International Workshop

Program:

Monday 3 July 2023

Introductory Remarks

ImprovEUorGlobe Coordinator Prof. Elisa Baroncini, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna: Presenting ImprovEUorGlobe

ImprovEUorGlobe Chair Prof. Filippo Fontanelli, University of Edinburgh: UNA Europa Chair Opening Address

Panel 1: Sustainable Development, Trade and Investments

Moderator: Filippo Fontanelli, Senior Lecturer in International Economic Law, University of Edinburgh.

Susanna Villani, Junior Assistant Professor, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna - EU Trade Agreements and Dispute Settlement Mechanisms on Sustainable Development

Domenico Pauciulo, Senior Assistant Professor, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II - Sustainable Development in International Investment Agreements: the Approach of the EU

Mirko Camanna, PhD Candidate in International and EU Law, Università degli Studi di Pavia - Environmental and Social Impact Assessments as Preventive Tools in International Investment Law

Elisa Baroncini, Full Professor, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna - The EU Approach to Litigation in Trade and Investment: Promoting the International Rule of Law 

Panel 2: Sustainable Development and EU Free Trade Agreements

Moderator: Elisa Baroncini, Full Professor, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna

Lien Nguyen, PhD Candidate, University of Helsinki Cooperation between the EU and Developing Countries: Can We Ratify and Implement the New Measures of Trade Agreements Following Sustainability?

Cyprian Liske, PhD Candidate, Jagiellonian University Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) Chapters in Free Trade agreements Concluded by the EU in 2010‒2020. A Comparative Study of Legal Provisions

Virginia Remondino, PhD Candidate, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna Fostering Climate Protection by Means of the EU Generalized Scheme of Preferences (GSP). A Critical Assessment through the Lens of the Paris Agreement

Tuesday 4 July 2023

Panel 3: Sustainable Development and Private Actors

Moderator: Reetta Toivanen, Full Professor, University of Helsinki

Andrea Mensi, Postdoc Researcher, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna The Contribution of the Civil Society in Ensuring the Effectiveness of Sustainable Development Standards in the EU PTAs

Raquel Regueiro Dubra, Associate Professor, Universidad Complutense de Madrid Illicit Trafficking in Arms: Due Diligence and Accountability of Private Actors in the European Union

Reetta Toivanen, Full Professor, University of Helsinki Decolonising Global Sustainability Goals: Arctic Examples

Maija Lassila, PhD Candidate, University of Helsinki The Arctic Mineral Rush: Conflicts over Incommensurability in Finland’s Mining Frontier

Panel 4: Sustainable Development, Climate Change and the Rights of Nature

Moderator: Andrea Mensi, Postdoc Researcher, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna

Andrea Cerofolini, PhD Candidate, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna Mapping the State of Climate Litigation in Europe

Grazia Eleonora Vita, PhD Candidate, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna Gender-Based Climate Change Litigation: A Mere Trend or A Key Solution to Address the Problem

Piotr Szwedo, Associate Professor, Jagiellonian University The Implications of Rights of Nature for International Economic Law

Marco Argentini, PhD in International Law, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna How Sovereign Wealth Funds Address Climate Change Considerations

Panel 5: Human Rights and Cultural Heritage in Trade and Investment

Moderator: Piotr Szwedo, Associate Professor, Jagiellonian University

Tuija von der Pütten, PhD Candidate, University of Helsinki Green Foreign Investments in the Arctic and Sami Rights: An International Law Perspective

Alessandra Quarta, PhD Candidate, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, Department of Legal Studies The Cultural Heritage Clauses in the New Generation of EU FTAs

Klarissa Martins, Teaching Assistant, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna The Approach of the EU’s Free Trade Agreements in the Promotion of Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment

Panel 6: Sustainable Development and EU Trade and Regulatory Policy

Moderator: Ana Maria Daza Vargas, Lecturer in International Law, University of Edinburgh

Michele Corgatelli, PhD Candidate, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna Public Goals and Private Duties in the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

Niccolò Lanzoni, Postdoc Researcher, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna The Convention on Biological Diversity, the Nagoya Protocol and the Issue of Digital Sequence Information: Some Observations on the EU Regulatory Policy

Maria Moreno Sancho, PhD Candidate, Universidad Complutense de Madrid The US and EU Solar Trade Remedies Saga: The Globalization of Mercantilism

Concluding Remarks:

Prof. Elisa Baroncini, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna