Venue: TBA. This half-day ITA-ASIL Conference is presented annually by the ITA Academic Council with the American Society for International Law (ASIL) immediately preceding the ASIL Annual Meeting. Scholarship is a hallmark of this conference. For more information, please consult the following link:https://www.cailaw.org/Institute-for-Transnational-Arbitration/Events/2022/ita-asil.html.

Venue: Virtual. Please join American University Washington College of Law for the inaugural event of the DC Chapter of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) to commemorate the official “Re”-launch of the Chapter. All are welcome to this event to gather our existing Chapter members, “re”-introduce CIArb to the DC arbitration community, and attract new members, including law students. Speakers include: Chip Rosenberg, King & Spalding; Susan Franck, Washington College of Law; and Michael Nolan, Arbitration Chambers. To register, please consult the following link: https://www.wcl.american.edu/secle/registration?event_id=308927&listonly

Venue: Virtual. Join ASIl for this panel discussion, which will examine salient issues in international economic law as shaped by and as affecting the Caribbean. For more information, please consult the following link: https://www.asil.org/event/international-economic-law-caribbean.

Venue: Virtual. Fair and Equitable Treatment ("FET") is often described as the core standard of international investment law. Arbitrators have frequently applied it to discipline States' exercise of their legislative, judicial, and executive powers in a broad range of cases, resulting in large monetary awards. Yet it is increasingly claimed that States may not have intended FET to serve as such a far-reaching standard. In this session, leading academics, practitioners, and government officials will critically assess the evidence cited to support this claim. Following the panel discussion, the audience will have an opportunity to meet the speakers virtually and continue the conversation in an open Zoom room. This event is free of charge. Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits will be provided. Speakers include: Jaroslav Kudrna, Head of the International Arbitration and Investment Protection Unit, Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic; Ana María Ordóñez Puentes, Head of Colombia's International Litigation Division at the Agencia Nacional de Defensa Jurídica del Estado, Republic of Colombia; Martins Paparinskis, Reader in Public International Law, University College London; Jennifer Thornton, Trade Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways & Means. For more information and to register, please consult the following link:https://www.asil.org/event/unearthing-fet-what-did-states-intend-and-does-it-matter.

Venue: Virtual. Opening remarks by Catherine Amirfar, President, American Society of International Law. Moderator: Asli Ü. Bâli, Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law. Panelists: James Thuo Gathii, Wing-Tat Lee Chair in International Law and Professor of Law, Loyola University Chicago School of Law; Lucía Solano, Legal Adviser, Permanent Mission of Colombia to the United Nations in NY;Anna Spain Bradley, Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and Professor of Law, UCLA. For more information and to register, please consult the following link:https://equity.ucla.edu/events/edi-signature-topics-what-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-require-of-international-law/.

Venue: Virtual. Join GAR, Lexology, and Charles River Associates for this timely discussion of intellectual property, a key driver of value in today’s global economy, the risks of its misappropriation, and the increasing use of international arbitration to resolve cross-border intellectual property disputes. In this program, the first in a series addressing substantive IP issues in international arbitration, internationally recognized panelists address how and when Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) become a focal point in investor-state and commercial proceedings; provide an overview of IP value drivers, IPR valuation and damages methods, and significant differences in valuation standards and damages measures by jurisdiction; and identify current developments and hot topics, such as geopolitics or FRAND/SEP, which may impact IP in IA quantum claims. Moderator: Heidi Whitfield, Principal, Risk, Investigations & Analytics Practice, Charles River Associates. Panelists: Gaela Gehring Flores, Allen & Overy; Christopher Gerardi, Vice President, Risk, Investigations & Analytics Practice, Charles River Associates;Daniel McGavock, Vice President, Practice Leader of Intellectual Property, Charles River Associates; James Donohue, Vice President, Intellectual Property, Charles River Associates; Cynthia Catlett, Vice President, Risk, Investigations & Analytics Practice, Charles River Associates; Peter Rankin, Vice President, Life Sciences, Charles River Associates. For more information and to register, please consult the following link: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1187357528033953803?source=GARSocial.

