandassertamoreprominent role in cases involving international lawand foreignaffairsgenerally. Forat leastthelastcentury,thepoliticalbranches intheUnitedStates–theexecutiveaboveall–havesuccessfullysoughtincreasedpowerinforeignaffairsfreefrominternationallawconstraints, in part by attempting tomarginalize the judiciary’s historic role. Within the UnitedStates, the dangers of this development were evident long before the Trump Administration.Likewise, the rise of populist authoritarian regimes abroad have seen even more aggressiveattempts to marginalize judicial checks based upon international law. This panel will considerhistorical and international relations justifications for a restored judicial role, both in the UnitedStatesandabroad.ItsfocuswillbetheargumentssetoutinProfessorFlaherty’sforthcomingbook,Restoring theGlobal Judiciary:Why the SupremeCourt ShouldRule in ForeignAffairs (PrincetonUniversityPress),whichwillbereleasedjustpriortoILW.Moderator:

● RutiG.Teitel,ErnstC.StiefelProfessorofComparativeLaw,NewYorkUniversitySchoolofLaw

Panelists:● Martin Flaherty, Leitner Family Professor of Law, Fordham Law School; Co-Director,

LeitnerCenterforInternationalLawandJustice● DavidGolove,HillerFoundationProfessorofLaw,NewYorkUniversitySchoolofLaw● RebeccaIngber,AssociateProfessorofLaw,BostonUniversitySchoolofLaw● MichaelRamsey,DarlingProfessorofLaw,UniversityofSanDiegoLawSchool

10:45amRoom2-02C

Provisional Measures at the International Court of Justice: Possibilities forPlausibilityThe “plausibility” criterion for granting provisional measures has evolved since theInternationalCourt of Justice first introduced itin 2009. This panel will discuss recent developments in thestandard—including in the October 2018Iran v. U.S. and July 2019Qatar v. UAEprovisionalmeasuresorders.Thepanelistswillconsidertheextenttowhichtheplausibilityanalysishasevolvedintoaprovisionalmeritsreviewandtheoverlapbetweentheplausibilityandprimafaciejurisdictionrequirements.Moderator:

● DonaldFrancisDonovan,PartnerandCo-Chair,InternationalDisputeResolutionGroup,Debevoise&PlimptonLLP

Panelists:● MarneyCheek,PartnerandCo-Chair,InternationalArbitrationPracticeGroup,Covington

&BurlingLLP● DonaldEarlChildressIII,ProfessorofLaw,PepperdineSchoolofLaw● MassimoLando,AssociateLegalOfficer,InternationalCourtofJustice● CameronMiles,Barrister,3VerulamBuildings

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Schedule

Friday,October1112:30pmSodenLounge

BoxlunchsponsoredbytheLeitnerCenterforInternationalLawandJustice

12:30pmRoom4-01

ABILABoardofDirectorsMeetingLunchprovided

1:30pmRoom2-02B/C

KeynoteAddress:NoGoingBack:ThePersistentPressureforAccountabilityAmbassadorStephenJ.Rapp,formerU.S.Ambassador-at-LargeforWarCrimesIssues;formerHeadoftheOfficeofGlobalCriminalJustice,U.S.DepartmentofState

3:00pmRoom2-02CApprovedforCLE

TheFragmentationofInternationalLaw:ResolvingtheConflictBetweenEULawandInternationalInvestmentLawThe expansion of international legal activity brought with it a proliferation of specialized andautonomous legal regimes.Consequently, conflicting rules seek toapply to thesame facts,whichleads to incompatible results. A recent example of this problem is the question of intra-EUinvestmentdisputes,wheretheparallelapplicationofEUlawandof international investmentlawled to conflicting jurisprudence, forum-shopping and legal insecurity. This panel will look at thegeneral fragmentation problem from the perspective of that particular divide. The panelists willanalyze the recent case law to extract lessons-learned and to design a conceptual framewithinwhichthefragmentationproblemcanbetheoreticallyunderstoodandpracticallyresolved.Moderator:

● EmaVidakGojkovic,Associate,King&SpaldingLLPPanelists:

● GeorgeA.Bermann,JeanMonnetProfessorofEULaw,WalterGellhornProfessorofLaw;Director, Center for International Commercial and Investment Arbitration (CICIA),ColumbiaLawSchool

● GeorgiosFasfalis,LegalCounsel,PhilipsGroup● VirenMascarenhas,Partner,King&SpaldingLLP● SamanthaJ.Rowe,Partner,Debevoise&PlimptonLLP● AngelineWelsh,Barrister,MatrixChambers

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Schedule

Friday,October113:00pmRoom2-01B

Failure to Notice or Notable Failure?: Challenges to Instilling a Gender-SensitiveApproachtoInternationalLawThediscussionwillbringtogether international law,humanrightsandwomen’srightsexpertswhowilldrawupontheirexperiencestodiscusstheneedforagenderedapproachtointernational law.Panelistswill consider the followingquestions:Howcan international lawbetterdeliverongenderjustice?Whatdoesagenderanalysisaddtoourunderstandingoftheseframeworks?Arenationalcourtsbetterequippedtoprovidetrueaccountability?Moderator:

● AnneMarieGoetz,ClinicalProfessor,CenterforGlobalAffairs,SchoolofProfessionalStudies,NewYorkUniversity

