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Monday 24 June
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch
13:00 – 13:15
Introduction & Welcome
13:15 – 14:45
Panel 1: International Human Rights Law and Humanitarian Law
Chair: Joel Colón-Ríos (Essex)
- Vanessa Topp (Essex): International Human Rights Law as a Basis for the Right to Receive and Provide Humanitarian Aid and Assistance – A Tool for Countering the Criminalisation of Humanitarian Aid and Assistance to Migrants?
- Leonard Chimanda Joseph (Sussex): The Role of the Global Compact on Refugees Towards the Identification of Durable Solution(s) for Self-Settled Refugees in Kigoma Villages in Tanzania
- Boudicca Hawke (Essex): The Status of Fighters in Non-International Armed Conflict
- Furkan Cirkin (Essex): What is the Transnational Bourgeoisie?
14:45 – 15:00
Coffee break
15:00 – 16:30
Panel 2: Development, Human Rights and Economic Actors
Chair: Anil Yilmaz-Vastardis (Essex)
- Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu (Sussex): Use of Proceeds of Corruption for Sustainable Development
- Tezzeta Mbuya (Essex): The Africanization of the International Dispute Resolution Mechanism in Light of the Adoption of the AfCFTA Investment Protocol
- Emma Baldi (Essex): Reparation for Business-Related Human Rights Abuses
- Anthony Obi (Essex): The Impact of Legal Education and Ethics on Access to Justice for Victims of Multinational Oil Corporations in Nigeria
16:30 – 16:40
Coffee break
16:40 – 18:00
Panel 3: International Law
Chair: Avidan Kent (UEA)
- Sebastian Schnorrenberg (Essex): The End of Non-Intervention and the Information Environment
- Tatjana Grote (Essex): Managing Multidimensionality: How to Conceptualise Civilian Personal Data Within International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law?
- Benjamin Khastan (Essex): Artificial Intelligence at the International Criminal Court
- Zana Syla (UEA): The International Legal Personality of States in Relation to ‘Contested States’
18:00
Dinner
Tuesday 25 June
9:15 – 9:30
Welcome Day 2 & Coffee
9:30 – 10:45
Professional Development: Research Methods
Focus on doctrinal approaches, socio-legal methods, and law and economics with:
- Prof Joel Colón-Ríos (Essex)
- Prof Kirsten McConachie (UEA)
- Dr Sebastian Peyer (UEA)
10:45 – 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30
Panel 4: Law and Technology
Chair: TBC
- Dilanur Demir (Essex): Technical Specifications of Blockchain and Legal Challenges on Data Erasure in the EU
- Patricia Claudet (UEA): The Meta Platforms Case in the European Court of Justice: Where Does It Lead the Regulation of Digital Markets in Europe?
- Tahircan Yedek (Essex): From Gatekeepers to Private Authorities: Does Fighting Political Disinformation Privatise Democracy?
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30 – 15:00
Panel 5: Climate Action and the Role of Law
Chair: Marianna Iliadou (Sussex)
- Enitan Lawson (Essex): Towards a Just Energy Transition: The Role of Natural Gas in Nigeria’s Energy Transition
- Millie Proser (UEA): Towards a Bespoke Climate Litigation Impact Framework: Lessons from Human and Socio-Economic Rights Scholarship
- Charlotte Semarcelle (UEA): Climate Litigation and the Role of Tort Law
15:00 – 15:10
Break
15:10 – 16:40
Panel 6: Regulation of Markets
Chair: TBC
- Alia Kahwaji (UEA): Safeguarding a Human-Centric Patent System: The Case of the Inventive Step Test
- Minh Dang (UEA): Rethinking Efficiency Considerations in Merger Control
- Tugrul Erdogan (Essex): Consumer Protection Risks of Open Banking in the EU, the UK, and Turkey
16:50 – 17:30
Closing: Wellbeing and the PhD Journey
Dance and the Law with Dr Maria Moscati (Sussex)