Call for Papers: The United Nations ‘Rio+20’ Conference on Sustainable Development: Appraisal and Prospects of a Paradigmatic Concept
febrero 3, 2012
The United Nations ‘Rio+20’ Conference on Sustainable Development: Appraisal and Prospects of a Paradigmatic Concept
1st Joint Workshop of the ESIL Interest Groups on International Environmental Law and on International Economic Law
12th SEPTEMBER 2012
Call for papers- deadline 23rd April 2012
The ESIL Interest Groups on International Environmental Law and on International Economic Law are pleased to announce that the celebration of their First Joint Workshop will place in the afternoon of Wednesday 12th September 2012 (between 6-8pm), that is, the night before the opening session of the Fifth ESIL Biennial Conference, to be held in Valencia (Spain) on September 13-15th 2012. The group convenors hereby invite the submission of abstracts on the theme of « The United Nations ‘Rio+20’ Conference on Sustainable Development: Appraisal and Prospects of a Paradigmatic Concept ».
Websites of the groups available at: www.esilgiel.wordpress.com (Interest Group on International Environmental Law); and http://inteurlaw.uni-goettingen.de/esil-iel/ (Interest Group on International Economic Law).
1) THE TOPIC
Twenty years after the 1992 Rio Summit on Environment and Development and ten years since the 2002 Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development, the international community will again gather between the 4th and the 6th June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro (information available at: www.uncsd2012.org). The objective of this major meeting is to renew and secure political commitment on sustainable development, a paradigmatic concept which has both driven the exponential normative development of international environmental law while also virtually becoming the main framework of global politics for development of the last decades. As it appears in the preparatory work of the Rio+ 20 Conference, the summit will expectedly focus on two themes: green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication; and institutional framework for sustainable development.
Departing from a discussion on the outcome of the Rio+20 Conference, this Joint Workshop will seek to undertake a comprehensive analysis of the concept of sustainable development. We therefore invite the submission of abstracts which: 1) appraise the historical process of implementation of the concept of sustainable development, exploring its prospects and future evolutions; and/or 2) propose a critical approach to the notion of sustainable development, reflecting about the possible inherent and unveiled shortcomings of the concept.
2) APPLICATION PROCEDURE
The event will be open by the impulse statement of an invited speaker. It will then be followed by three paper presentations selected out of this call for papers which will compose one single panel. A prominent scholar in both fields of International Environmental Law and International Economic Law will conduct the Joint Workshop.
Papers presented at the workshop will be selected through a competitive process. The selection process will be based exclusively on scholarly merit and priority will be given to unpublished papers and work in progress. We welcome proposals from professionals, academics and graduate students, and remain open to proposals which may challenge the importance given by this workshop to the notion of sustainable development as a central issue in the future development of IEL.
Each submission should include the following:
– An abstract of no more than 400 words in English or French.
– A short CV in English or French.
Applications should be submitted to both Peter-Tobias Stoll at PT.Stoll at jur.uni-goettingen.de and Alejandra Torres Camprubí at atorrescamprubi at yahoo.es, in WORD (version 1999-2007) or PDF format. Please write “Proposal 2012 Joint Event Workshop” in the subject of the email.
4. DEADLINE
The deadline for submission of proposals is Monday, 23rd April 2012. The outcome of the selection process will be notified to all applicants by Monday, 14th May 2012. After selection, each presenter will be expected to produce a draft paper by Monday, 16th July 2012 for circulation among the other workshop participants.
We look forward to receiving your contributions!