Venue: Virtual. Two decades after the 9/11 attacks, the Biden administration has withdrawn the U.S. from Afghanistan and declared an end to the “forever war.” But what does that mean for war powers going forward? How should Congress restructure authorizations for the use of military force and war powers oversight? How does international law constrain counterterror operations by the Biden administration and its successors? Join top experts for a webinar discussion of these and other questions about war powers after Afghanistan. Speakers include: Tess Bridgeman, co-editor-in-chief of Just Security; Professor Oona Hathaway,Yale Law School and Director of the Yale Law School center for Global Legal Challenges;Professor Adil Haque, Rutgers Law School; moderated by Professor Kristen Eichensehr,UVA Law and Director of the National Security Law Center. For more information and to register, please consult the following link: https://www.law.virginia.edu/news/event/1384876.

Venue:Virtual. Please join this webinar series, bringing together leading public international law practitioners, academics and arbitrators to discuss topical issues of global importance. Speakers include: Azusa Kikuma, Economic Dispute Settlement Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan; Sarah McCosker, LexBridge Lawyers; Henrique Choer Moraes, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brazil; Andrew Williams, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade, New Zealand; moderated by Oonagh Sands, Fietta LLP, and Ryce Lee, Attorney-General’s Chambers, Singapore. For more information and to register, please consult the following link:https://icsid.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/Events/2021_The_Public_International_Law_Webinar_Series.pdf.

Venue: Virtual. Law Library analysts Iana Fremer and Dante Figueroa will review current legislative developments regulating mass media and their ability to distribute information freely during the Covid-19 pandemic. In particular, the presenters will analyze recently introduced amendments to national legislation aimed at establishing different control measures over the media outlets, internet resources, and journalists in 20 selected countries around the world where adoption of such laws has been identified, namely: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, El Salvador, India, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Mauritius, Moldova, Nepal, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Russia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. For more information and to register, please consult the following link: https://www.asil.org/event/freedom-speech-time-pandemic-central-america-and-eurasia-foreign-and-comparative-law-webinar.

Venue: Virtual. Please join this engaging discussion on the 2019 Hague Rules on Business and Human Rights Arbitration hosted by the American Society of International Law and supported by Young ICCA and Zuleta Abogados. Our panel will discuss the thought process behind this novel legal instrument, as well as its procedural and practical applicability to human rights disputes - with a special focus on Latin America. Speakers include: Laura Yvonne Zielinski, Holland & Knight; Suzanne Spears, Allen & Overy; Eduardo Zuleta, Zuleta Abogados; Martin Doe, Permanent Court of Arbitration; Christy Hoffman, Uni Global Union; moderated byGustavo Becker, Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law. For more information and to register, please consult the following link:https://www.asil.org/event/latin-american-approach-hague-rules-business-and-human-rights-arbitration.

Venue: Virtual. Along with traditional and persistent human rights violations, the Americas face additional human rights challenges, including the current COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, the erosion of democracy in several countries, freedom of expression in the digital era, migration, and the questioning of multilateralism, among many others. In this context, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) of the Organization of American States (OAS) has the mission of promoting and protecting human rights in the region. During this event, the president of the IACHR will refer to the main current human rights developments and challenges in the Americas, and the response of the institution, in terms of priorities and work plan. It is to be noted that the IACHR is currently led, for the first time, by a board comprised of women only. Speakers include: Antonia Urrejola, President, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, and Ignacio Álvarez, Executive Director, IHR Legal, Co-chair, ASIL Human Rights Interest Group. For more information and to register, please consult the following link:https://www.asil.org/event/current-human-rights-developments-and-challenges-americas-priorities-and-work-plan-inter.

