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CONFERENCEPROGRAMAugust 22-23, 2019Novotel Manila

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DAY ONEAugust 22, 2019

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REGISTRATION

OPENING CEREMONIES

COFFEE BREAK

FIRST PLENARY SESSIONFinding Common Solutions to Civilizational Problems: International Law’s Promise?

HON. H. HARRY L. ROQUE, JR.President, Asian Society of International Law

PROFESSOR B. S. CHIMNIFormer Chairperson, Centre for International Legal Studies Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

PROFESSOR KAWANO MARIKOProfessor of International Law, Waseda University Faculty of Law

PROFESSOR CARSTEN STAHNProfessor of International Criminal Law and Global Justice, Laiden Law School

PROFESSOR CONGYAN CAIProfessor of International Law, Xiamen University School of Law

PROFESSOR AGO SHIN-ICHI (Chair)Professor of Law, Ritsumeikan University

PUBLICATIONS LAUNCHUniversity of the Philippines Law Center & Department of Foreign Affairs

LUNCHEON

ASIAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING | Members Only

BY-INVITATION SIDE EVENT with DR. CHRISTOPHE BERNASCONI, Secretary General, HCCH

FIRST AFTERNOON PARALLEL SESSIONS

PANEL 1A | International Legal Norm Entrepreneurship: Asian Perspectives, Perplexities & Possibilities

PROF. (DR.) K.D. RAJU, (WITH DR. S R SUBRAMANIAN, PROF. VIJAY KUMAR) (India)Indian Institute of TechnologyRegulating the Use of Commercial Drones: A Quest for Finding a Space within Air Space - An Asian Perspective.

PROFESSOR JOHN PAOLO ROBERTO A. VILLASOR (Philippines)Dean, University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos School of Law, Member, AsianSILFreedom of the Press as a Fundamental Cyber Norm under International Law: The Case of Rappler.

DR. ESMÉ SHIRLOW (Australia)Senior Lecturer, the Australian National University Faculty of Law, Member, AsianSILInternational Articulations of the Rule of Law: Deference to Domestic Decision-Making in International Adjudication.

MR. ALEXIS IAN P. DELA CRUZ (Philippines)Lecturer, FEU-Institute of LawPartnerships Without Responsibility? ‘External Assistance’ and Public-Private partnerships for Disaster Resilience in the Global South.

PROF. SRINIVAS BURRA (Chair)Faculty of Legal Studies, South Asian University

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PANEL 1B | Re-Thinking Foundational Issues in International Law: Comparative Regional Approaches

PROFESSOR CRAIG MARTIN (USA)Professor of Law, Washburn University School of Law, Member, AsianSILImplications of Climate Change for the Jus Ad Belum.

DR. WIM CHIEN-LIANG MULLER (Netherlands)Assistant Professor, Maastricht University, Member, AsianSILThe Return of Ideology and China’s Exercise of ‘Discourse Power’: implications for International Law.

PROF. LIU YANG (China)Assistant Professor, Renmin University, Member, AsianSILInternational Legal Orientalism? Anxiety about Universality and Asian Approach to International Law.

MS. MENAKA I. LECAMWASAM (Sri Lanka)Independent Legal Researcher Immigration Detention of Asylum-Seekers: Is Asia Falling Foul of International Standards in Refugee Protection?

H.E. JUDGE (RET.) HISASHI OWADA (Chair)Former Judge and President, International Court of Justice

PANEL 1C | The History and Theory of International Law: Whose History? Whose Theory? Whose International Law? What Have We So Far (un)Learned?

PROFESSOR ATIP LATIPULHAYAT (Indonesia)Head, Department of International Law at the Faculty of Law, Padjadjaran UniversityA New Face of International Law From Western to Global Construct.

PROFESSOR JEAN ALLAIN (Australia),Associate Dean (Research) of the Faculty of Law, Monash UniversityThe End of Western Civilization and the Next Global Order.

DR. AMRITHA V. SHENOY (Nepal)Assistant Professor, Kathmandu School of LawThe Centennial ILO and the Making of International Law.

PROF. CHEN YIFENG (China)Associate Professor, Peking University Law SchoolAssistant Director, Peking University Institute of International LawBuilding Internationalism: Chinese International lawyers in the Early 20th Century.

