Friday, 6 November 2009 - Young Scholars’ Workshop

09:30 – 09.45 hrs:

Welcome and Introduction
Professor Dr. Beate Rudolf, Freie Universität Berlin, Faculty of Law and SFB 700

9.45 – 10.35 hrs:

Agency of Necessity as a Vehicle for Applying Public International Law Rules to Non-State Actors Performing Governance Functions

Nina Hüfken, Freie Universität Berlin, SFB 700

Coffee Break

11.00 – 11.50 hrs:

The Role of Non-State Actors at the Example of Nagorno-Karabagh

Sarah Shirazyan, LL.M. (University College of London), Yerevan State University

11.50 – 12.40 hrs:

Lessons from the Work of the OECD Focal Point

Maren Weidmann, National OECD-Focal Point, Germany (Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology)

Lunch Break

13.45– 14.35 hrs:

Autonomous Non-State-Actors as Subjects of Public International Law

Christian Schliemann-Radbruch, Freie Universität Berlin, SFB 700

14.35 – 15.25 hrs:

The Temporal Perception of Governance Providing Non-State Actors as an Impediment to their Compliance with Public International Law

Teimuraz Antelava, Institute of International Law, Tbilisi State University

Coffee Break

15.45 – 16.35 hrs:

Problems of Peace Agreements between States and Non-State Parties

Cindy Daase, Freie Universität Berlin, SFB 700

16.35 – 17.00 hrs:

Conclusions

Professor Dr. Beate Rudolf, Freie Universität Berlin, Faculty of Law and SFB 700

 

Saturday, 7 November, 2009 - Public Conference

09.30 – 09.45 hrs:

Welcome and Introduction

Professor Dr. Beate Rudolf, Freie Universität Berlin, Faculty of Law and SFB 700

09.45 - 10.35 hrs:

Non-State Actors in Public International Law - The Different Layers of the Debate

Math Noortman, Ph.D, Associate Professor, Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, and Chairman of the ILA Committee „Non-State Actors“ (tbc)

Coffee Break

11.00 – 11.50 hrs:

Corporate Responsibility for Human Rights Violations under Public International Law?

Eric de Brabandere, Assistant Professor, Leiden University

11.50 – 12.40 hrs:

An Obligation of Non-State Parties to Armed Confl icts to Respect Human Rights? - The Practice of the UN Security Council

Aristotelis Constantinides, Lecturer in International Law and Human Rights, University of Cyprus, Member of the ILA Committee “Non-State Actors”

Lunch Break

13.45 -15.25 hrs:

Non-State Actors Performing Governance Functions – Views from the Caucasus

1. From Non-State Actor to State Actor - The Threshold of Statehood under Public International Law - with Special Reference to Kharabagh

Yeghishe Kirakosyan, Assistant Professor, Yerevan State University, Armenia

2. Conflicts Involving Non-State Actors and the Role of Public International Law in Conflict Resolution

Rusudan Tushuri, Assistant Professor, Caucasus School of Law, Tbilisi, Georgia

Coffee Break

15.45 – 16.35 hrs:

Non-State Actor Participation and the Legitimacy of International Law

Cedric Ryngaert, Assistant Professor, University of Leuven, Belgium, Rapporteur of the ILA Committee “Non-State Actors”

16.35 – 17.00 hrs:

Conclusions

Professor Dr. Beate Rudolf, Freie Universität Berlin, Faculty of Law and SFB 700