5. INQUIRIES
Further information about the groups’ activities can be found at the following websites: www.esilgiel.wordpress.com (Interest Group on International Environmental Law) and http://inteurlaw.uni-goettingen.de/esil-iel/(Interest Group on International Economic Law). Please do not doubt to contact us should you have more questions or queries:
- Interest Group on International Environmental Law:
Alejandra Torres Camprubí (atorrescamprubi at yahoo.es); and Mario Prost (m.prost at law.keele.ac.uk)
- Interest Group on International Economic Law:
Peter-Tobias Stoll (PT.Stoll at jur.uni-goettingen.de); Luis Hinojosa Martínez (hinojosa at ugr.es), and Marion Panizzon (marion.panizzon at wti.org)
Crisis Talk at Humboldt University
enero 23, 2012
Isabel Feichtner ha escrito una muy interesante crónica de la conferencia sobre deuda soberana que se organizó en la Universidad Humboldt de Berlín el 13 y 14 de enero. Su post, Crisis Talk at Humboldt University, plantea las preguntas esenciales del debate y se lee con mucho gusto y aprovechamiento. Espero que nuestra conferencia de marzo en Madrid sobre deuda soberana contribuya significativamente a ese importante debate y que Isabel, que participará en la conferencia, haga una crónica tan interesante como la de Berlín.
Quienes estén interesados en leer un análisis jurídico claro, preciso y conciso sobre el tratado para reforzar la unión económica europea pueden leer el artículo que ha escrito José Martín y Pérez de Nanclares para el Instituto Elcano. En su artículo, El nuevo tratado para reforzar la unión económica: una “cura de urgencia” excepcional y transitoria, el catedrático de derecho internacional de la Universidad de Salamanca describe las características principales de este tratado y presenta una serie de dificultades que plantea desde la perspectiva de las instituciones europeas y del derecho de la Unión Europea. Todos esos importantes aspectos no nublan el juicio del autor, para quien, «no conviene sobredimensionar» las dificultades jurídicas.
Por una parte, porque la redacción que se ha dado al borrador de nuevo tratado que se acaba de conocer se cuida mucho de soslayar cualquier atisbo de posible conflicto institucional o jurídico. Por otra parte, porque en realidad el verdadero problema de fondo es en primera línea de naturaleza económica y política: económica en cuanto la intención última de estas medidas es salvar el euro; y política porque lo que late en el fondo del debate es el agotamiento del modelo que en las últimas seis décadas ha servido de fundamento para el proceso de integración.
Conferencia UNCTAD-UAM: Responsible Sovereign Financing
enero 4, 2012
Ya se encuentra publicado el sitio web de la conferencia que organizamos conjuntamente la UNCTAD y la UAM sobre «Responsible Sovereign Financing: The Search for Common Principles». Esperamos poder darles la bienvenida a algunos de ustedes en Madrid para la conferencia el próximo 2 de marzo de 2012.
UNCTAD-UAM Conference: Responsible Sovereign Financing
enero 4, 2012
New Business and Human Rights Blog and ESIL Interest Group
septiembre 23, 2011
Marta Requejo ha lanzado un nuevo blog sobre negocios y derechos humanos en el que ha publicado un post sobre la conferencia que hubo en Londres sobre ese tema la semana pasada: Business and Human Rights Conference, 15-16 September 2011. El blog es el medio de comunicación del nuevo grupo de interés sobre negocios y derechos humanos, que se ha creado en el marco de la ESIL. ¡Bienvenidos!
Inter-jurisdictional Co-operation in the MERCOSUR
agosto 12, 2011
The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals [10 (2011) 261–284] has published our article: «Inter-jurisdictional Co-operation in the MERCOSUR: The First Request for an Advisory Opinion of the MERCOSUR’s Permanent Review Tribunal by Argentina’s Supreme Court of Justice». Here is the abstract:
This comment discusses the request for an advisory opinion that originated in the case Sancor c/ Dirección General de Aduanas. This case emerged from the resolution of the Argentine Ministry of Economy which set export duties of 5% to certain milk products, without discriminating with regard to the destination of them, i.e. including members as well as non-members of the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR). In this way, and after a long judicial process, in October 2009 Argentina’s Supreme Court of Justice (CSJN) requested an advisory opinion from the Permanent Review Tribunal of the MERCOSUR, – Tribunal Permanente de Revisión – asking the question “Does the Treaty of Asunción require Member States of MERCOSUR the obligation not to impose duties on exports of goods which are originated in one of them and which have another Member State as its final destination?” This article describes the historical circumstances surrounding the Argentine governmental measure, and then analyzes three specific issues related to the request of the advisory opinion by the Supreme Court: 1) the place of international law in the Argentine legal system; 2) the procedural legitimacy of the decision of the Court; and 3) some substantive issues involved in the requested advisory opinion.