PROFESSOR V.G. HEGDE, (Chair)Centre for International Legal Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

PANEL 1D | International Human Rights Mechanisms in Asia: Rethinking Models and Realities

PROFESSOR ROBERT C. BLITT (USA)Professor of Law, University of Tennessee College of LawRegional Human Rights Mechanisms and International Best Practices: A Study in Contrasts.

DR. POURIA ASKARY (Iran)Assistant Professor, Allameh Tabataba’i University, AsianSIL Executive Council MemberInternational Human Rights Law and Legitimacy of Unilateral Sanctions: Case Study of US Sanctions Against Iran.

PROF. GILBERT T. ANDRES (Philippines)Professorial Lecturer, Lyceum Philippines University College of Law, & Deputy Director, Center for In-ternational Law, Member, AsianSILCongruence Theory: Using a Rationale-Consequence Based Theory of International Law Founded on Asian Philosophical Systems and Applying it in the Determination of Whether There is a Need for a Regional Human Rights Mechanism in the Southeast Asia Context.

MR. UPI RACHMINAWATI & DR. KHAIRIL AZMIN MOKHTAR (Indonesia)Lecturer & Associate Professor, International Law Department, Faculty of Law, Unpad BandungThe Arduous Journey of the UN Human Rights Enforcement: A Lesson for ASEAN in Creating Human Rights Mechanism.

DR. MUHAMMAD MAHBUBUR RAHMAN (Chair)Professor of Law, Department of LawUniversity of Dhaka, Bangladesh

1:30 PM - 2:50 PM

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SECOND AFTERNOON PARALLEL SESSIONS

PANEL 2A | Comparative Approaches to International Human Rights Law: Asian and other Regions

DR. ERIC CORTHAYHead of Academic Affairs, Institute of Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of BahrainMember, AsianSILThe Identification of Victims of Human Trafficking by Air.

DR. S. PANDIARAJ (India)Head, Department of Human Rights, Saveetha School of Law, Saveetha UniversityIndia’s Aadhaar Scheme and the Promise of Inclusive Social Protection: Are there Lessons to be Learned?.

PROFESSOR BADRINATH RAO (USA),Associate Professor, Department of Liberal Studies, Kettering University Member, AsianSILWell Begun is Half Done? Lessons from the Social and Economic Rights Jurisprudence in India.

DR. WEI WUMEI (China)Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of International Law, Chinese Academy of Social ScienceThe Role of Corporate Responsibility in Addressing Transboundary Pollution in Asia: A Hybrid Approach Integrating Envi-ronment with Human Rights.

PROFESSOR DAVID J. PADILLA (Chair)Visiting Professor of International Law, Silliman University College of LawExtraordinary Professor, University of Pretoria Faculty of Law

PANEL 2B | Inaugural Workshop of the AsianSIL Interest Group on International Economic Law, convened by PROFESSOR MAVLUDA SATTOROVA, University of Liverpool. PROFESSOR ANDREW D. MITCHELLMelbourne Law School, Director of the Global Economic Law NetworkDirector of Studies (International Economic Law) in the Melbourne Law Masters

MR. FUKUNAGA YOSHIFUMIConsulting Fellow of the Japanese Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry

DR. RUMANA ISLAMProfessor at the Department of Law, University of Dhaka

PROFESSOR WANG JIANGYUTenured Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore

DR. PRABHAKAR SINGHAssociate Professor at Jindal Global Law School, India

DR. TRINH HAI YENVice Dean of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV) Faculty of International Law.

PANEL 2C | ASEAN Integration and International Law

PROFESSOR DAMIAN CHALMERS (Singapore) (Chair)Professor of Law, National University of Singapore Faculty of Law, Member, AsianSILFrom Asian Trade Communities to Asian Investment Communities: ASEAN State Responses to Changing Patterns in Eco-nomic Integration.

DR. MELISSA LOJA (Philippines),Research Associate, National University of Singapore Faculty of Law, Member, AsianSILRegionalization of Venture Capital Investments and the Compatibility of Regulatory Regimes in Southeast Asia: A Case Study of Fintech regulations in Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and Philippines.

