Programme
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The EU as a Global Actor: The EU's global role with respect to the principle of solidarity under international law: a quest for normativity? (final programme)
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International Economic Law: The Value of Solidarity in International Economic Law (final programme)
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Peace and Security: The Question of Solidarity in Peace and Security (final programme)
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International Environmental Law: Solidarity in the Context of Natural Resources Management (final programme will be available shortly)
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Migration and Refugee Law: Understanding solidarity under international and EU refugee law: between a rock and a hard place? (final programme)
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History of International Law: The Founding of Solidarity in the International Community (final programme)
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International Law of Culture: Searching Solidarity for Fighting against Cultural Exclusion towards Migrants and Refugees in Europe in Times of Populism (final programme)
Lunch Break: 13.00 - 14.00 CET
Opening Session (14.00 - 15.30 CET)
- Welcome Addresses:
- Francesco Priolo (Rector Magnificus, University of Catania)
- Salvatore Zappalà (Director, Law Department, University of Catania)
- Adriana Di Stefano (University of Catania, Law Department)
- Rosario Sapienza (University of Catania, Law Department)
- Welcome by the ESIL President: Photini Pazartzis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
Inaugural Lecture
- Chair: Paolo Farah (West Virginia University)
- Keynote Speaker: Frédéric Mégret (McGill University Faculty of Law), Solidarity: Between Universalism and Pluralism
Panel 1 | The Historical Boundaries of International Solidarity (15.30 - 17.00 CET)
- Chair: Photini Pazartzis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
- Daniel Ricardo Quiroga-Villamarìn, All’s Fair in Love and War: Co-producing Global Solidarity at the Expositions Universelles (1851-1938)
- Marilena Papadaki, European Solidarity as a constructive element of the European Union: the case of Nicolas Politis (1872-1942) and the French sociological school of international law during the interwar period
- Agnese Vitale, The Origins of the Collective Security System and Solidarity as a Tool for the Preservation of the International Legal Order
- Stephen Samuel, Solidarity in International Legal Histories
- Discussant: Markus P. Beham (University of Passau)
Panel 2 | Transnational Solidarity and Burden Sharing: Migration and Refugee Law (17.00 - 18.15 CET)
- Chair: Pierre D’Argent (University of Louvain UCL)
- Julia Jungfleisch, The Right to International Solidarity as a Game Changer when it comes to "Crimes of Solidarity"?
- Giorgia Bevilacqua, Demostrations of Humanity towards Migrants and Refugees: Setting borders between Solidarity and Criminality under International Law
- Claudia Cinnirella, Interstate Solidarity as a General Principle of EU Law? A Test with Migration and Asylum Policy
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Discussant: Daniel Erasmus Khan (Bundeswehr University Munich)
Aperitivo Session | Breakout Rooms (18.15 - 19.00 CET)
Friday, 16 April 2021
Panel 3 | Patterns of Solidarity and Institutional Cooperation: Universal vs. Regional Approaches (9.00 - 10.15 CET)
- Chair: Luis Miguel Hinojosa Martínez (University of Granada)
- Arianna Vettorel, Solidarity at the WBG: replacing a utopia with a new utopia?
- Maria Antonia Panascì, European financial solidarity: a concept in search of definition
- Michael Ioannidis, "Conditional Solidarity": Reiventing Solidarity During the Eurozone crisis
- Discussant: Evelyne Schmid (University of Lausanne)
Panel 4 | Patterns of Solidarity: Sustainability and the Environment (10.15 - 11.30 CET)
- Chair: Christina Binder (Bundeswehr University Munich; University of Vienna)
- Kevin Crow, Solidarity and "the Natural" in International Law
- Stefanie Schacherer, Solidarity in International Environmental Law.The Quest for Intergenerational Equity
- Marie-Catherine Petersmann, Standing in Solidarity: Networks of Human Rights Experts in Environmental Cases
- Discussant: Angelo Golia (Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law)
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Chair: Fulvio Maria Palombino (University of Naples, Federico II)
- Kostiantyn Gorobets, Solidarity as a Practical Reason: Grounding Authority of International Law
- Yuxi Feng, The Quest for Solidarity: Imagining an "International Community" with the Responsibility to Protect
- Nataša Nedeski, Concepts of solidarity in the international law of obligations: moving beyond a one-sided conceptualization of solidarity
- Discussant: Maria Varaki (King's College London)
Panel 6 | A Human Rights-based Solidarity? (14.00 - 15.30 CET)
- Chair: Ramses A. Wessel (University of Groningen)
- Otto Spijkers, Value-Based Norms as Foundation for the Pursuit of Health in Global Solidarity
- Eduardo Arenas Catalàn,The Right of Access to Healthcare: Tracing Solidarity in the UnitedNations, Inter-American and European Human Rights Systems
- Elisa Ruozzi, Compensation for Serious Human Rights Violations Between Solidarity and Realism
- Discussant: Ana Salinas (University of Málaga)
Panel 7 | Patterns of Solidarity: International Peace and Security (15.30 - 16.30 CET)
- Chair: Veronika Bilkova (Charles University, Prague)
- Carl Jauslin, Is there an Obligation to Do More than The Fair Share? Consequences of Partial Non-Compliance in Situations of Shared Responsibility
- Tal Mimran, The Military Campaign Against the Islamic State and its Implications on International Law, Policy and Solidarity Among State
- Discussant: Neha Jain (European University Institute, Law Department)
ESIL Teaching Corner & Upcoming Events (16.30 - 17.00 CET)
- Chair: Pål Wrange (Stockholm University)
- Keynote Speaker: Nehal Bhuta (University of Edinburgh), Solidarity and International Order: Utopia or Dystopia?
Aperitivo Session | Breakout Rooms (18.00 - 19.00 CET)