Panelists:● AkilaRadhakrishnan,President,GlobalJusticeCenter● AgnesCallamard,U.N.SpecialRapporteuronExtrajudicialExecutions● MelissaUpreti,U.N.WorkingGrouponDiscriminationAgainstWomeninLawandinPractice

3:00pmRoom2-02B

ApprovedforCLE

CriminalizingAsylum-SeekersasaViolationofInternationalLawOver70.8millionpeople—thehighest recorded—havebeendisplacedfromtheirhomes, largelybecause ofwar, climate change, organized crime quasi-states, and gross human rights violations.Yet the Trump Administration and other Western governments have resorted to criminalizingrefugees and asylum-seekers and separating families. This panel explores the challenge thesemeasuresposeforinternationalrefugeeandhumanrightslaw.Moderator:

● ThomasM.McDonnell,Chair,theInternationalLawSection,AmericanAssociationofLawSchools;ProfessorofLaw,ElisabethHaubSchoolofLawatPaceUniversity

Panelists:● Susan M.Akram, Clinical Professor of Law, Director of the International Human Rights

Clinic,BostonUniversitySchoolofLaw ● Philip L. Torrey, Lectureron Law,Harvard LawSchool,DirectorofCrimmigrationand the

ManagingAttorneyoftheHarvardImmigrationandRefugeeClinicalProgram● VanessaMerton, Professor of Law and Director, the Immigration Justice Clinic, Elisabeth

HaubSchoolofLawatPaceUniversity

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Friday,October113:00pmRoom2-02AThispanelissponsoredbytheStudyGrouponThreatstotheInternationalLegalOrder

TheDeclineoftheLiberalInternationalOrder?Thispanelwillconsiderwhetherwearewitnessingthedeclineoftheliberalinternationalorder.Ifso,whataretheprimarycausesandthelikelyconsequencesofthatdecline?Thepanelwillbeveryinteractive;wewillengageinamoderateddiscussiontoaddresstheissues.Moderator:

● DavidL.Sloss,JohnA.andElizabethH.SutroProfessorofLaw,SantaClaraUniversitySchoolofLaw

Panelists:● JamesT.Gathii,Wing-TatLeeChairinInternationalLawandProfessorofLaw,Loyola

UniversityChicagoSchoolofLaw● OonaA.Hathaway,GerardC.andBerniceLatrobeSmithProfessorofInternationalLaw,

YaleLawSchool● JayaRamji-Nogales,AssociateDeanforAcademicAffairsandI.HermanSternResearch

Professor,TempleUniversity,BeasleySchoolofLaw● RichardH.Steinberg,ProfessorofLawandPoliticalScience,UniversityofCalifornia-Los

AngelesSchoolofLaw

3:00pmRoom2-01AThispanelissponsoredbytheABILAUseofForceCommittee

TheGrowingRiskofWarinOuterSpace:WhatRoleWillInternationalLawPlay?Dramatic advances in space technology, increasing geopolitical tensions, and the critical strategicimportanceofmilitaryassets inspacepresentagrowingriskofarmedconflictsextendingtoouterspace.Thispanelwillexplorethisthreatandtherolethatinternationallawmayplayinmaintaininginternational peace and security in space, aswell as the role that international humanitarian lawmayplayifanarmedconflictdoesoccur.Moderator:

● JackM.Beard,Professor,Co-DirectorofSpace,Cyber&TelecomLawProgram,UniversityofNebraskaCollegeofLaw

Panelists:● RobinFrank,formerAssociateGeneralCounsel,NASA;formerAssistantLegalAdvisor,U.S

DepartmentofState● AndreaHarrington,AssociateProfessor,AirCommandandStaffCollege,U.S.AirForce● PeterL.Hays,SeniorSpacePolicyAnalyst,FalconResearchGroup● MichaelR.Hoversten,Chief,Space,Cyber,International,andOperationsLaw,AirForce

SpaceCommand● DaleStephens,Professor,UniversityofAdelaideLawSchool(Australia);Director,the

ResearchUnitonMilitaryLawandEthics● BrianWeeden,DirectorofProgramPlanning,SecureWorldFoundation

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ScheduleFriday,October114:45pmRoom2-02C

ApprovedforCLEThispanelissponsoredbytheABILAInternationalInvestmentLawCommittee

InvestmentLawandHumanRights:Friends,Strangers,orEnemies?The last few years have seen investment tribunals summarily reject alleged conflicts betweeninvestorrightsandhumanrights,andhaveevenbeenreluctanttoexchangeideaswithhumanrightsfora.Thispanelwillconsiderwhy,eventhoughbothseektoprotectindividualinterests—whetherofhumansorofbusinesses—againstexcessesofstatepower, thecross-pollination issorareandthetensionsaresocommon.Moderator:

● DioraZiyaeva,SeniorManagingAssociate,DentonsPanelists:

● DavidL.Attanasio,Associate,DechertLLP● KristenBoon,MiriamT.RooneyProfessorofLawandAssociateDeanforFacultyResearch

andDevelopment,SetonHallLawSchool● JenaMartin,ProfessorofLaw,WestVirginiaUniversity● JenniferHaworthMcCandless,Partner,SidleyAustinLLP

