Postgraduate Research Conference in International Law of the Sea

30 septembre 2026

Tihao Zeng, doctorant UNIGE

Laisa Branco, doctorante IHEID

Ralph Eisendecher, doctorant IHEID

La journée d'étude consacrée au droit international de la mer comprend des panels constitués principalement de doctorant.e.s et post doctorant.e.s, avec des modérateur.trice.s qui soient des chercheur.e.s plus avancé.e.s. Le programme final est en cours. 

Programme prévisionnel 

09:15 – 10:45 
Panel 1: General Law of the Sea Issues

Laurence B. C. (Moderator) (TBC) / Ralph L. E. (Moderator 2)

Matilde Rocca (SOAS University of London) (Postdoctoral Student): An Intellectual History of Freedom of the Seas and the Individual in the Nineteenth Century confirmed

Negar Mansouri (Copenhagen Business School) (Postdoctoral Student): Remaking 'Freedom of Navigation': Standard Oil of New Jersey, American Antitrust, and the Global Rise of Open Shipping Registries confirmed

Yulu Liu (Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore): From upstream rules to coastal and marine pollution: a missed opportunity for managing land-based pollution in the global plastic treaty? confirmed

Chiara Pavesi (University of Liverpool): Reconstructing the UNCLOS' Jurisdictional Framework governing States' Jurisdiction over Privately Contracted Armed Security Personnel on Merchant Vessels confirmed

10:45 – 11:00 Morning Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30 Panel 2: 
The BBNJ Agreement and the Antarctic Regime

Moderator: Romina Pezzot, IHEID

Thaissa Almeida Meira (University of Basel) (PhD Student): Implementing Equity Beyond Sovereignty: Marine Genetic Resources and Global South Participation under the BBNJ Agreement confirmed - online

Anna-Sophie Jess (University of Potsdam) (PhD Student): Universalism meets Exceptionalism: The Regime Interaction between the BBNJ Agreement and the Antarctic Treaty System confirmed

Anaïs Rémont (ANCORS)- University of Wollongong, Australia) (PhD Student): The interplay between the BBNJ Agreement and the Antarctic Treaty System: the case of marine spatial protection and management confirmed

12:30 – 13:45 Lunch

13:30 – 13:40 Welcome 

Note by the Head of the International Law Department, Nico Krisch (TBC)

13:45 – 15:15 
Panel 3: Climate Change & Sea Levels

Mitchell Lennan, University of Aberdeen (Moderator) (confirmed)

Namgu KIM (Nantes Université - Centre de Droit Maritime et Océanique) (PhD Student): La délimitation maritime à l'ère du changement climatique : portée et enjeux des considérations environnementales dans les négociations de délimitation en Asie du Nord-Est confirmed

Natascha Gojkovic (University of Graz) (PhD Student): Submerging Island States as Specially Affected States: The Immovable Baseline and Customary International Law confirmed

Simone Mamini (CITY ST. GEORGE'S, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON): Icebergs as Emerging Ocean Resources: Legal Status and Sustainable Governance under International Law confirmed

15:15 – 15:30 
Afternoon Coffee Break

15:30 – 17:00 
Panel 4: Dispute Settlement & Deep-Sea Resources

S. Fietta (Moderator) (TBC)

Nicolò Andreotti (University of Padua) (Postdoctoral Student): Reshaping the Law of the Sea? Investmentification and the Governance of Deep-Seabed Mining. confirmed

Anna Kirchhoff (University of Halle) (PhD Student): Between Efficiency and Fragmentation: The Role of Alternative Dispute Settlement Fora of the Seabed Disputes Chamber under Part XI Section 5 of UNCLOS confirmed

Tsuyoshi Yamashita (Tohoku University) (Postdoctoral Student): Compulsory Adjudication or Compulsory Forumization? Issue-Structuring in UNCLOS Dispute Settlement and Contemporary Ocean Governance confirmed

Milena Mottola (University of Cagliari) (Postdoctoral Student): Infrastructural Jurisdiction: Domestic Authority, International Law, and the Protection of Submarine Infrastructure confirmed


Closing Remarks/Key Note
Mitchell Lennan (confirmed)

Farewell Reception/Dinner

IHEID

L'ensemble des frais des doctorant.e.s CUSO, ou leur majeure partie, sont pris en charge dans la limite des plafonds budgétaires de la CUSO. Une désinscription tardive d'un.e doctorant.e qui engendrerait des frais pour la CUSO est susceptible de donner lieu à une demande de remboursement de la CUSO directement au/à la doctorant.e.

Les demandes de remboursement des frais de trajets des doctorant.e.s CUSO se font directement sur leur compte MyCUSO (onglets: profile/travel costs), pour une prise en charge à hauteur du prix d'un billet de train, 2e classe, demi-tarif, entre le lieu de l'université de rattachement et le lieu de l'activité.

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