
Program
The conference will be held in person in Ottawa at 111 Sussex Drive (except where indicated).
Program times are Eastern Standard Time (Ottawa, Canada)
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
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
Mathilde Doucet, Université Laval
Jennifer Lachance, Université Laval
Thomas Roos, Université Laval
The Pursuit of Common Goals and the Organs of the United Nations
Eran Sthoeger, Brooklyn Law School
Eirik Bjorge, University of Bristol Law School
Payam Akhavan, Massey College, University of Toronto
Lucia Solano, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia
Solidarity in Global Health Law
Roojin Habibi, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
Robert Volterra, Volterra Fieta
Is Canada Playing Fair? Supply Management for Dairy Products and Tariff-Rate Quota Administration
Speakers TBC
12:20-13:20 | Lunch
12:20-13:20 | Careers in International Law
(networking lunch for students only)
13:30-14:30 | Keynote
Courts and Climate Conversations
Natasha Affolder, University of British Columbia
14:40-16:10 | Concurrent Sessions 2
The Future of Investment Arbitration
Andrea Bjorklund, McGill University
Jean-Michel Marcoux, Carleton University
Kyla Tienhaara, Queen’s University
Paul Fauteux, CMKZ, s.e.n.c.r.l.
Shane Spelliscy, Global Affairs Canada
Detention of Foreign Nationals to Influence Foreign/Domestic Policy?
Chris MacLeod, Cambridge LLP
Alex Neve, Amnesty International
Irwin Cotler, Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights
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
Maureen Irish, Faculty of Law, University of Windsor
Kirsten Stefanik, Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada
Sharath Voleti, Department of Justice - Ontario Regional Office
International Legal Aspects of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Speakers TBC
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
Gabrielle Marceau, World Trade Organization
Amrita Bahri, ITAM University
Commercial Actors and the Future of International Space Law
Mac Evans, former President, Canadian Space Agency
Ram Jakhu, McGill University
Timiebi Aganaba, Arizona State University
Curtis Schmeichel, Global Affairs Canada
Michael Byers, University of British Columbia
Children's Rights and International Law
Speakers TBC
The Role of Restrictive Measures in International Law and the Importance of Safeguarding Principled Humanitarian Action
Sophie Rondeau, Canadian Red Cross
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
James Yap, Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights
Penelope Simons, University of Ottawa
Extradition after Meng
Neil Boister, University of Canterbury
Robert Currie, Dalhousie University
Carbon Pricing and Border Adjustments: From Talk to Action
Maria Panezi, University of New Brunswick
Caroline Marful, Queen’s University
Brigid Martin, University of New Brunswick
Emma Pandy-Szekeres, University of New Brunswick
Isabelle Nazarian, Queen’s University
Solidarity and Enlightened Self-Interest in International Law: Lessons Learned from Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Idil Atak, Toronto Metropolitain University
Chile Eboe-Osuji, Toronto Metropolitain University
Hilary Evans Cameron, Toronto Metropolitain University
Jennifer Orange, Toronto Metropolitain University
Uche Ngwaba, Toronto Metropolitain 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
Vladyslav Lanovoy, Université Laval
Mulry Mondélice, Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean
David Pavot, Université de Sherbrooke
Whither Jus Cogens: The Law and Politics of Genocide in International and Domestic Fora
Scott Fairly, Cambridge LLP
Fannie Lafontaine, Université Laval
William Schabas, Middlesex University
Nicolas Rouleau
Mineral Exploitation of The Deep Seabed: Solidarity, Commonalities and Self-Interests as Drivers of a New Regulatory Framework
Bruno Gelinas-Faucher, Université de Moncton
Patrice Laquerre, Global Affairs Canada
Catherine Blanchard, Utrecht University
Keith MacMaster, Dalhousie University
The Role of Indigenous Communities in Canadian Foreign and Defence Policy
Preston Lim, Court of Appeal for Ontario
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
Carolyn Knobel, Global Affairs Canada
Louis-Martin Aumais, Global Affairs Canada
Anna Kapellas, Global Affairs Canada
Rebecca Netley, Global Affairs Canada
Stephen Randall, Global Affairs Canada
Democracy, Rule of Law & HR of LGBTI
Melanie Bejzyk, Global Affairs Canada
Emerging Technologies and International Law: Challenges and Opportunities
Brian Cox, Cornell Law School
Isabella Spano, Doctoral Candidate
Tanya Krupiy, Newcastle University
15:00-15:20 | Health Break
15:20-16:20 | Closing Keynote
How will Russia’s invasion of Ukraine affect the wider international legal order? How have these developments affected international law’s role in the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic?
The Honorouble Bob Rae, Ambassador to the United Nations
16:30-18:30 | Closing Reception at 50 Sussex Drive