4:45pmRoom2-01B

ThispanelissponsoredbytheABILAUnitedNationsLawCommittee

WomenatInternationalTribunalsThis panel will address the role of women— as judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, victims’advocates,andotherprofessionals—atvarious internationaltribunals, inordertoassesswhetherwomenhavebeenadequatelyrepresentedintheseprestigiousroles.Itwillbethepanelists’startingassumption, based on available data about the presence of female professionals at internationaltribunals,thatwomenaresignificantlyunder-representedwithinmostinternationaltribunals.Fromthis starting assumption, panelists will discuss how such under-representation of women withintribunalshasaffectedtheactualaswellastheperceivedlegitimacyofthetribunals,andhowsuchtribunals may be “judging” and operating differently because of the predominance of maleprofessionalswithinthetribunals’ranks.Moreover,panelistswilladdresscultural,historical,aswellas institutional reasons for theunder-representationofwomenat international tribunals, andwillattempt toproposepoliciesand recommendations for the future, toensure thatwomenaremoreadequately represented. In addition, panelistswill explore the role of international organizations,such as the United Nations, in ensuring that women have access to professional posts atinternational tribunals,and that femalevoices,viewpoints,andscholarshipareheardwithin theseprestigiousinstitutions.Moderator:

● MilenaSterio,ProfessorofLaw,Cleveland-MarshallCollegeofLawPanelists:

● NishaArekapaudi,LegalAnalyst,Women,BusinessandtheLawTeam,WorldBankGroup● YvonneDutton,ProfessorofLaw,IndianaUniversityRobertH.McKinneySchoolofLaw● JenniferTrahan,ClinicalProfessor,NewYorkUniversity,CenterforGlobalAffairs;Chair,

ABILAInternationalCriminalCourtCommittee

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Friday,October114:45pmRoom2-02B

ThispanelissponsoredbytheABILAInternationalHumanRightsCommittee

Strengthening International Law to Combat Trafficking-in-Persons in the 21stCenturyThereareestimated40millionvictimsofmodernslaveryworldwide.Newobstaclestoidentifying,combatting, and prosecuting human trafficking have emerged as perpetrators abusedevelopmentsintechnologytofacilitatetrafficking.Howcantheinternationalsystemrespondtothe distinct and growing challenges of cyber crime and new technologies facilitating humantrafficking?Moderator:

● LukeDembosky,Partner,Debevoise&PlimptonLLP

Panelists:● LeighLatimer,Attorney,LegalAidSociety● TarynA.Merkl,SeniorCounsel,BrennanCenterforJustice● SoumyaSilver,LegalAffairsOfficer,OfficetoMonitorandCombatTraffickinginPersons,

U.S.DepartmentofState

4:45pmRoom2-01AApprovedforCLEThispanelissponsoredbytheABILASpaceLawCommittee

The Resilience of the International Law of Outer Space in Light of Technology,Business,andMilitaryDevelopmentsIs the hard and soft international law governing the increasingly competitive, congested andcontested outer space domain resilient enough for new developments? Can national legislation(andgradualharmonizationofsuch legislation)combinedwithdiplomacyandnon-governmentalinitiatives,andthedisciplinesof financeand insurance,adequately fillgapsandambiguitiesandprovide the minimal standards necessary to ensure space will continue to provide benefits tocountries,theireconomies,andtheircitizens?Moderator:

● MatthewSchaefer,VeronicaA.HaggartandCharlesR.WorkProfessorofInternationalTradeLaw,UniversityofNebraskaCollegeofLaw;Co-Director,Space,CyberandTelecomLawProgram

Panelists:● BlakeGilson,Associate,TransportationandSpaceGroup,MilbankLLP● HenryHertzfeld,ResearchProfessorandDirector,SpacePolicyInstitute,George

WashingtonUniversity● ChrisKunstadter,GlobalHeadofSpace,AXAXL● KelseyMcBarron,Associate,SchroederLawFirm● JessicaTok,SeniorSpacePolicyAnalyst,U.S.DepartmentofDefense

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Friday,October114:45pmRoom2-02A

PathwaystoCareersinInternationalLawThispanelisauniqueforumthatbringslawstudentsandnewlawyerstogetherwithexperiencedpractitioners to discuss possible careers in international law. Learn how to networkwith legalexperts from around theworld, practice in other legal systems and cultures, become active ininternationalorganizationsandsocieties,anddeveloplegalinterpersonalskills.SponsoredbytheABASectionofInternationalLawandInternationalLawStudentsAssociation.Allparticipantsarespeakingintheirpersonalcapacity.Moderator:

● LesleyBenn,ExecutiveDirector,InternationalLawStudentsAssociationPanelists:

● PreetiBhagnani,Associate,White&CaseLLP● VanessaTiede,PolicyAnalyst,SecurityCouncilReport● Cassandre Theano, Director of Human Rights and Public International Law, Columbia

LawSchool● MarkWojcik,Professor,TheJohnMarshallLawSchool

6:30pm

ReceptionatthePermanentMissionoftheRepublicofSingapore(318East48thStreet,NewYork,NY10017)TheFridayevening reception isgenerouslyhostedby thePermanentMissionof theRepublicofSingapore. Space is limitedandpre-registration is required for thisevent.For security reasons,registeredguestsmustbringphoto identification topresentat check-in.Anominal registrationfeeof$10willbechargedtoconfirmparticipation; itwillbeappliedtocoverothercostsoftheInternationalLawWeekendnotrelatedtothereception.ThesupportofthePermanentMissionoftheRepublicofSingaporetowardsInternationalLawWeekendisgreatlyappreciated.

