Politics or law? The increasing politicization of the ICJ in the context of international conflicts, Communication du Professeur Guillaume Le Floch
Les 5 et 6 mars, la SFDI organise avec la Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationales Recht un colloque franco-allemand sur le thème Challenging the Authority of International Courts and Institutions
Conference Program
Challenging the Authority of International Courts and Institutions
German-French International Law Conference. 5/6 March 2026, University of Münster
Thursday, 5 March 2026
12.00-12.30 Arrival and light lunch
12.30-13.00 - Welcome addresses
Peter Oestmann (Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Münster)
Stefan Oeter (for the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationales Recht)
Michel Erpelding (for the Société française pour le droit international)
Panel 1: Challenging the Authority of the ICC and the ICJ.
Moderator: Michel Erpelding
13.00-13.45 - The non-implementation of arrest warrants of the ICC – a problem for the legitimacy of the Court? