Call for Proposals: International Economic Law And Security Interests Conference

From the Amsterdam Center for International Law and the International Economic Law Interest Group of the European Society of International Law:

Call for Proposals – International Economic Law and Security Interests – ACIL-ESIL Amsterdam Conference

On 14-15 November 2019, the Amsterdam Center for International Law and the International Economic Law Interest Group of the European Society of International Law will host at the University of Amsterdam a Conference on International Economic Law and Security Interests. Besides a roundtable on adjudicating the security exception, the Conference will deal with the main areas of the topic over three axes: International Law and Security, including the history and interpretation of the security exception; Security Interests and International Economic Law, addressing the relationship between security interests and the legal regimes governing trade and investment; and Emerging Security Issues, to discuss issues such as cybersecurity, food security and energy security.

Proposals addressing issues falling within the scope of the Conference’s theme, including abstracts of no more than 500 words and the speaker’s details, or inquiries regarding the conference, should be sent to acil-fdr@uva.nl. The deadline for the submission of proposals is 31 July 2019. The organizers consider publishing papers presented at the conference either as a special issue in a leading journal or as an edited volume published by a leading academic publisher. In the selection of proposals, preference will be given to speakers interested in producing a paper.