International Law and Distribution
Sustainable Development, Security, and the Governance of Resources
Keynote speaker: Dr Margot Salomon, London School of Economics (UK)
In April 2019 the University of Edinburgh hosted ‘Edingow’ – the inaugural conference marking a new collaboration between the University of Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow in the field of International Law. Glasginburgh – the second conference in this series, to be held at the University of Glasgow and GCILS, will take place on 13 and 14 May 2021 via Zoom (please note UK time). Please see programme of the Conference further below and here.
Our aim in this conference is to explore the relationship between international law and questions of “distribution” – broadly conceived. This two-day event will promote a dialogue about the myriad ways in which current ‘distributions’ inform or even determine the development of international law, and how, in turn, the practices of international legal institutions may impact upon distributions of income, resources, and power in the world. Read more about the idea of the conference here.
To register to the Conference, please visit our Eventbrite website- https://bit.ly/3r2tSfS.
Programme:
Thursday 13 May
11:00 – 11:15 BST Opening Remarks
11:15 – 12:50 BST Panels:
1 Historical Perspectives on Distribution: Power, Governance and Resources
Chair: Stephen Neff (University of Edinburgh)
- Containing Globalization: A Material History of Transnational Law-Making though Shipping Containers (1956-1970) – Daniel R. Quiroga-Villamarin – Graduate Institute, Geneva
- Lessons from the past: International Law and distribution according to Francisco de Vitoria – Begoña Rodríguez Díaz – Universidad Francisco de Vitoria (Madrid)
- Did membership matter? A study of non-member state involvement in the League of Nations – Saskia Millmann – University of Glasgow
2 Distributional Aspects of Contemporary Global Challenges
Chair: Akbar Rasulov (University of Glasgow)
- Conceptualizing rivalrous use of Earth orbits and Space Traffic Management as Resource Distribution Problems under International Law – Ward Munters – Institute for International Law & Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, KU Leuven, Belgium
- Distributing decision-making competences in the climate change regime – Dagmar Topf Aguiar de Medeiros – University of Edinburgh
- Distribution of responsibility for a “bad”: International law and antimicrobial resistance – Lovleen Bhullar – Birmingham Law School
- Social acceleration and global challenges: speed, distribution and the role of law – Nicolas M. Perrone – Universidad Andres Bello, Vina del Mar
13:00 – 14:00 : Keynote by Margot Salomon: Rethinking Distribution for Social Transformation (Chair: Andrew Lang)
14:30 – 15:50 BST Panels:
3 Social Justice and International Human Rights Law
Chair: Michelle Burgis-Kasthala (University of Edinburgh)
- Social Justice and the Interpretation of International Human Rights Law – Tilmann Altwicker – University of Zurich
- Resource allocation and the international right to health: a minimalist approach to counter scarcity inequalities – Luciano Bottini Filho – University of Bristol
- Extractive industries and local communities in international investment law: The ontological struggles that ‘Sustainable Development’ does not see – Nicola Soekoe
4 Distribution and the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus
Organised in cooperation with the Endless Conflicts project
Chair: Asli Ozcelik Olcay (University of Glasgow)
- Humanitarian Aid or Manitarian Aid? – Aakriti Malhotra – Jindal Global Law School, India
- Global Extractivism and the Politics of Conflict Mineral Regulation – Eliana Cusato – Amsterdam Center for International Law (UvA)
- International law and the distribution of land in peace processes – Daniëlla Dam-de Jong – Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies
16:00 – 17:20 BST Panels:
5 Water, Distribution, and Rights
Chair: Ana Maria Daza Vargas (University of Edinburgh)
- Resolving water scarcity through public engagement – Ruth Taylor
- Icy Prospects for Freshwater Supplies – Assessing the possibilities, limits and distribution of ice as a natural resource – Laura Wanner – Georg-August-University Göttingen
- Water Justice and the Human Right to Water in Israel – Tamar Meshel – Faculty of Law, University of Alberta
6 Investment law: Questions of Distribution