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Saturday,October128:00amSodenLounge

ComplimentaryCoffeesponsoredbyInternationalandNon-J.D.Programs,FordhamUniversitySchoolofLaw

9:00amRoom1-01

ABILAAnnualMeetingandPlenary

KeynoteAddress:HowInternationalLawGotLostWilliamW.Burke-White,Director,PerryWorldHouse,UniversityofPennsylvaniaLawSchool

10:15amRoom2-01A

ApprovedforCLE

TheEuropeanUnion’sRoleinShapingtheFutureofInvestor-StateArbitrationInvestor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) has been widely challenged in recent years, resulting inproposed reforms. The EuropeanUnion, in particular, has strongly pushed to reform ISDS throughvariouspoliciesandmeasures.ThispanelwilladdressrecentEUpoliciesandmeasurestoascertainandpredicthowtheywillshape ISDS,andwhethertheythreatenthesystem’sstabilityorenhancethesystemaltogether.Moderator:

● M.ImadKhan,Associate,HoganLovellsLLPPanelists:

● StephenAnway,Partner,SquirePattonBoggs● StratosNikolaosPahis,AssistantProfessor,NewYorkUniversitySchoolofLaw● DevaVillanúa,Partner,Armesto&Asociados

10:15amRoom2-01B

ThispanelissponsoredbytheABILAUnitedNationsLawCommittee

InternationalImmunitiesintheWakeofJamv.Int’l.Fin.Corp.:WhatComesNext?TheU.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Jam v. International Finance Corporation significantlyrevisedU.S. lawonthejurisdictional immunitiesofmanyinternationalorganizationspresent intheUnited States. Holding that international organizations deriving immunity from the InternationalOrganizationsImmunitiesActareentitledonlytothe‘restrictive’immunitiesaffordedforeignstatesundertheForeignSovereignImmunitiesAct,theCourtleftopenanumberofissuesofgreatpracticalimportance.ThepanelwillexploretheimplicationsoftheJamdecisionfromvariousperspectives.Moderator:

● DavidP.Stewart,Chair,ABILABoardofDirectors;Director,CenteronTransnationalBusinessandtheLaw,GeorgetownUniversityLaw

Panelists:● LoriFislerDamrosch,HamiltonFishProfessorofInternationalLawandDiplomacy,

ColumbiaLawSchool● StephenMathias,AssistantSecretaryGeneralforLegalAffairs,UnitedNations● EdwardChukwuemekeOkeke,Author,JurisdictionalImmunitiesofStatesand

InternationalOrganizations(OUP2018)

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Saturday,October1210:15amRoom2-02B

ThispanelissponsoredbytheABILAInternationalHumanitarianLawCommittee

MercenariesorPrivateMilitaryContractors?:RegulationofanEver-ExpandingPhenomenonErik Prince, founder and CEO of the controversial private military contracting company,Blackwater, has proposed regularizing the use of "mercenary" forces by the United States.Meanwhile,asecretiveorganizationknownastheWagnerGroup,withallegedtiestotheRussianregime,hasalreadybeen implicated in conflicts inUkraine,Syria, Sudan,andVenezuela.Othermilitarycontractorsperform lesscontroversialdefensivesecurity functions inconflictzones.Aretheactivities of suchorganizations lawful?What legal andothermechanismsexist to regulatesuch operations and hold violators of humanitarian and human rights law accountable?Whatgapsinlawneedtobefilled?Moderator:

● GaborRona,VisitingProfessorofLaw,CardozoLawSchoolPanelists:

● LauraDickenson,OswaldSymisterColcloughResearchProfessorofLaw,GeorgeWashingtonUniversityLawSchool

● KatherineGallagher,SeniorStaffAttorney,CenterforConstitutionalRights;VisitingClinicalProfessor,CityUniversityofNewYorkSchoolofLaw

● KatherineGorove,Attorney,U.S.DepartmentofState● MollyGray,AdjunctProfessorofInternationalHumanRightsLaw,VermontLawSchool

10:15amRoom2-02A

TheVenezuelaCrisisandtheResilienceofInternationalLawVenezuelarecentlyplungedtoanewlevelofcrisis,onethathasalsoexposedgravechallengestothe international legal system. The case raises issues of military intervention, governmentrecognition, sanctions, control of assets,migration, democracy, human rights, energy, and thegovernanceofinternationalorganizations.ThepanelwillanalyzehowtosupportbothVenezuelaandtheresilienceofinternationallaw.Moderator:

● JohnBerger,SeniorFellow,CenteronNationalSecurity,FordhamLawSchoolPanelists:

● RicardoChirinos,Associate,White&CaseLLP● MaryEllenO’Connell,RobertandMarionShortProfessorofLaw,ResearchProfessorof

InternationalDisputeResolution,UniversityofNotreDame● FedericaPaddeu,JohnTileyFellowinLaw,Queens’CollegeCambridge(United

