ImprovEUorGlobe International Workshop "The UN 2030 Agenda in the EU Trade Policy: Improving Global Governance for a Sustainable New World"

The event gathers senior and young researchers of the Seed Funding Una Europa Research Project “ImprovEUorGlobe”.

  • Date: from 03 July 2023 to 04 July 2023

  • Event location: Aula Capitani, Piazza San Giovanni in Monte 2, Bologna

  • Access Details: Free admission until availability lasts

PROGRAMME

Monday 3 July 2023

14:00 Introductory Remarks

  • ImprovEUorGlobe Coordinator Prof. Elisa Baroncini, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna
    Presenting the ImprovEUorGlobe Project
  • ImprovEUorGlobe Chair Prof. Filippo Fontanelli, University of Edinburgh
    UNA Europa Chair Opening Address

14:45 – 16:15 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

16.15-16:45 Coffee Break

16:45 – 18:30 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

09:00 – 10:45 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

11:00 – 13:00 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

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch Break

14:30 – 15:45 Panel 5: Human Rights and Cultural Heritage in Trade and Investments

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

16:00 – 17:30 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

17:30 – 18:00 Concluding Remarks

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