World Trade Organisation Human Rights: Interdisciplinary Perspectives Conference

21 - 22 June 2007

Monash University Prato Centre, Italy

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

Break                                      10.30 am - 11.00 am              

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

Chair:  Professor Gregory Shaffer

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm : Political Science Perspectives

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

Break                                      3.00 pm - 3.30 pm                 

Chair:  Dr Margot E. Salomon

3:30 – 5:00 : Democratic Deficit arguments, and Philosophical Perspectives

Professor Sarah Joseph (Monash University):

Democratic Deficit and the WTO

Dr Patrick Emerton (Monash University):

International economic justice: is a principled liberalism possible?

Conference Dinner: Lo Scoglio (Via Verdi):   7:00 onwards

DAY 2

Chair:  Ms Gillian Moon

9.00 am -11.00 am : Issues regarding Developing States

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

Chair:  Dr James Harrison

11:30 am - 1:00 pm:  Sectoral Sessions

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

Chair:  Professor Sarah Joseph

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm:  Sectoral Sessions continued

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

Chair:  Professor David Kinley

4:00 pm -6:00 pm : Final commentaries and dialogue

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)