Kingdom);Fellow,LauterpachtCentreforInternationalLaw● BradR.Roth,ProfessorofPoliticalScienceandLaw,WayneStateUniversityLawSchool;

Director,UndergraduateStudies,DepartmentofPoliticalScience

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Saturday,October12

10:15amRoom2-02CThispanelissponsoredbytheABILAInternationalIntellectualPropertyCommittee

InternationalIntellectualPropertyLawintheAgeofSmartTechnologyandIntelligentMachinesWith the proliferation of new transformative technologies, such as smart devices, big data andartificial intelligence, theeffectivedevelopmentof international intellectualproperty lawhasbeencalled into question. This roundtable brings together experts to explore the resilience of theinternational intellectual property regime and the tensions and conflicts posed by rapidtechnological change. The roundtable is sponsored by the ABILA Committee on InternationalIntellectualProperty.Moderator:

● SeanFlynn,AssociateDirector,ProgramonInformationJusticeandIntellectualProperty,AmericanUniversityWashingtonCollegeofLaw;Co-Chair,ABILACommitteeonInternationalIntellectualProperty

Panelists:● CherylFoong,Lecturer,CurtinLawSchool(Australia)● DorisEstelleLong,ProfessorEmeritusofLaw,TheJohnMarshallLawSchool● MichalShur-Ofry,SeniorLecturer,FacultyofLaw,TheHebrewUniversityofJerusalem● PeterK.Yu,ProfessorofLawandCommunicationandDirector,CenterforLawand

IntellectualProperty,TexasA&MUniversitySchoolofLaw;ABILADirectorofStudies;Co-Chair,ABILACommitteeonInternationalIntellectualProperty

10:30amRoom3-05

ILSABoardofDirectorsMeeting

12:00pmRoom2-02CApprovedforCLE

TheResilienceofJudgmentsRecognitionInitiativesThispanelwill focus specificallyon the topicof judgments recognition. Thiswill include the2019HagueConventionontheRecognitionandEnforcementofForeignJudgmentsinCivilorCommercialMatters, concluded inTheHagueon July2,2019. Thepanelwill addressnotonly the JudgmentsConventionanditsimplications,butotherdevelopmentsintherealmofjudgmentsrecognition.Thepanel will include representation from practice, academia, and multilateral institutions. Themoderator will provide a brief overview of the conclusion of the Judgments Convention. Thediscussionwill then focusona seriesof5-6questions,witheachpanelist responding fromhis/herperspectiveonthosequestions.Afteraquestionandanswertimewiththeaudience,eachpanelistwillprovidea3-minuteconcludingcomment.Moderator:

● Ronald A. Brand, Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law; ABILABoardMember

Panelists:● GérardineGohEscolar,FirstSecretary,HagueConferenceonPrivateInternationalLaw● CharlesKotuby,Partner,JonesDay● AaronD.Simowitz,AssistantProfessorofLaw,WillametteUniversitySchoolofLaw● LouiseEllenTeitz,ProfessorofLaw,RogerWilliamsLawSchool;ABILABoardMember

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ScheduleSaturday,October1212:00pmRoom2-01BThispanelissponsoredbytheABILAInternationalHumanitarianLawCommittee

DEBATE: Foreign Fighters and their Families: How to Reconcile the CompetingDemands of International Humanitarian Law, Human Rights and Refugee Law, andDomesticLaw

ThefalloftheIslamicState(IS)initslastphysicalstrongholdinSyriainearly2019ledtoamassexodusofforeign fighters and their families. Many of the fighters ended up detained by non-state actors, manyfamilies were screened and sent to camps for displaced persons in Syria and Iraq. The internationalcommunity was faced with a host of legal and policy issues in a complicated and politically sensitivecontext,andtheresponsebybothinternationalbodiesandStatesoforiginwasvaried.Thecomplexandfluctuating situationon theground led to a great deal of debateaboutwhat rules of international lawshould take precedence at various points in time. Should families of foreign fighters be treated asrefugees?Shouldfightersoranyoftheirfamilymembersbeprosecuted?Underdomesticorinternationallaw?ForthosefightersorfamilieswhoareindetentionorIDPcamps,underwhatlegalbasisshouldtheybeheld?Underwhatlegalbasismaytheychallengetheirdetention/internment?Panelistswillbeaskedtodebate the interplay between various bodies of law in dealingwith specific situations that arise in thecapture,detentionanddisposition (repatriationsorother transfers,prosecution, release,etc.)of foreignfightersandtheirfamilies,inordertodemonstratethelegalandhumanitariancomplexitiestowhichthisphenomenonhasgivenrise.

DebateModerator:

• MelanneA.Civic,OperationsDirector,TheDefenseInstituteofInternationalLegalStudiesPanelists:

• JonathanHorowitz,LegalAdviser,InternationalCommitteeoftheRedCross

• Lt.Col.MatthewA.Kraus`e,Director,FutureConceptsDirectorate,TheUnitedStatesArmyJudgeAdvocateGeneral'sLegalCenterandSchool

• PatriciaStottlemyer,AssociateAttorney,HumanRightsFirst

12:00pmRoom2-02B

ThispanelissponsoredbytheABILAUnitedNationsLawCommittee

DiverseVoicesontheUseOfForce

Recentyearshaveseenanincreasinglycomplexsetofclaimfortheuseofforce.Thishasrangedfromtheattackingnon-State actors across borders to the “responsibility to protect” to real or potentialinterventionsfromCrimeatoSyria,fromIrantoVenezuela.Thisinteractiveroundtablewillhearfromadiverserangeoflessfrequentlyheardvoicesonthesepressingtopics.