DR. HEEJIN KIM (Singapore)Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore Faculty of Law, The Laws and Politics of Data localization in Southeast Asia – Competing Regulatory Goals and Diverging Legal Development.

MS. LOO JING XI GLORIA (Singapore),Research Associate, National University of Singapore Faculty of Law Competition Policy, Institutional Design and Models of Asian Capitalism.

DR. MARIJA JOVANOVIC (Singapore)Research Associate, National University of Singapore Faculty of LawTrade–Labour Linkage: From Social Clause Deniers to Trump as the Champion of Labour Rights in Free Trade Agree-ments and Back.

2:50 PM - 4:10 PM

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PANEL 2D | International Law and Domestic Courts in Asia

DR. DAI RUIJUN (China)Associate Professor, Institute of International Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Member, AsianSILInternational Human Rights Treaties before Chinese Court.

DR. MUHAMMAD EKRAMUL HAQUE (Bangladesh)Professor of Law, Department of Law, University of DhakaUse of International Law in Interpreting Constitutional Rights in Bangladesh: The Judicial Trend Toward Creeping Monism.

DR. MANIQUE COORAY (Malaysia)Dean, Faculty of Law, Multimedia University, MelakaStateless Children in the East-Asian Region and the Judicial Response from Malaysia.

MR. AMAL KUMAR GANGULI, ChairSenior Advocate, Supreme Court of India

PANEL 2E | The Future/s of International Tribunals from the Asian Perspective

DR. DENG HUA (China) Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of International Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Upholding or Deviating from the ‘Two-Element’ Theory: An Empirical Research on the Identification of Customary International Law by the International Court of Justice.

PROF. ROMEL REGALADO BAGARES (Philippines)Professorial Lecturer in International Law, Lyceum Philippines University College of Law, Member, AsianSILCausality in the Jurisprudence on State Responsibility of the ICJ: The Genocide Case (Bosnia and Herze-govina v. Serbia and Montenegro) as a Study in Physicalist (Mis)Fit.

MR. PETER TZENG (USA)Associate, Foley Hoag, LLP, Member, AsianSILA Strategy of Non-Participation in International Dispute Settlement.

PROFESSOR N.M. (NIKOLAS) RAJKOVIC (Chair)Professor and Chair of International Law, Tilburg University, Netherlands

COFFEE BREAK

THIRD AFTERNOON PARALLEL SESSIONS

PANEL 3A | The WTO, International Trade Law and Asia: New Contributions and Challenges

PROFESSOR ARAKI ICHIRO & MOHAMED KHORSED ZAMANDean & Lecturer, Department of Law, Yokohama National University & Faculty of Law, Macquarie UniversityMembers, AsianSILResurgence of Voluntary Export Restraints? - New Trends in U.S.-Centered Free Trade Agreements.

DR. PAULO CANELAS DE CASTROAssociate Professor and Head of Academic Affairs, Master Program in European Union Law, International Law and Comparative Law, Faculty of Law, University of MacauTowards Partial Convergence of Data Protection Regimes Between China and the EU?

DR. RAVINDRA PRATAP (India)Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Faculty of Legal Studies, South Asian University, Member, AsianSILWTO and its Engagement with National law in Asia: A Perspective.

DR. UMAIR GHORI (Australia)Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Bond University, Member, AsianSILThree Lessons for Asian Policymakers on Construction of Export Controls.

MR. KUNIYA SHIRO (Chair)Senior Partner, Oh-Ebashi LPC and Partners

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PANEL 3B | International Investment Law: The State of the Art in Asia

PROFESSOR DR. KARSTEN NOWROT (WITH DR. EMILY SIPIORSKI) (Germany)Professor of Public Law & Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Socio-Economics Faculty of Business, Eco-nomics and Social Sciences University of Hamburg(De)Constitutionalization of International Investment Law?: Assessing Narratives from Asia.

MR. MAO-WEI LO (Taiwan)JSD Cand., Stanford Law SchoolThe Evolution of Chinese International Investment Agreements and their Potential Impacts on Human Rights Pro-tections for OBOR Countries.

DR. SUNGJIN KANG (South Korea)Advisor, Kim & ChangIs it Time to Introduce a Standing International Investment Court in Asia?