Una versión en español (no actualizada) de este artículo se publicó por vez primera aquí.
Por si es de interés para algún lector del blog, difundo esta convocatoria para presentar propuestas de artículos.
Call for Papers
Post- Crisis International Financial Regulation: Fragmentation, Harmonization and Coordination
The challenges of the 2008 financial crisis were severe and prolonged. The international regulatory community struggled to contain, manage and respond to the crisis despite a fragmented and complex set of regulatory sources and an unclear path to coordination let alone harmonization. Still, the urgency brought on by the crisis forced a degree of cooperation and sparked a hope that greater cooperation could emerge amongst the world regulators going forward. As the world emerges from this crisis, whether the ability or desire to forge greater cooperation exists is less than clear.
The International Economic Law Interest Group (IEcLIG) of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) will host a special Research Forum in early December 2011 to discuss the complexities international financial regulation post crisis. The conference will take place at Suffolk Law School on December 2, 2011. We invite the submission of proposals in the form of abstracts of no more than 300 words which will address this topic. Here is an illustrative list of potential topics, although you should feel free to submit any paper topic relevant to this field of study.
•Financial Innovation and Regulatory Competition
•Transparency and Systemic Risk
•The Rise of the New Global Executive Coordination: The Case of G 20
•The Basel III: A Glass Half-Full or Half-Empty?
•The Fall of Intergovernmentalism in International Financial Regulation: The Rise of the Government Network
•The Development Dimension of International Financial Regulation
•Is the Macro-Prudential Coordination Possible?: Recent Challenges and Responses
•Multiple Stakeholders and Financial Regulation: Relationships Between Governments, Society and Business
•Regulatory Coherence and Regulatory Sprawl
•Relationship between International and National Regulatory Bodies
Abstracts should be emailed to Sungjoon Cho at scho1 (at) kentlaw.edu and Claire Kelly at claire.kelly (at) brooklaw.edu by August 30, 2011. Each submission should include the author’s name, institutional affiliation, contact information and e-mail address. Selected papers will be announced by October 15, 2011. Working drafts should be submitted by November 25, 2011 to be circulated among the forum participants. Presenters will be exempted from the forum fee. A limited number of partial stipends to help cover travel costs may be available to help defray travel and accommodation costs.
Convocatoria de artículos: Principios UNCTAD sobre otorgamiento y toma responsables de préstamos soberanos
junio 30, 2011
CONVOCATORIA DE ARTÍCULOS
Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre Comercio y Desarrollo
y
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Madrid, 2 de Marzo de 2012
Principios de la UNCTAD sobre otorgamiento y toma responsables de préstamos soberanos
ANTECEDENTES DE LA CONFERENCIA
Las causas y los efectos negativos generalizados de la crisis global financiera y económica impulsaron a la UNCTAD a poner en marcha en 2009 una iniciativa para promover prácticas responsables en el otorgamiento y toma de créditos soberanos. El objetivo de la iniciativa de la UNCTAD es proveer de un foro para el debate sobre las prácticas responsables y desarrollar una serie de principios comunes aceptados y prácticas relativas a cuestiones de deuda pública.
Para contribuir con el proceso de redacción de estos Principios fue establecido un grupo de expertos. El grupo está compuesto por expertos en Derecho y Economía de renombre internacional, inversores privados y ONGs. Representantes de alto nivel del FMI, el BM y el Club de París participan en calidad de observadores del grupo. Tras varias reuniones formales e intercambios de ideas, surgió este proyecto de Principios. Los Principios están disponibles en árabe, chino, español, francés, inglés y ruso en http://www.unctad.info/en/Debt-Portal/News-Archive/Our-News/UNCTAD-Launches-Principles-on-Responsible-Sovereign-Lending-and-Borrowing-3052011/
Dado que este borrador está concebido como un punto de partida para la discusión internacional y que será sometido a los gobiernos para observaciones adicionales, la UNCTAD y la UAM (mediante sus Facultades de Derecho y Ciencias Económicas, y con el apoyo del proyecto DER2009-11436 sobre bienes jurídicos globales) organizarán una conferencia para analizar en profundidad las bases, implicaciones y perspectivas de los Principios y los problemas que se proponen resolver.