Chair: James Devaney (University of Glasgow)
- Policing Sovereignty: Expropriation Without Compensation & The End of History – Ciaran Cross – FU, Berlin
- Distribution of wealth at national and international level: whether international investment law is fit for all? – Inga Martinkute – Vilnius University
- Investor-State Dispute Settlement and the Relationship between IP and Investment Chapters: Distributional Inequities? – Gabriel M. Lentner – Danube University Krems and Stanford Law School
Friday 14 May
09:30 – 10:50 BST Panels:
7 Distributive Consequences of Energy Transition
Chair: Navraj Singh Ghaleigh (University of Edinburgh)
- “The geopolitics and law of Eurasian gas market integration” – Shaimerden Chikanayev – GRATA International Law Firm & Anatole Boute – Chinese University of Hong Kong
- From Aspirational Politics to Soft Law? Exploring the International Legal Effects of Sustainable Development Goal 7 on Affordable and Clean Energy – Leslie-Anne Duvic-Paoli – King’s College London
- Climate Finance and Development in Post Colonial Philippines – Nina Araneta-Alana – University of Melbourne
8 Resources, Land Grabbing, and (Il)legality
Chair: Nehal Bhuta (University of Edinburgh)
- Twailing Resource Theft: Land Grabs and International Law – Temitayo Olarewaju – The University of British Columbia
- Natural resources governance in Northern Argentina: the World Bank, the implementation of the Free, Prior and Informed Consent and legal pluralism – Stéphanie de Moerloose – Universidad Austral, Argentina
- Redefining Permanent Sovereignty Over Natural Resources- A study with special reference to India – Aathira Raju – Central University of Kerala, India
11:00 – 12:20 BST Panels:
9 Layers of Inequality
Chair: Christopher M.J. Boyd (University of Glasgow)
- Cash Transfer Programs and Income Distribution: an International Approach – Ana Luiza Gambogi Cardoso – Federal University of Minas Gerais and Daniel dos Santos Rodrigues – Federal University of Minas Gerais
- International Cooperation through Just Distributions or Just Distributions through International Cooperation? Searching for a Workable Subsidiarity Principle in Respect of Economic Distributions – Alex Beyleveld – Mandela Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
- The Distributive Effects of (Aspirational) Sovereignty on Gender Equality in Three Sub-National Jurisdictions – Alberta, Catalonia and Scotland. – Simon M. Burke – Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
10 The Meanings and Mutations of Sustainability
Organized in cooperation with the Erik Castrén Institute
Chair: Gail Lythgoe (University of Glasgow, University of St Andrews)
- The Projects of Sustainable Development: Between Integration and Distribution – Outi Penttilä, University of Helsinki
- Sustainability and Human Rights: A Conceptual Struggles Perspective – Ukri Soirila, University of Helsinki
- Decorative Sustainability in International Finance – Kangle Zhang, University of Helsinki and Peking University
13:00 – 14:00 BST : Roundtable on International Law and Distribution
Charlie Peevers (Chair, University of Glasgow)
Deval Desai (University of Edinburgh)
Sufyan El Droubi (University of Dundee)
Annalisa Savaresi (University of Eastern Finland and University of Stirling)
Christian Tams (University of Glasgow)
14:10 – 15:30 BST Panel
11 Distribution and the Responsibility of Private Actors
Chair: Anna Chadwick (University of Glasgow)
- Distributional Concerns within Transnational Development Projects – Kinnari Bhatt, Norinchukin Bank Europe NV, the Netherlands and Independent Redress Mechanism of the Green Climate Fund, South Korea
- Securing Information Technology: The Need for a Collaboration between States and Private Actors – Irene Couzigou – School of Law, University of Aberdeen
- FAO OCED Guidance on Responsible food chains: pros and cons of increasing regulation of social corporate responsibility in the agrifood sector. – Margherita Brunori – Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento
Download the PDF of the programme here.
To register to the Conference, please visit our Eventbrite website – https://bit.ly/3r2tSfS .
You will receive links to all panels in your registration confirmation.
Conference organising team:
- Anna Chadwick
- Giedre Jokubauskaite
- Christopher M.J. Boyd
- Gail Lythgoe
- Aleksandra Sobieraj
For any queries or further information, please contact: glasginburgh@gmail.com