This is from the Centre for Trade and Investment Law (CTIL), New Delhi and the Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL), Punjab, India:
We are pleased to inform you that a virtual conference on Dispute Settlement in International Trade Agreements: Prospective Pathways scheduled to be held on 10-11 February 2022. The conference is being organised by CTIL, an Indian government think-tank and advisory centre on trade and investment laws, in collaboration with RGNUL, Punjab, one of the leading national law schools in India.
We have a distinguished list of speakers for sessions on dispute settlement in regional trade agreements (RTAs) and for special addresses, including former WTO Appellate Body chairpersons, world-renowned professors of trade law and investment law, senior government officials and experienced trade law practitioners.
They will speak on dispute settlement in North American, Asia-Pacific and European Union trade agreements and emerging trends in ISDS in the investment chapters of trade agreements. There are two discussions scheduled at the conference, with one focused on designing the architecture of dispute settlement in trade agreements from an Indian perspective and the other focused on introspection on lessons learnt from the past in dispute settlement in international trade law.
We also have special addresses to be delivered by:
- Peter Van den Bossche, Director of Studies, World Trade Institute (WTI), Bern; Former Member and Chairman, Appellate Body, World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva, Switzerland
- Raj Bhala,Distinguished Professor, University of Kansas, School of Law, Lawrence, Kansas, United States; Senior Advisor, Dentons, Kansas City, Missouri, United States; On Point Columnist, Bloomberg Quint, Mumbai, India
- Giorgio Sacerdoti, Emeritus Professor of International Law and European Law, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy; Former Member and Chairman of Appellate Body of WTO
- Dennis Shea, Executive Director, J. Ronald Terwilliger Center for Housing Policy, Washington, D.C., United States; Former Deputy U.S. Trade Representative and U.S. Ambassador to the WTO
- Ujal Singh Bhatia,Former Chairman of Appellate Body and Ambassador of India to the WTO; Honorary Professor at NLU Delhi, India
We look forward to your participation.
The full program is here.