Moderator:● DanielStewart,Founder/ExecutiveDirector,IndependentInternationalLegalAdvocates

Panelists:● AdilHaque,ProfessorofLawandJudgeJonO.NewmanScholar,RutgersLawSchool● Angel Horna, Legal Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; former First Secretary and Legal

Adviser,PermanentMissiontotheUnitedNations,Peru● AmbassadorMichaelKanu,DeputyPermanentRepresentativetotheU.N.,SierraLeone● PriyankaMotaparthy, Lecturer in Law and Director, Project on Counterterrorism, Armed

Conflict,andHumanRights,HumanRightsInstitute,ColumbiaLawSchool● Pablo AdriánArrocha Olabuenaga, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission to the U.N.,

Mexico● FedericaPaddeu,FacultyofLaw,Queens’CollegeCambridge(UnitedKingdom)● IrmaRosaSuazo,DeputyPermanentRepresentativetotheUnitedNations,Honduras

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Saturday,October1212:00pmRoom2-02A

ThispanelissponsoredbytheABILAFormationofRulesofCustomaryInternationalLawCommittee

AtaCrossroads:CanCustomaryInternationalLawProvideaStabilizingInfluenceinaFractiousWorld?Today, rising nationalismand factionalism challenge the ability of customary international law togenerateconsensus-basednormsthatcaneffectivelyregulatepoliticallychargedproblemssuchastheuseofouterspace,internationalinvestment,andhumanrights.Thispanelwillexplorewhethercustomaryinternationallawcanmeetthischallenge,andhowitcanprovideastabilizinginfluenceinafractiousworld.Moderator:

● BrianLepard,HaroldW.ConroyDistinguishedProfessorofLaw,UniversityofNebraskaCollegeofLaw

Panelists:● FransG.vonderDunk,HarveyandSusanPerlmanAlumni/OthmerProfessorof

SpaceLaw,UniversityofNebraska-LincolnCollegeofLaw● MélidaN.Hodgson,Partner,Jenner&BlockLLP● JocelynGetgenKestenbaum,AssistantProfessorofClinicalLaw,BenjaminN.Cardozo

SchoolofLaw● PanosMerkouris,ProfessorofPublicInternationalLaw,UniversityofGroningen● TonyaL.Putnam,AssociateProfessor,DepartmentofPoliticalScience,ColumbiaUniversity

12:00pmRoom2-01A

HittingaBoundary:IstheU.N.ConventionontheLawoftheSeaStillFitforItsPurpose?PanelistswillassesstheachievementsandcontinuedrelevanceoftheU.N.ConventionontheLawofthe Sea (UNCLOS) nearly 40 years after it was adopted. The discussion shall include consideringUNCLOS’ role in developing as well as codifying international law, the impact of certain States’failure to ratify the treaty or decision to opt out of the dispute resolutionmechanisms,maritimeboundarydisputeresolutionpursuanttoUNCLOSandthecontinuingworkdonebytheCommissionontheLimitsoftheContinentalShelf.Moderator:

● CatherineAmirfar,Partner,Debevoise&PlimptonLLPPanelists:

● CoalterLathrop,President,SovereignGeographic,Chair,ABILALawoftheSeaCommittee● JohnNoyes,ProfessorEmeritus,CaliforniaWesternSchoolofLaw,FormerlyABILA

President● LuigiSantosuosso,SeniorLegalOffice,DivisionforOceanAffairsandtheLawoftheSea,

UnitedNations

1:30pm-2:00pm

LunchBreak

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Saturday,October12

2:00pmRoom2-02C

ApprovedforCLE

TheReturnoftheStateinInternationalTradeandInvestmentLaw

This panel will consider recent developments in trade and investment law, with a focus on thepotentialcollapseoftheWTOAppellateBody,theefforttocreateamultilateral investmentcourt,and the increasing prominence of national security in trade disputes. These developments havesignificantimplicationsfortheroleofthestateininternationaleconomiclawandforthefutureofinternationalinstitutions.Moderator:

● J.BentonHeath,ActingAssistantProfessorofLawyering,NewYorkUniversitySchoolofLaw

Panelists:● JoseE.Alvarez,HerbertandRoseRubinProfessorofInternationalLaw,NewYorkUniversity

SchoolofLaw● ChristinaBeharry,Counsel,FoleyHoagLLP● RobertHowse,LlloydC.NelsonProfessorofInternationalLaw,NewYorkUniversitySchool

ofLaw● LaurenMandell,SpecialCounsel,WilmerHaleLLP● MonaPinchisPaulsen,TeachingFellowandLecturerinLaw,StanfordLawSchool