El otorgamiento y toma de préstamos soberanos requiere una aproximación interdisciplinar y pluralista. Por ese motivo, la conferencia favorecerá la discusión entre académicos y expertos provenientes de diferentes disciplinas y contextos, con intereses en cuestiones económicas, financieras, jurídicas e institucionales. Las investigaciones originales e innovadoras son bienvenidas teniendo en cuenta que los Principios son novedosos en varios sentidos.
La conferencia tendrá lugar en el campus de la UAM el viernes 2 de marzo de 2012. El programa preliminar estará disponible una vez que se haya hecho la primera selección de propuestas de ponencias. Las ponencias seleccionadas serán publicadas en un libro colectivo del que está prevista una versión en inglés y otra en español.
TEMAS DE LA CONFERENCIA
La Conferencia va a considerar los siguientes temas:
Económicos y Financieros
1) Los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio y la crisis de deuda
2) Corresponsabilidad de los tomadores y prestadores como un nuevo concepto político y económico en las finanzas globales
3) Implicaciones económicas de los Principios en las distintas categorías de acreedores
4) Prevención de crisis de deuda y los Principios
5) Estados en desarrollo y desarrollados y los Principios
6) Mercados secundarios, agencias de evaluación de créditos y los Principios
7) Gestión de deuda y los Principios
8 ) Solución de crisis de deuda y los Principios
Jurídicos e institucionales:
1) Naturaleza jurídica de los Principios
2) La relevancia del derecho comparado y los Principios
3) Los principios vistos desde el derecho privado, el derecho público y el derecho internacional
4) Comparación con otras iniciativas similares
5) Implementación de los Principios
6) Las Naciones Unidas y la arquitectura financiera global
PROCESO DE SELECCIÓN
Expertos y académicos de todas las categorías, incluyendo candidatos a obtener el grado de doctor, están invitados a participar. Las ponencias serán seleccionadas sobre la base de los resúmenes enviados por los autores para ser considerados en el proceso de selección. Los criterios de selección son: originalidad del trabajo en relación con los temas de la conferencia y equilibrio geográfico de los expositores. Sólo se aceptará un resumen por persona. Los resúmenes no deben exceder las 500 palabras. El trabajo propuesto debe ser original e inédito.
Los trabajos podrán ser presentados en inglés o español. La Conferencia ofrecerá un servicio de traducción simultánea. Sin embargo, los autores que presenten sus trabajos en español deberán entregar una versión escrita en inglés si desean que sus trabajos sean considerados para la publicación en inglés.
Además del resumen con la propuesta, debe incluirse la siguiente información:
- Si fuese posible, indicar el tema de la conferencia al que se refiere el resumen
- Nombre del autor y afiliación institucional
- Un breve CV del autor, que incluya una lista de publicaciones relevantes
- Datos de contacto del autor, incluyendo dirección de email y teléfono.
Las propuestas y la información adicional deben enviarse a unctad-principles@uam.es. Cualquier solicitud de información sobre la Conferencia puede ser enviada a esa misma dirección. Para mayor información sobre la iniciativa de la UNCTAD, por favor visitar http://www.unctad.info/en/Debt-Portal/
CRONOGRAMA
- El plazo para presentar propuestas vence el 4 de octubre de 2011.
- Los autores seleccionados recibirán confirmación en la dirección de correo electrónico provista antes del 25 de octubre de 2011.
- Los autores seleccionados deberán entregar un borrador de su presentación antes del 31 de enero de 2012.
- La Conferencia tendrá lugar en Madrid el 2 de marzo de 2012.
- Las versiones finales para publicar deben ser entregadas antes del 30 de marzo de 2012.
COSTES
Todos los expositores seleccionados podrán registrarse gratuitamente en la conferencia.
