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)