2:00pmRoom2-01BApprovedforCLE

ThispanelissponsoredbytheABILAInternationalCriminalCourtCommittee

ProsecutorialDiscretion:SwordorShieldoftheInternationalCriminalCourt?Following the 20th anniversary of the Rome Statue, the International Criminal Court (ICC) hasreachedacrossroads.InApril2019,thefirstfourpresidentsoftheICC’sAssemblyofStatesPartiessounded the alarm: calling for an independent assessment of the Court’s functioning and notingfrustrationswith the judicial proceedings, results, andmanagement deficiencies. SeveralMemberStates,includingthePhilippinesandBurundi,havewithdrawnfromtheICCaltogether.Atthesametime,adisputebetweentheOfficeoftheProsecutor(OTP)andtheUnitedStatesrecentlycametoaheadwhenapre-trialpanelof ICC judges rejected theOTP’s request toopenan investigation intoactionscommittedbytheTaliban,AfghanForces,andU.S.personnel inAfghanistan,citingpoliticalinstability,inadequatecooperationin“keystates,”andtheCourt’slimitedresources.Moderator:

● NatalieReid,Partner,Debevoise&PlimptonLLPPanelists:

● ChristineH.Chung,PartnerandHeadofWhiteCollarPractice,Selendy&Gay;formerfirstandhighest-rankingtrialattorney,InternationalCriminalCourt

● ElizabethEvenson,AssociateDirector,InternationalJusticeProgram,HumanRightsWatch● MargaretM.deGuzman,JamesE.BeasleyProfessorofLaw,InstituteforLawandPublic

Policy,TempleUniversity,BeasleySchoolofLaw● DavidJ.Scheffer,MayerBrown/RobertA.HelmanProfessorofLaw,CenterforInternational

HumanRights,NorthwesternPritzkerSchoolofLaw;formerU.S.AmbassadoratLargeforWarCrimesIssues

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Saturday,October12

2:00pmRoom2-02B

2020JessupCompetitionPanelApanelofexpertswilldiscusssomeofthekeytopicsofthe2020JessupProblem,includingthelegalissues surrounding treaty succession, fully autonomous weapons systems, government ministersaccusedofwarcrimes,thepotentiallyconflictingjurisdictionoftheICJandtheWTO,aswellassomegeneraltipsandguidanceforcompetingintheJessup.ThepanelwillberecordedandmadeavailableonlineforallJessupparticipantsaftertheconference.Moderator:

● LesleyBenn,ExecutiveDirector,InternationalLawStudentsAssociationPanelists:

● RonKendler,Associate,White&Case● PeterMargulies,ProfessorofLaw,RogerWilliamsUniversitySchoolofLaw● PatríciaGalvãoTeles,MemberoftheU.N.InternationalLawCommission;SeniorLegal

ConsultantonInternationalLawattheLegalDepartmentofthePortugueseMinistryofForeignAffairs

2:00pmRoom2-02A

HotTopics:NavigatingtheBBNJnegotiations:UpdatesontheThirdIntergovernmentalConferenceThethirdsessionoftheIntergovernmentalConferenceonaninternationallegallybindinginstrumenton the conservation and sustainable use ofmarine biological diversity of areas beyond nationaljurisdiction (IGConBBNJ)tookplaceonAugust 19-30, 2019,wherenegotiationswerebasedonazerodraft.ThepanelwilldiscusstheadvancementofthesenegotiationsandwhatprogresshasbeenmadeuntilthisthirdIGC.Moderator:

● ElizabethRodríguez-Santiago,AssistantProfessor,UniversidadAnaG.Méndez,PuertoRicoPanelists:

● BartSmitDuijzentkunst,LegalOfficer,UnitedNations,DivisionforOceanAffairsandtheLawoftheSea(DOALOS)

● PabloArrocha-Olabuenaga,LegalAdviser,PermanentMissionofMexicototheUnitedNations

● ClementYowMulalap,AttorneyandLegalAdviser,thePermanentMissionoftheFederatedStatesofMicronesiatotheUnitedNations

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Saturday,October12

2:00pmRoom2-01A

EmergingVoicesinInternationalLawWhileinternationallawischanging,thescholarsandpractitionerswhostudyandimplementthelawarealsochanging.Thispanelconsistsofindividualswhohaveworkedinthefieldofinternationallawforfiveyearsorless.Theirpresentationsrepresentrecentscholarshiponthetheoryandpracticeofinternationallaw.Moderator:

● PamelaBookman,AssociateProfessor,FordhamUniversitySchoolofLawPanelists:

● DavidHughes,GrotiusResearchScholar,UniversityofMichiganLawSchool● MajorWolfgangWeber,AssistantProfessorofLaw,UnitedStatesAirForceAcademy● GaborRona,VisitingProfessorofLaw,CardozoLawSchool● AshikaSingh,Associate,Debevoise&PlimptonLLP

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ThankYoutoOurSponsorsILW2019isorganizedbytheAmericanBranchoftheInternationalLawAssociation(ABILA)

incollaborationwiththeInternationalLawStudentsAssociation(ILSA).Wegratefullyacknowledgethegeneroussupportofthefollowingsponsors:

