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Program

The conference will be held in person in Ottawa at 111 Sussex Drive (except where indicated). 

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Program times are Eastern Standard Time (Ottawa, Canada)

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The detailed program including speaker bios will be available via the CCIL Conference App. Stay tuned! Program speakers are subject to change.

THURSDAY OCTOBER 27

08:00-09:00 | Coffee service


09:00-09:05 | Welcome


09:05-10:05 | Opening Keynote


Shifting Paradigms and the Rule of Law in International Trade

  • Ujal Bhatia, National Law University, Delhi

Introduced by:  Valerie Hughes, Bennett Jones LLP


10:05-10:50 | Health Break


10:50-12:20 | Concurrent Sessions 1


The Law of Armed Conflict and States: Disseminating and Convincing to Better Limit the Suffering of War

  • Julia Grignon, Université Laval

  • Jennifer Lachance, Université Laval

  • Mathilde Doucet, Université Laval

  • Sophie Rondeau, Canadian Red Cross

  • Thomas Roos, Université Laval


The Pursuit of Common Goals and the Organs of the United Nations

  • Alan Kessel, Global Affairs Canada

  • Eirik Bjorge, University of Bristol Law School

  • Eran Sthoeger, Brooklyn Law School


Detention of Foreign Nationals to Influence Foreign/Domestic Policy

  • Alex Neve, University of Ottawa and Dalhousie  University

  • Chris MacLeod, Cambridge LLP

  • Gar Pardy, Former Ambassador


Is Canada Playing Fair? Supply Management for Dairy Products and Tariff-Rate Quota Administration

  • Elaine Feldman, University of Ottawa

  • Gilles Gauthier

  • Jessica Eisen, University of Alberta

  • Jessica Horwitz, Bennett Jones LLP

  • Marie Lemieux, PAA Advisory | Conseils


12:20-13:20 | Lunch


12:20-13:20 | Careers in International Law (networking lunch for students only)

  • Norman Farrell, Special Tribunal for Lebanon

  • Debra Steger, University of Ottawa

  • Angie Veitch, Permanent Mission of Canada to the International Organizations in Vienna

  • Tachelle Kirkpatrick, Criminal, Security and Diplomatic Law Division (JLA), Global Affairs Canada

  • Robert G Volterra, Volterra Fietta


13:30-14:30 | Keynote


When Climate Change Changes Everything...Even What We Expect from International Law

  • Natasha Affolder, University of British Columbia

Introduced by: Olabisi Akinkugbe, Dalhousie University


14:40-16:10 | Concurrent Sessions 2


The Future of Investor-State Dispute Settlement

  • Jean-Michel Marcoux, Carleton University

  • Paul Conlin, Conlin Bedard LLP

  • Paul Fauteux, CMKZ, s.e.n.c.r.l.

  • Shane Spelliscy, Global Affairs Canada


Motivating Global Health Law Reform re Pandemics: Global Solidarity, Enlightened Self-Interest or … ?

  • Fabien Schneider

  • Olipa Jere-Sakala, Ministry of Justice, Zambia

  • Polly Price, Emory University School of Law

  • Robert Volterra, Faculty of Law, University College London


Lines in the Sand and Snow: Canada-Saudi Relations

  • Christopher Waters, Faculty of Law, University of Windsor

  • Hassan Ahmad, Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia

  • Jeremy Wildeman, University of Ottawa

  • Maureen Irish, Faculty of Law, University of Windsor


International Legal Aspects of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

  • Ardi Imseis, Queen's University

  • Ashley Barnes, University of Ottawa

  • Iryna Bogdanova, World Trade Institute

  • Saeid Mirzaei Yengejeh, University of Ottawa

  • Silviana Cocan, Université de Montréal


16:10-16:30 | Health Break


16:30-18:00 | Concurrent Sessions 3


The WTO’s 12th Ministerial Conference and the Future of Multilateral Trade Cooperation

  • Alice Tipping, International Institute for Sustainable Development

  • Amrita Bahri, ITAM, Mexico

  • Gabrielle Marceau, World Trade Organization

  • Jonathan Fried, Bennett Jones LLP

  • Richard Gold, McGill University


Commercial Actors and the Future of International Space Law

  • Curtis Schmeichel, Global Affairs Canada

  • Marie Lucy Stojak, School on Management of Creativity and Innovation, HEC Montréal

  • Michael Byers, University of British Columbia

  • Ram Jakhu, McGill University

  • Timiebi Aganaba, Arizona State University


Children's Rights and International Law - System Level Shifts Towards Better Protection of Children's Rights

  • Jolane Lauzon, Department of Justice Canada

  • Mona Paré, University of Ottawa

  • Robin Hansen, University of Saskatchewan


The Role of Restrictive Measures in International Law and the Importance of Safeguarding Principled Humanitarian Action

  • Austin Shangraw, ICRC

  • Erica See, Canadian Red Cross 

  • Sophie Rondeau, Canadian Red Cross

  • Dr. Jason Nickerson, Doctors Without Borders


18:15-20:00  | Legal Advisor's Reception (at 125 Sussex)


FRIDAY OCTOBER 28

08:00-09:00 | Coffee service


09:00-10:30 | Concurrent Sessions 4


Can Canada Close Human Rights Governance Gaps in Global Business?