Venue: Virtual. Please join this webinar series, bringing together leading public international law practitioners, academics and arbitrators to discuss topical issues of global importance. Speakers include: Paul Barker, Doughty Street Chambers / Gould Center for Conflict Resolution, Stanford Law School; Dr Tara Davenport, NUS, Asia-Pacific Centre for Environment Law; Sudhanshu Swaroop QC, 20 Essex; Professor Jorge E. Viñuales, University of Cambridge; moderated by Rachel Tan, Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy, and David Isidore Tan, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP. For more information and to register, please consult the following link:https://icsid.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/Events/2021_The_Public_International_Law_Webinar_Series.pdf.

Venue: Virtual. This roundtable conversation, sponsored by ASIL's Women in International Law Interest Group (WILIG), features diverse, accomplished professionals with experience working in international law, including at NGOs, law firms, international organizations, and academia. They will discuss their career paths and offer professional advice and insights for women interested in pursuing careers in international law. The conversation will be followed by a Q&A among the panelists and participants. This annual event welcomes young and experienced professionals to make new connections within the international law community. Speakers include: Anna Spain Bradley, UCLA School of Law; Meg deGuzman, Temple Law School and WILIG Co-Chair (Moderator); Christie Edwards, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR); Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo, The World Bank; Nani Jansen Reventlow, Digital Freedom Fund. For more information and to register, please consult the following link:https://www.asil.org/event/asil-women-international-law-career-roundtable.

Venue: Virtual. The Center for International Law and Policy in Africa (CILPA), with the co-sponsorship of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) and the Nuremberg International Principles Academy (INPA), invites you to a roundtable discussion exploring the possibility of “resetting” the Africa-ICC relationship. Please RSVP to info@cilpa.org.

Venue: Virtual. Please join this webinar series, bringing together leading public international law practitioners, academics and arbitrators to discuss topical issues of global importance. Speakers include: Meg Kinnear, ICSID; Toby Landau QC, Duxton Hill Chambers; Salim Moollan QC, Brick Court Chambers; Francis Xavier SC, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP; with moderators Professor Chester Brown, University of Sydney, and Ashique Rahman, Fietta LLP. For more information and to register, please consult the following link:https://icsid.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/Events/2021_The_Public_International_Law_Webinar_Series.pdf.

Venue: Virtual. Join ICCA’s in its 60th Anniversary celebration for this webinar exploring the scope and purpose of the Guidelines, and how they should be – and are already – used in practice. Speakers include: Co-Chairs of the ICCA Task Force on Standards of Practice in International Arbitration, Abby Cohen Smutny, White & Case, and Guido Tawil, Independent Arbitrator, and Members, Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Zulficar & Partners, Christian Leathley, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, and Martina Polasek, Deputy Secretary-General, ICSID, with an introduction by ICCA President Lucy Reed. For more information and to register, please consult the following link:https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/6716328197216/WN_U2lPN_xbTOeAo6ld5A09HA

Venue: Virtual. The 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment produced the "Stockholm Declaration," an environmental manifesto that forcefully declared a human right to environmental health and birthed the field of modern international environmental law. In celebration of its 50th anniversary volume, the Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law is convening this event to reflect on the first 50 years of international environmental law and the lessons this history may hold for the future. The conference is organized according to the three themes of Principle 1 of the Stockholm Declaration, including panels on the rights-based approach to environmental protection; anti-racism, decolonization, and environmental protection; and international environmental law’s future. It will feature a keynote address by Dinah Shelton, the Manatt/Ahn Professor of International Law Emeritus, George Washington University School of Law. For more information and to register, please consult the following link: https://www.law.uga.edu/gjiclfall2021.

Venue: Virtual. Freshfields and the American Society of International Law invite you to join us for the next installment of our Young Arbitrator Debate Series – co-sponsored by the ASIL Howard M. Holtzmann Research Center for the Study of International Arbitration and Conciliation. Motion: This house believes that international arbitral tribunals should incorporate the ICCA Guidelines on Standards of Practice in International Arbitration into their procedural orders as a means of increasing efficiency and reducing costs in arbitral proceedings. Speakers include: Maria Carolina Durán, Sidley Austin LLP; Matilde Flores, Chaffetz Lindsey LLP; moderated by Matheus Bastos Oliveira, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP. For more information and to register, please consult the following link:https://www.asil.org/event/young-arbitrator-debate-series-10.