PlatinumLevel

Debevoise&PlimptonLLP

FordhamUniversitySchoolofLaw

LeitnerCenterforInternationalLaw&Justice,FordhamUniversitySchoolofLaw

GoldLevel

AmericanSocietyofInternationalLaw White&CaseLLP

SilverLevel

AmericanBarAssociationSectionofInternationalLaw

BenjaminN.CardozoSchoolofLaw,YeshivaUniversity

Brill/NijhoffPublishers

CaliforniaWesternSchoolofLaw

CaseWesternReserveUniversitySchoolofLaw

ColumbiaLawSchool

Covington&BurlingLLP

DeanRuskInternationalLawCenter,UniversityofGeorgiaSchoolofLaw

TheFletcherSchoolofLawandDiplomacy,TuftsUniversity

FoleyHoagLLP

GeorgeWashingtonUniversityLawSchool

GeorgetownUniversityLawCenter

InternationalandNon-J.D.Programs,FordhamUniversitySchoolofLaw

King&SpaldingLLP

NewYorkCityBarAssociation

NewYorkStateBarInternationalLawSection

OxfordUniversityPress

PrincetonUniversity,JamesMadisonPrograminAmericanIdealsandInstitution

PrincetonUniversity,thePrograminLawandPublicAffairs

SetonHallUniversitySchoolofLaw

St.John’sUniversitySchoolofLaw

TransnationalDisputeManagement+OGEMID

UniversityofNebraskaCollegeofLaw

UniversityofPittsburghSchoolofLaw

WillkieFarr&GallagherLLP

WhitneyR.HarrisWorldLawInstitute,WashingtonUniversitySchoolofLaw

AspecialthankstoDebevoise&PlimptonLLPforhostingtheThursdayeveningreception,

tothePermanentMissionoftheRepublicofSingaporeforhostingtheFridayeveningreception,andtoWhite&CaseforfacilitatingCLEcredit.

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ThankYoutoOurConferenceOrganizers2019ILWProgramCommitteeWilliamJ.Aceves(Co-Chair)DeanStevenR.SmithProfessorofLaw,CaliforniaWesternSchoolofLawMargaretE.(Peggy)McGuinness(Co-Chair)Co-Director,St.John’sCenterforInternationalandComparativeLaw,St.John’sSchoolofLawAshikaSingh(Co-Chair)Associate,Debevoise&PlimptonLLPPamelaBookmanAssociateProfessorofLaw,FordhamLawSchoolAmityBoyeDirectorofExecutiveProjects,White&CaseLLPKathleenClaussenAssociateProfessorofLaw,UniversityofMiamiSchoolofLawMartinS.FlahertyCo-Director,LeitnerCenterforInternationalLawandJustice,FordhamLawSchoolAlonsoGurmendiProfessor,UniversidaddelPacíficoAcademicDepartmentofLaw

MichaelA.MarelusSeniorAssociate,DLAPiperCalineMouawadPartner,King&SpaldingJ.JanewaOsei-TutuAssociateProfessorofLaw,FloridaInternationalUniversityCollegeofLawLeilaNadyaSadat(exofficio)President,ABILA;Director,theWhitneyR.HarrisWorldLawInstitute,WashingtonUniversitySchoolofLawMilenaSterioAssociateDeanforAcademicEnrichment,Cleveland-MarshallCollegeofLawDavidP.Stewart(exofficio)Chair,BoardofDirectors,ABILA;Co-Director,GlobalLawScholarsProgram;Director,CenteronTransnationalBusinessandtheLaw,GeorgetownUniversityLawCenterIsavellaVasilogeorgiAssociateLegalOfficer,OfficeofLegalAffairs,UnitedNations

TejSrimushnam,2019ILWAdministrativeOfficerMadalineGeorge,ILWAssistantProgramOfficerNellyN.Gordpour,Assistant2019ILWBethelMandefro,ABILAMembershipOfficerAdministrativeOfficer

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ThankYoutoOurOrganizationalLeaders

ABILABoardofDirectorsandOfficersChair,BoardofDirectors: DavidP.Stewart

President: LeilaNadyaSadat

VicePresidents: ChristinaM.Cerna ChiaraGiorgetti MichaelP.Scharf PaulR.Dubinsky PhilipM.Moremen

HonoraryVicePresidents: CharlesN.Brower GaryN.Horlick VedP.Nanda JohnCarey CynthiaLichtenstein JohnE.Noyes ValerieEpps JohnF.Murphy GeorgeK.WalkerEdwardGordon JamesA.R.Nafziger RuthWedgwood

DirectorofStudy: PeterK.Yu

Secretary: MyraDin

Treasurer: HoustonPutnamLowry

BoardofDirectors: WilliamAceves AndreaK.Bjorklund MilenaSterio JackM.Beard SherryHolbrook LouiseEllenTeitzAndreaHarrison ScottHorton NancyTheveninAmityBoye LarryD.Johnson JenniferTrahanJamesH.Boykin GaborRona PeterK.YuRonaldA.Brand AnkSantensAaronX.Fellmeth StevenSchneebaum

CommunicationsOfficer: MarkCuevas

MembershipOfficer: BethelMandefro

PatronsoftheAmericanBranchoftheInternationalLawAssociationCharlesN.BrowerLeeBuchheitDavidD.Caron(deceased)ChristinaCerna EdwardGordon AnthonyLarson

CynthiaLichtensteinHoustonPutnamLowry JohnF.Murphy JamesA.R.Nafziger VedNandaAndreNewburg(deceased)

JohnE.Noyes AnibalSabater CharlesD.Siegal(deceased) DavidP.Stewart RuthWedgwood