Inaugural Conference of the Romanian Yearbook of International and European Law

Registration and Check-In

Welcome Remarks

• Marilen Gabriel PirteaRector of the West University of Timișoara

• Lucian BerceaDean, Faculty of Law, West University of Timișoara

• Marius-Gabriel LazurcaPresidential Adviser for National Security, Foreign Policy, Strategic Partnerships, and Romanians Abroad

• Joseph H. H. WeilerNew York University

• Philip AlstonNew York University

• Mattias GuyomarPresident, European Court of Human Rights

Introductory Speech

• Iulia MotocJudge, International Criminal Court

  Why a Romanian Yearbook of International and European Law?

Panel Discussion

• Chin Leng LimChinese University of Hong Kong; British Institute of International and Comparative Law

  Identities in International Law

• Thomas SkouterisUniversity of Khorfakkan

  The Construction of National Traditions in International Legal Scholarship

• Gocha LordkipanidzeJudge, International Criminal Court

  Time as Thingness: Subsequent Practice and the Ontology of International Law

• Ineta ZiemeleJudge, Court of Justice of the European Union

  Shift in “Center vs. Periphery” Dynamics and its Impact on International Law

Panel Discussion

• Roxana BanuUniversity of Oxford

  The History of Private International Law in Romania

• Iulia MotocJudge, International Criminal Court

  The History of Public International Law in Romania

• Andrei MamoleaBoston University

  Vespasian Pella, the Uses of History, and the Future of International Law

• Bogdan IancuUniversity of Bucharest

  Constitutional Traditions of Nationalism and Internationalism: the Incorporation of Human Rights norms in Romania

• Luisa-Miriam Nicolici – Stark

  The Tradition of International Law in Romania and the Limits of Territorial Stability in International Law

Lunch Break

Panel Discussion

• Malgosia FitzmauriceQueen Mary University of London

  Reflections on ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in Relation to Climate Change and its Influence on General International Law

• Olufemi EliasQueen Mary University of London; ad hoc Judge, International Court of Justice; member, UN International Law Commission

  The Sources of International Law in the ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change

• Anne van AakenUniversity of Hamburg

  Rule of Law: Bandwagon Effects (authoritarian and democratic), Learning and Diffusion

• Lorand BartelsUniversity of Cambridge

  The Most Favoured Nation Principle in Trade Law: Worth Defending?

• Matei AlexianuLoyola University Chicago

  Provisional Measures as Legal Statecraft

• Mario OyarzabalLegal Adviser, Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs; member of the UN International Law Commission

  Diplomacy and International Law

Roundtable Discussion – Feminism in International Law

• Hillary CharlesworthJudge, International Court of Justice

• Iulia MotocJudge, International Criminal Court

• Roxana DumitracheRomanian Cultural Institute; West University of Timișoara

• Raluca BerceaWest University of Timișoara

Closing Remarks

• Edith Brown WeissGeorgetown University

  Reconsidering the Future in International Law

Panel Discussion

• Ion Gâleajudge at the General Court of the European Union

  The concept of international organisation in the recent judgment IMG v Commission (C-790/24P) of the European Court of Justice

• Mihai BădescuWest University of Timișoara

  Dispute Settlement Mechanisms in the European Union’s Agreements with its Eastern Neighbours as Indicators of Rule of Law Adherence: Positive Perspectives for Ukrainian and Moldovan Accession?

• Eduardo-Mirel Hanes

  "In Complete Independence of the Territorial Authorities”: Romania, the European Commission of the Danube, and the Origins of the Principle of Speciality

• Florestan LetulleUniversity of Strasbourg

  The Tradition of Participation in International Organizations in Central and Eastern Europe: An Inquiry into the Instrumentalisation of International Law by the Great Powers for the Exercise of Exclusive Control

Panel Discussion

• Manon LaganàUniversity of Valencia

  From Authoritarian Surveillance to The Digital Big Brother: State Surveillance and The Erosion of The Right to Respect for Private and Family Life in Eastern Europe Under the European Convention on Human Rights"

• Yuval ShanyHebrew University of Jerusalem

  AI systems and the international human right to a remedy

• Dana NeacșuColumbia University

  The Ideology of Generative AI: Technology, Authority, and Power in Law

• David MarkUNDP Expert | Researcher, West University of Timișoara

  The European AI Act in the Age of Agentic AI: The Alignment Challenge and the Limits of Human Oversight.