MR. RICCARDO VECELLIO SEGATE (China),Talent Program, Ph.D. Researcher in International Law, Faculty of Law, University of MacauThe Social Cost of Public Startup Investment Funds: Intellectual Property Rights, Cyber-Security Policing, Com-petitiveness, and State Economic Securitization of Cyber-Exposed Trade Secrets: A Comparative Analysis of China, India, Japan, and Australia.

PROFESSOR MAVLUDA SATTOROVA (Chair)Reader, Faculty of Law, University of Liverpool

PANEL 3C | International Environmental Law: Intersections with the Paris Accord and Trans-Pacific Partnership Regimes

DR. MOSTAFA M. NASER (WITH MR. HOSSAIN MOHAMMAD REZA) (Australia)School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University, AsianSIL Executive Council MemberThe Paris Agreement and Climate Finance: In Search of Potential Source of Funding for Climate Displacement.

PROF. A.B.M. IMDADUL HAQUE KHAN (Bangladesh)Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Eastern UniversityClimate Change Displaced People and Refugees: Unsettled Debates on Legal Status and Human Rights Issues.

MS. JANICE CHUA LEEForeign Lawyer, International Arbitration, Eversheds Harry Elias, Member, AsianSILEnvironmental Protection in Investment Law: Can Asia Lead the Way?

DR. TANZIM AFROZ (WITH DR. RUPERT JOHNSON, & DR. MOSTAFA NASER) (Australia)Lecturer, School of Business and Law Edith Cowan UniversityThe Legal Regime of Carbon Rights in Western Australia: A Comparative Study from National and International Perspec-tives.

PROFESSOR SHIRLEY SCOTT (Chair)Head of School, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of New South Wales

PANEL 3D | The Role of International Organizations in the Time of Resurgent State Sovereignty

DR. CHRISTOPHE BERNASCONISecretary General, Hague Conference on Private International Law

DR. KENNEDY GASTORNSecretary General, African-Asian Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO)

PROFESSOR SIMON CHESTERMANDean, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore

UNDERSECRETARY J. EDUARDO MALAYA (Chair)Department of Foreign Affairs, Republic of the Philippines

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PANEL 3E | Emerging Issues in International Humanitarian Law and Terrorism in Asia

DR. JAN ROEMERRegional Legal Adviser, International Committee of the Red Cross (Jakarta)Domestic Counter-Terrorism Legislation and Compliance with International Humanitarian Law: Lessons for Asia.

HON. H. HARRY L. ROQUE, JR. (Philippines)President, Asian Society of International LawThe Way Forward: Lessons from Recent Philippine Experience in International Humanitarian Law and Terrorism.

PROF. AHMED EHSANUL KABIR (Bangladesh)Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Jagannath UniversityFrom Lex Lata to Lex Ferenda: Analysing the Applicability of International Humanitarian Law to Cyberwarfare.

DR. DORON GOLDBARSHT (Australia),Lecturer, School of Law, Macquarie UniversityNew Payment Systems: Potential Counter Terrorist Financing Risks and the Legal Response in Asia.

DR. SARAH McCOSKER (Chair)Partner, LexBridge Lawyers

ASIANSIL ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING | Members Only

OPENING DINNER & BAYANIHAN CULTURAL NIGHTfeaturing UP Concert Chorus & Filipiniana Dance Troupe

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DAY TWOAugust 23, 2019

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7:30 AM - 8:45 AM

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MEETINGS OF ASIANSIL INTEREST GROUPS

FORUM | PROFESSOR ANTONY TERENCE ANGHIE (Chair)Journals and Books: Junior Scholars’ Guide to the Nuts and Bolts of How to Make It Past Rejection Slips (Asian Journal of International Law, Academic Book Publishers)

SECOND DAY OPENING PLENARY SESSIONSpecial Plenary Panel in Honor of the late Justice Florentino Feliciano: International Legal Scholarship and Judicial Theory

International Law as Shaped by Asian Judges and Lawyers – What Do We Bring to the Table?

