Webinar "Balancing States’ Responses and the Protection of Foreign Investors in the (Post) Pandemic World"
Prof. Attila Tanzi will be moderator in the first session. The event takes place online and is free upon registration.
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Date: 09 October 2020 from 14:00 to 17:30
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Event location: ONLINE
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Access Details: Free admission subject to enrolment
PROGRAMME
14.00 – 14:10 Opening remarks by organisers
- Dr. Pascale Accaoui Lorfing and Dr. Yulia Levashova
14:15 – 15:15 Panel I: The State’s Response to Pandemic and Possible Defences
Moderator: Prof. Attila Tanzi (University of Bologna)
- Prof. Julien Chaisse (City University of Hong Kong), ‘State Actions on COVID-19: Toward a Typology of Governments' Responses’
- Prof. Catharine Titi (CNRS-CERSA, University Paris II Panthéon-Assas), ‘The Necessity Defence and International Investment Law’
- Dr. Pascale Accaoui Lorfing (CREDIMI), ‘Tools of International Investment Agreements and Investment Contract: National Security Interest and Force Majeure’
Q&A session
15:15 – 16:15 Panel II: Investor’s Protection at the Time of Pandemic and Aftermath
Moderator: Prof. Clotilde Fortier (University of Burgundy)
- Prof. Mohammed Abdel Wahab (Zulficar & Partners Law Firm), ‘The Protection Equilibrium in ISDS: Strategic Considerations and Realistic Expectationsin Times of Crisis and Beyond’
- Prof. Sébastien Manciaux (University of Burgundy) ‘The Urgency of not Revising Investment Treaties’
- Dr. Yulia Levashova (Nyenrode University/Utrecht University), ‘COVID-19 Measures and the Legitimate Expectations of Investors’
Q&A session
16:15 – 17:15 Panel III: The Response to Pandemic from Different Parts of the World
Moderator: Prof. Alvaro Galindo (Georgetown University Law Center)
- Mr. Hamed El-Kady (UNCTAD), ‘The Reform of the International Investment Policy Regime in light of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Perspective of Developing Economies’
- Prof. Makane Moïse Mbengue (University of Geneva), ‘Africa's Concerns regarding ISDS in the context of COVID-related Measures: Insights from the African Union’
- Prof. Arpita Mukherjee (Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations), ‘India’s Policy Responses to Pandemic and its Impact on Foreign Investors’
Q&A session
17:15 – 17:30 Concluding remarks
- Prof. Attila Tanzi (University of Bologna)
The event is organised by Dr Pascale Accaoui Lorfing (CREDIMI) and Dr Yulia Levashova (Nyenrode Business University/Utrecht University).
The webinar is free of charge. To register, please send an email to: credimi.secretariat@u-bourgogne.fr