Panel Discussion

• Mykola GnatovskyJudge, European Court of Human Rights

  From the Periphery to Co-Authorship: Central and Eastern European Lawyers and the Future of the International Legal Order

• Veronika BílkováCharles University Prague

  Central and Eastern Europe in the Practice of the Venice Commission

• Bianca Guțan„Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu

  Romania and the European Charter of Regional or Minority Languages

Panel Discussion

• Hélène Ruiz FabriUniversité Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

  Roxana DumitracheRomanian Cultural Institute; West University of Timișoara

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• Marek WasińskiUniversity of Łódź

  SWAIL as Decoding: Conceptual Compression and the Liminal in International Law

• Mārtiņš PaparinskisUniversity College London, former Chair of the UN International Law Commission

  The International Law Commission and the Eastern Europe(an Group)

• Dano BrossmannVVGB Advocaten / Avocats

  ISDS Laboratory: Central and Eastern Europe’s historic experience with investor-state dispute settlement

Panel Discussion

• Anja Seibert-FohrJudge, European Court of Human Rights

  Rule of Law Backsliding: What Role for the European Court of Human Rights?

• Lorraine Schembri OrlandJudge, European Court of Human Rights

  Gender Based Cyber Crime

• Kanstantsin DzehtsiarouUniversity of Liverpool

  The Role of the Venice Commission Reports in ECtHR Case Law concerning Central and Eastern European States

• Corina Corbuformer President of the Romanian High Court of Cassation and Justice

  Mental Health at the European Court of Human Rights

Panel Discussion

• Ioana CismasUniversity of York

  Compliance + restraint in armed conflict: towards full(er) protection

• Cosmin CercelGhent University

  Between Legal Orders: Articulating Sovereignty through Emergency Powers and International Law in the Long 19th Century

• Bianca ȘerbWest University of Timișoara

  The Changing Ambitions of International Law: From Post-Cold War Optimism to a Fragmented International Order

Panel Discussion

• Pavel ŠturmaCharles University Prague; former Chair of the UN International Law Commission

  The Czech Contribution to International Criminal Law

• Péter PaczolayJudge, European Court of Human Rights

  The Role of the ECHR in the Hungarian legal system

• Ganna YudkivskaChair-Rapporteur, United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention; EQUITY Law Firm

  Ukraine and International Law

• Krzysztof WojtyczekJagiellonian University; former Judge, European Court of Human Rights

  Jurisdiction in European Human Rights Law

Panel Discussion

• Sergey SayapinKIMEP University

  International Law Beyond the Core: A Silk Road Perspective on Central and Eastern Europe

• Lauri MälksooUniversity of Tartu

  Russia and International Law

• Ignacio de la RasillaWuhan University

  Under the Red Flag? The Rise of International Law Journals in China, 1982-2026

• Răzvan-Vlăduț Cheșa

  Legal Personality Without Independence, Statehood Without Effectiveness: The Montevideo Convention and Two Eastern European Anomalies, 1940–1991

Panel Discussion

• Lucian BojinWest University of Timișoara

  Lean on me when you're not strong. In times of deepest crisis of International Law, its language remains unchanged

• Gabriela Alexandra OantaUniversity of A Coruña

  Succession of States to membership of an international organization

• Diana BotăuBabeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca

  Reconceptualising Territory in International Law: Beyond the Westphalian Map

• Carmen MoldovanAlexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași

  Overcoming the Impasse: New Horizons in Accountability and Reparation for Aggression

• Daniela DeteșeanuUniversity of Bucharest

  From "Outstanding Universal Value" to Jus Cogens? A Central and Eastern Europe Perspective on the Protection of World Heritage

Panel Discussion

• Alina MironUniversity of Angers/West University of Timișoara

  Romania and the International Court of Justice

• Octavia Spineanu-MateiJudge, Court of Justice of the European Union

  Romania and the Court of Justice of the European Union

• Sebastian RădulețuJudge, European Court of Human Rights

  Romania and the European Court of Human Rights

• Carmen AchimescuUniversity of Bucharest

  Nearly a Century before the World Court: Romania in Advisory and Contentious Proceedings - from Territorial to Global Concerns