La organización cubrirá los costes de viaje y hotel para los 12 expositores seleccionados.
CALL FOR PAPERS
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
AND
UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE MADRID
Madrid, 2 March 2012
UNCTAD’s Principles on Responsible Sovereign Borrowing and Lending
BACKGROUND OF THE CONFERENCE
The causes and widespread negative effects of the global financial and economic crisis prompted UNCTAD to launch an initiative in 2009 to promote responsible sovereign lending and borrowing practices. The purpose of UNCTAD’s initiative is to provide a forum for debate on responsible practices and to develop a set of commonly accepted principles and practices relating to sovereign financing.
An expert group was established to contribute to the process of drafting these Principles. The group is composed of world renowned legal and economic experts, private investors and NGOs. Senior representatives from the IMF, the World Bank and Paris Club participate as observers of this group. After several formal meetings and exchanges of ideas a draft of the Principles emerged. This document is available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish at http://www.unctad.info/en/Debt-Portal/News-Archive/Our-News/UNCTAD-Launches-Principles-on-Responsible-Sovereign-Lending-and-Borrowing-3052011/
As this draft is intended to be a point of departure for international discourse and will be subject to further discussions with governments, UNCTAD and the UAM (through its schools of Law and Economics, with the support of the project DER2009-11436 on ‘global legal goods’) will organize a conference to discuss in depth the foundations, implications and perspectives of these Principles and the problems they are designed to address.
Since sovereign lending and borrowing require an interdisciplinary and pluralist approach, the conference will encourage discussion among scholars and experts from different disciplines and backgrounds, focusing on economic, financial, institutional and legal issues. The UNCTAD’s initiative being novel in several ways, original and innovative research is especially encouraged.
The conference will take place in the campus of the UAM in 2 March 2012. The preliminary program will be available online as soon as the first selection of papers has been processed. Papers selected will be published in a collective book, one edition in English and another one in Spanish.
TOPICS OF THE CONFERENCE
The conference will explore these themes:
Economic and Financial Topics
1) Millennium Development Goals and debt crisis
2) Co-responsibility of lenders and borrowers as a new political and economic concept in global finance
3) Economic implications of the Principles on each category of creditors
4) Debt crisis prevention & the Principles
5) Developing and developed countries & the Principles
6) Secondary markets, credit rating agencies & the Principles
7) Debt management & the Principles
8) Debt crisis resolution & the Principles
Legal and Institutional Topics
1) Legal nature of the Principles
2) The relevance of comparative law & the Principles
3) The Principles seen from public, private and international law
4) Comparison with other similar initiatives
5) Implementation of the Principles
6) The United Nations and global financial architecture
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Senior and junior scholars (PhD students included) and experts are invited to participate. Papers will be selected on the basis of abstracts submitted. Selection criteria are: originality of the work links to the conference theme, and geographical representation of the speakers. Only one abstract per author will be considered. Abstracts must not exceed 500 words. The piece must be original and unpublished.
The papers can be presented in English or Spanish. The conference will provide for simultaneous interpretation into English. However, authors presenting in Spanish who wish to be considered for the English edition of the book must supply a publishable English version of their papers.
In addition, the following information must be provided:
- If possible, the name of the topic for which the abstract is submitted;
- The author’s name and institutional affiliation;
- An author’s brief cv, including a list of relevant publications;
- The author’s contact details, including email address and phone number;
Proposals and additional information should be sent to unctad-principles@uam.es. Any enquiry about the conference can be directed to this same email account. For more information on the UNCTAD’s initiative please visit http://www.unctad.info/en/Debt-Portal/
TIMELINE
• The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 4 October 2011.
• Successful applicants will receive confirmation to the email account provided with the submission of the abstract by 25 October 2011.
• Accepted authors will be expected to submit a draft of their presentations by 31 January 2012.
• The conference will take place in Madrid in 2 March 2012.
• Final versions for publications should be submitted by 30 March 2012.
FINANCES
All selected speakers will receive free registration to the conference.
The organisation will cover expenses for travelling and accommodation for the 12 speakers selected.
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