  • Emily Dwyer, Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability

  • Jacques Nzumbu SJ, UQAM

  • James Yap, Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights

  • Penelope Simons, University of Ottawa

  • Viviana Herrera, MiningWatch Canada


Whither Jus Cogens in the 21st Century: The Law and Politics of "Genocide" in International and Domestic Fora 

  • Catherine Savard, Supreme Court of Canada

  • H. Scott Fairley, Cambridge LLP

  • Nicolas Rouleau, Nicolas Martin Rouleau P.C.

  • Nikhil Gore, Covington & Burling LLP

  • William Schabas, Middlesex University


Carbon Pricing and Border Adjustments: From Talk to Action

  • Brigid Martin, University of New Brunswick

  • Caroline Marful, Queen’s University

  • Emma Pandy-Szekeres, University of New Brunswick

  • Isabelle Nazarian, Queen’s University

  • Maria Panezi, University of New Brunswick

  • Michael Mehling, MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research


Solidarity and Enlightened Self-Interest in International Law: Lessons Learned from Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

  • Hilary Evans Cameron, Toronto Metropolitan University

  • Idil Atak, Toronto Metropolitan University

  • Jennifer Orange, Toronto Metropolitan University

  • Uche Ngwaba, Toronto Metropolitan University


10:30-10:50 | Health Break

 

10:50-12:20 | Concurrent Sessions 5


New Aspects of Sanctions in International Law in the Conflict in Ukraine 

  • David Pavot, Université de Sherbrooke

  • Vladyslav Lanovoy, Université Laval

  • Charles-Emmanuel Côté, Université Laval

  • Nataliya Veremko, Université de Sherbrooke


Extradition After Meng: Examining Canadian and International Extradition Practice

  • Gib van Ert, Olthuis van Ert

  • Janet Henchey, International Assistance Group, Justice Canada 

  • Joanna Harrington, University of Alberta

  • Neil Boister, University of Canterbury

  • Robert Currie, Dalhousie University


Mineral Exploitation of The Deep Seabed: Solidarity, Commonalities and Self-Interests as Drivers of a New Regulatory Framework

  • Anna Metaxas, Dalhousie University

  • Bruno Gelinas-Faucher, Université de Moncton

  • Catherine Blanchard, Utrecht University

  • Catherine Coumans, MiningWatch Canada

  • Keith MacMaster, Dalhousie University

  • Patrice Laquerre, Global Affairs Canada


The Role of Indigenous Communities in Canadian Foreign and Defence Policy

  • Graeme Reed, Assembly of First Nations

  • Heather Exner-Pirot, Macdonald-Laurier Institute

  • Katsitsiakatste Ransom, Assembly of First Nations

  • Preston Lim, Supreme Court of Canada

  • Wayne Garnons-Williams, Garwill Law


12:20-13:30 | Lunch


12:45 | CCIL AGM


13:30-15:00 | Concurrent Sessions 6


Perspectives from Fort Pearson: Updates from the Global Affairs Canada Legal Bureau

  • Anna Kapellas, Global Affairs Canada

  • Carolyn Knobel, Global Affairs Canada

  • Louis-Martin Aumais, Global Affairs Canada

  • Rebecca Netley, Global Affairs Canada

  • Stephen Randall, Global Affairs Canada


Emerging Technologies and International Law: Challenges and Opportunities

  • Brian Cox, Cornell Law School

  • Eric Weaver, Canadian Forces Military Law Centre

  • Isabella Spano, Doctoral Candidate

  • Tanya Krupiy, Newcastle University

  • Valentine Goddard, Alliance Impact Intelligence Artificielle


International Economic Aspects of Russia’s War Against Ukraine 

  • Jacques J.M. Shore, Gowling WLG

  • Julia Webster, BLG

  • Olesia Kryvetska, Asters Law

  • Semie Sama, Lakehead University


15:00-15:20 | Health Break


15:20-16:20 | Closing Keynote


Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and its Impact on the International Legal Order

  • The Honorouble Bob Rae, Ambassador to the United Nations

Introduced by: Valerie Oosterveld, Western University


16:30-18:30 | Closing Reception and CCIL Awards (at 50 Sussex Drive)


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