World Trade Organisation Human Rights: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Monash University Prato Centre - Italy
21 - 22 June 2007
Program
Day 1
8:45 am: Welcome
9:00 am - 10:30 am: Introduction and overview
Chair: Professor Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann
Professor Thomas Cottier (World Trade Institute, Bern)
Professor Robert Howse (University of Michigan) and Professor Ruti Teitel (New York Law School):
Beyond the Divide: The Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights and the World Trade Organization
11.00 am -12:30 pm : Economic Perspectives
Chair: Professor Jeff Waincymer
Professor Graciela Chichilnisky (Columbia University):
Energy Security, Economic Development and Climate Change: Carbon Markets and the WTO
Professor Pranab Bardhan (University of California, Berkeley):
Globalization and Human Rights
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm : Political Science Perspectives
Chair: Professor Gregory Shaffer
Dr Ken Shadlen (London School of Economics)
Power, Rules, and Norms in the International Political Economy: The Politics of Development in the WTO
David Hornsby (University of Cambridge) (co-written with Dr Amrita Narlikar)
Risk in International Trade Negotiations
3:30 – 5:00 : Democratic Deficit arguments, and Philosophical Perspectives
Chair: Dr Margot E Salomon
Professor Sarah Joseph (Monash University):
Democratic Deficit and the WTO
Dr Patrick Emerton (Monash University):
International economic justice: is a principled liberalism possible?
Day 2
9.00 am -11.00 am : Issues regarding Developing States
Chair: Ms Gillian Moon
Dr Lorand Bartels (University of Edinburgh):
The WTO Legality of the EU’s GSP + Program
Professor EU Petersmann (European University Institute):
WTO Dispute Settlement, Developing Countries and Human Rights
Professor David Kinley (University of Sydney):
The Human Rights Implications of Vietnam's membership of the WTO
11:30 am - 1:00 pm: Sectoral Sessions
Chair: Dr James Harrison
Dr Andrew Lang (London School of Economics):
Transnational human rights advocacy networks and the GATS 2000 negotiations
Dr Caroline Foster (Auckland):
Genuine Fears: Interpretation of the SPS Agreement and the Right to Political Participation
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm: Sectoral Sessions continued
Chair: Professor Sarah Joseph
Professor Hélène Ruiz-Fabri (University of Paris 1 – Panthéon Sorbonne):
Culture seized by globalization: Reflections on legal implications of the UNESCO Convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions
Professor Chantal Thomas (University of Minnesota):
Labor, Trade and Migration: Economic and Institutional (Dis)Connections
4:00 pm -6:00 pm : Final commentaries and dialogue
Chair: Professor David Kinley
Dr Gabrielle Marceau (World Trade Organisation)
Shervin Majlessi (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (United Nations))
Professor Gregory Shaffer (Loyola University of Chicago)
Conference Rapporteur: Professor Jeff Waincymer (Monash University)
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