H.E. JUDGE (RET.) HISASHI OWADAFormer Judge and President, International Court of Justice

H.E. JUDGE JIN-HYUN PAIKPresident, International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea

H.E. JUDGE RAUL C. PANGALANGANPresident, Trial Division, International Criminal Court

AMBASSADOR (RET.) LILIA BAUTISTADean and Professor of Law, Jose Rizal University School of Law

PROFESSOR VED NANDAProfessor of Law, Strum College of Law, University of Denver

PROFESSOR NATALIE KLEINFaculty of Law, University of New South Wales

RESPONSES

HON. FRANCIS H. JARDELEZA (Chair)Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the Philippines

COFFEE BREAK

MORNING PARALLEL SESSIONS

PANEL 4A | Special International Criminal Law Panel (The Relevance and Resilience of International Criminal Law in Changing Times: Asia and Beyond)

H.E. JUDGE CHANG-HO CHUNGInternational Criminal Court

PROFESSOR CARSTEN STAHN Professor of International Criminal Law and Global Justice, Leiden Law School

DR. ASTRID REISINGER CORACINIPost-Doctoral Researcher and Lecturer at the University of Vienna, Director of the Salzburg Law School on International Criminal Law, Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law (SLS)

DR. ANA CRISTINA RODRIGUEZ PINEDAChef de Cabinet and Principal Legal Advisor at UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals

H.E. JUDGE RAUL C. PANGALANGAN (Chair)President, Trial Division, International Criminal Court

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PANEL 4B | Global Commons and Values in Oceans: Asian Realities and Regional Approaches

PROFESSOR VIATSCHESLAV V. GAVRILOVProfessor of Law & Head, School of Law, Far Eastern Federal University (Russia), Member, AsianSILLegal Regulation of Navigation Along the Northern Sea Route: Current State and Development Prospects.

DR. LOWELL BAUTISTASenior Lecturer, School of Law, University of Wollongong (Australia), Maritime and Territorial Disputes in SoutheastAsia: “Asian Values” and International Adjudication.

DR. SU WAI MONLecturer, Multimedia University (Malaysia)Privatizing Maritime Security: The Practice and Challenges in Malaysia.

DR. ANIRUDDHA RAJPUT (Chair)Member and Chair, Drafting Committee, 69th SessionInternational Law Commission

PANEL 4C | Investment Treaties, National Governance and the Rule of Law Promise

DR. PRABASH RANJAN (India)Assistant Professor, South Asian UniversityInternalisation of Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) in India: The Challenges.

PROFESSOR TRAN VIET DUNG (Vietnam)Dean, International Law Faculty Ho Chi Minh City University of LawInvestment Treaty Governance: The Case Study of Vietnam.

DR. DAFINA ATANASOVA (Bulgaria)Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore Faculty of LawInvestment Treaties Viewed from Inside the Lion City.

PROFESSOR N. JANSEN CALAMITA & DR. AYELET BERMAN (Singapore) (Co-Chairs)Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore Faculty of LawInvestment Treaties and Asian National Governance.

PANEL 4D | Beyond the South China Sea Arbitral Ruling: Directions for the Immediate Future from Asian Needs and Perspectives

DR. KIRSTEN EVE SELLARS (Australia)Visiting Fellow, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Australian National University, Member, AsianSILRewriting the Convention on the Law of the Sea in the wake of the South China Sea Arbitration.

PROFESSOR JOHN PAOLO ROBERTO VILLASOR (Philippines)Dean, University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos School of Law, Member, AsianSILProtecting the Coral Reef Environment in the South China Sea as an Obligation Erga Omnes.

PROF. CHHAYA BHARDWAJ (India)Assistant Professor of Law, Lloyd Law CollegeAppropriating the Ocean through Artificial Islands: Lessons from South China Sea.

PROFESSOR LEE KEUN-GWAN (Chair)Professor of Law, Seoul National University

PANEL 4E | Rethinking the Foundations of Human Rights: Conversations from Asian and Regional Perspectives

PROFESSOR VLADISLAV TOLSTYKH (Russia)Professor of Law, Novosibirsk State UniversityReligious and Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights.

DR. RUMANA ISLAM (Bangladesh)Professor, Department of Law, University of Dhaka, Member, AsianSILHuman Rights Obligations into BITs: The Changing Paradigm.

PROFESSOR YOO, HYUCK-SOO (Japan)Professor of International Law, Department of Cross-Cultural Studies, Kanagawa University. Member, AsianSILThe Child’s Right to a Nationality as a Human Right: A New Perspective Beyond Eliminating Statelessness.

