Curtis Attorneys Featured at Inaugural ASIL Abroad Meeting in Geneva

On June 5-6, 2024, the ASIL Abroad Committee of the American Society of International Law hosted its inaugural meeting at the University of Geneva. The two-day conference consisted of fourteen substantive sessions divided in dual parallel tracks on Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, International Criminal Law (Track 1) and International Dispute Resolution & International Economic Law (Track 2).

The meeting was co-chaired by partner Simon Batifort (New York and Brussels) and featured partners Luciana Ricart (London) and Marie-Claire Argac (Paris) as speakers and associates Belén Ibañez (London) and Maria Eugenia Piacquadio (Geneva) as members of the program committee.

Georges Abi-Saab (honorary professor at The Geneva Graduate Institute) delivered a keynote speech, with Laurence Boisson de Chazournes (University of Geneva) as discussant. Track 1 sessions addressed topics ranging from international accountability and justice at the ICJ, inclusive transitional justice mechanisms, corporate responsibility for war crimes, addressing the needs of persons with disabilities in humanitarian emergencies, climate justice, and multilateral negotiations in Geneva. Track 2 sessions focused on banking regulations in investment and trade disputes, compensation in international law, the enforcement of arbitral awards against States, the origins of investor-State dispute settlement, and featured a lecture by Zachary Douglas KC (Geneva Graduate Institute). Cocktail receptions were held at the end of each of the two meeting days, at the Canadian Mission to the United Nations and at the Geneva Graduate Institute.

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