Venue: Virtual. Please join this webinar series, bringing together leading public international law practitioners, academics and arbitrators to discuss topical issues of global importance. Speakers include: introduction by Matthew Koh, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP; keynote addresses by Professor Shotaro Hamamoto, Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University, and Professor Simon Chesterman, National University of Singapore; panelists Stephen Fietta QC, Fietta LLP, Callista Harris, University of Sydney, Ben Juratowitch QC, Captain Ian Park, Royal Navy, United Kingdom; moderated by Professor Tim Stephens, University of Sydney, and Alvin Yap, Squire Patton Boggs. For more information and to register, please consult the following link:https://icsid.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/Events/2021_The_Public_International_Law_Webinar_Series.pdf

Venue: Virtual. Join in and listen to the latest double podcast offered by the DC Bar International Law Community and hosted by Gaela Gehring Flores, Arnold & Porter and Co-Chair of the DC Bar Inter-American Legal Affairs Committee, and Nicole Silver, Greenberg Traurig and Chair of the DC Bar International Investment and Finance Committee, in which Nicole, Gaela, and special guest Bart Wasiak, Arnold & Porter, take you (virtually) to the Czech Republic to interview Anna Bilanová and Jarek Kudrna, Deputy Head and Head of the International Arbitration and Investment Protection Unit at the Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic. This podcast seeks to give listeners bite-sized information regarding international arbitration topics of interest. Available episodes feature the following guests and topics Mahnaz Malik, Twenty Essex (the future of investment treaty arbitration in the EU in the wake of Achmea the treaty to terminate intra-EU BITs.); Mark Kantor, Independent Arbitrator (the intersection of international arbitration and U.S. Supreme Court jurisprudence); Patrick Pearsall, Allen & Overy (the future of international arbitration and other critical questions); Arif Ali, Dechert (tackling diversity and inclusion in international arbitration); Professor Zachary Douglas, independent Arbitrator (how to best ensure international arbitration remains relevant and just); damages experts Isabel Kunsman, Alix Partners, Rebecca Vélez, Credibility International, and Yelena Aleksandrovich, Versant Partners(addressing all things quantum in international arbitration); Dana MacGrath, Omni Bridgeway and President of the Board of Directors of ArbitralWomen(Dispute Financing and International Women’s Day Edition). Listen and subscribe at the following link or wherever you access your podcasts (Apple, Spotify, etc.): https://anchor.fm/dcbartea.

Venue: Virtual. The Investor-State Dispute Settlement System is a thought-provoking and important contribution to the ongoing worldwide discussions and debates regarding the way forward for investor-State dispute resolution. The number of ISDS arbitrations has increased significantly over the past decade. Drawing contributors from around the world, these authors provide insights into critical topics regarding possible ISDS reforms, their feasibility and alternatives. Speakers include: Dr. Alan M. Anderson, Alan Anderson Law Firm LLC; Kiran Nasir Gore, Charles H. Camp, PC; Marryum Kahloon, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; and Brian McGarry, Assistant Professor of Public International Lawm Leiden University, and Visiting Professor, Sciences Po Law School, Paris. For more information and to register, please consult the following link: https://wfls.org/event/the-investor-state-dispute-settlement-system-reform-replace-or-status-quo/.

Venue: Virtual. Join ABA International for this critical discussion of unaccompanied minors, family separations, Title 42, the aftermath of the Migrant Protection Protocols program (“MPP”), human trafficking, and the current state of women, children, and families who have fled to the United States across the southern border. Speakers include:Claudia de Buen Unna, First female President of the Barra Mexicana; Moderator, María Martin, NPR Journalist and Executive Producer; Professor Deborah Anker, Clinical Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; Blaine Bookey, Legal Director, Center for Gender and Refugee Studies; Devon Cone, Senior Advocate for Women and Girls, Refugees International; Bardis Vakili, ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties. For more information and to register, please consult the following link:https://americanbar.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GDc0yU0KQBewZGzPOmIhTQ.