PROFESSOR ANDREW BYRNES (Chair)Professor, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales

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PANEL 4F | Special Workshop on Teaching and Researching in International Law (TRILA) convened by PROFESSOR ANTONY TERENCE ANGHIE

PROFESSOR JOAN LARGODean, University of San Carlos School of Law, Cebu City, Philippines

DR. YIN YIN WINProfessor & Head of the Department of Law, Taunggyi University, Taunggyi Shan State, Myanmar

PROFESSOR WASANTHA SENEVIRATNEDepartment of Public & International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

DR. ARIE AFRIANSYAHLecturer at Faculty of Law, Universitas Indonesia

LUNCHEON

INTRODUCTORY REMARKSH.E. AMBASSADOR STEVEN J. ROBINSONAustralian Embassy

with a LUNCHEON SPEECH by PROFESSOR NATALIE KLEIN

Public International Law and the South China Sea Dispute: A Third-Party View

with RESPONSES by:

HON. FRANCIS H. JARDELEZAAssociate Justice, Supreme Court of the Philippines

PROF. HAIBO GOU (China)Counsellor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Associate Professor of International Law, Jilin University

PROFESSOR KAWANO MARIKO (Chair)Professor of International Law, Waseda University Faculty of Law

FIRST AFTERNOON PARALLEL SESSIONS

PANEL 5A | OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS BOOK PANELOxford Handbook of International Law in Asia & the Pacific

H.E. JUDGE (RET.) HISHASHI OWADA (Japan)International Court of JusticeChair, AsianSIL Advisory Council

PROFESSOR ANTONY TERENCE ANGHIENational University of Singapore Faculty of Law, AsianSIL Secretary General

PROFESSOR. B.S. CHIMNI (India)Former Chairperson, Centre for International Legal Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityMember, AsianSIL Advisory Council

PROFESSOR CATHERINE RENSHAW (Australia)Deputy Head, Australian Catholic University Thomas More Law School

MR. PRATYUSH NATH UPRETI (Nepal)Doctoral Researcher, Sciences Po Law School, Paris

PROFESSOR SIMON CHESTERMAN (Chair)Dean, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore

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1:30 PM - 2:50 PM PANEL 5B | Mixed Marriages, Adoption, Surrogacy and Cross-Border Issues in Family Law

PROF. ELENA VOYTOVICH (Russia)Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Civil Law and Procedure, Siberian Institute of Manage-ment - a branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public AdministrationRegulation of Spousal Property Relations: Cross – Border Issues.

PROF. SOFIA BUGROVA (Russia)Associate Professor of International Law, The Russian State University of Justice The Law-making Factors of Family Law and Their Role for the International Unification of Family Law.

PROFESSOR ELIZABETH H. AGUILING-PANGALANGAN (Philippines)Professor of Law, University of the Philippines College of LawRecognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Family Law Matters.

PROF. ENRIQUE DE LA CRUZ (Philippines) (Chair)Professional Lecturer, Faculty of Civil Law, Pontifical University of Sto. Tomas Law School

PANEL 5C | International Criminal Law: Asian Challenges and Trajectories

DR. SIMEON P. SUNGI (Kenya)Associate Professor, Criminal Justice, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, United States Inter-national University-AfricaContributions to International Criminal Law Jurisprudence: Lessons from African Cases.

DR. MEGUMI TSUJITA OCHI (Japan)Senior Research Fellow, Hyogo Earthquake Memorial 21st Century Research Institute, and Visiting Researcher, Osaka UniversityPragmatic Approach to the General Principles of International Criminal Law?: The Role of Asian Laws.

MR. GILBERT T. ANDRES (Philippines)Professorial Lecturer, Lyceum Philippines University College of Law & Deputy Executive Director, Center for International Law, Member, AsianSILInciting to Commit International Crimes: A Robust Criterion to Determine the Delicate Balance between Freedom of Expression and the Potential Criminalization of Online Violent Extremism in the Southeast Asian Context

PROFESSOR ZHU WENQI (Chair)Renmin University Faculty of Law

PANEL 5D | International Economic Law: Mechanisms in the Asian Experience

DR. SEKINE, TAKEMASA (Japan)Professor, NUCB Business School Graduate School of Management Nagoya AichiIs it Time to Develop a Regional or Asian Trade Dispute Settlement Mechanism?

MR. AVIN TIWARI (India)Ph.D. Cand., Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, Indian Institute of TechnologyLegal Regime for Cross-border M&A’s in Asean Countries & India: A Comparative Analysis & Review.

MR. LEONID SHMATENKO & MS. ANASTASIIA DULSKALawyers, LALIVE S.A. (Geneva, Switzerland) / Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (Geneva, Switzerland)EU’s Permanent Investment Court in its Free Trade Agreements with Japan, Vietnam and Singapore – the Fu-ture for Asian FTAs?

MS. JACQUELINE WANG (China)Ph.D. Researcher, Faculty of Law, University of MacauIs Individual Consent A King to Protect Personal Data? Response from China’s Personal Information Stan-dard Compared to The European Union General Data Protection Regulation?

DR. NARTNIRUN JUNNGAM (Chair)Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Thammasat University

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PANEL 5E | The International Law of Development: Asian Challenges

PROF. ALEXANDR SVETLICINII (China)Associate Professor, University of Macau, Faculty of LawState-Owned Enterprises under ASEAN Regional Competition Policy: Lessons from the European Competition Network.

MR. JONATHAN PAMPOLINA (Philippines)Counsel, Financial Integrity Group of the International Monetary FundCorruption and State-Owned Enterprises: Lessons Learned?

MS. ANNA LOREM RAMOS (Philippines)Counsel, World Bank Group Sanctions Board SecretariatIs the Asian Way Hindering Development? Examining the Case Law of the World Bank Group Sanctions Boar.

DR. MIRAZ DAULENOV (Chair)Professor, School of Law, Kazguu University, Kazakhstan

PANEL 5F (Human Rights Interest Group Panel) | Human Rights in the Twenty-First Century: Some Dimensions and Facets

PROF. JOSE-MANUEL BARRETO (Colombia)Visiting Lecturer, Universidad de los AndesDecolonizing Human Rights: Epistemological and Historical Paths.

DR. YOG UPADHYAY (UK)Senior Lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University Faculty of LawHuman Rights from South Asian Perspective.

MR. ALAN McNEIL (USA)Of Counsel, Cameron Sutherland PLLCEncountering Consumer Law and Human Rights in the Age of Corporate Imperialism.

PROFESSOR BORHAN UDDIN KHANProfessor of Law, Department of Law, University of DhakaAdjunct Professor, Department of Law,Independent University, BangladeshReligious Freedom in South Asia: Implications for Minorities.

PROFESSOR UPENDRA DEV ACHARYA (Chair)Professor of International Law, Gonzaga University School of Law

COFFEE BREAK

CONCLUDING PLENARY PANEL“From Commonalities and Divergences – International Law in Asia and its Contestable Future/s?”

DEAN MERLIN M. MAGALLONAProfessorial Lecturer in International Law, Former Dean, University of the Philippines College of Law

DR. ANIRUDDHA RAJPUT Member and Chair, Drafting Committee, 69th Session, International Law Commission

PROFESSOR LILIANA OBREGÓN TARAZONAProfessor of International Law, Facultad de Derecho, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia

PROFESSOR N.M. (NIKOLAS) RAJKOVICProfessor and Chair of International Law, Tilburg University, Netherlands

PROFESSOR VERA RUSINOVAProfessor of International Law, Faculty of Law, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia

PROFESSOR UPENDRA DEV ACHARYA (Chair)Professor of International Law, Gonzaga University School of Law

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AWARDING OF PRIZESTHE PAIK CHOONG-HYUN PRIZE THE AJIL YOUNG SCHOLAR PRIZEASIANSIL 7TH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE JUNIOR SCHOLAR BEST PAPER AWARD

CLOSING REMARKS AND TURNOVERHON. H. HARRY L. ROQUE, JR.President, Asian Society of International Law

7th ASIANSIL BUSINESS MEETING | Members Only

21st ASIANSIL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING | Members Only

CLOSING DINNER & FELLOWSHIP NIGHTwith Cultural Performances sponsored by the Tourism Promotions Board of the Philippines and Rockaoke with the Powerhouse Band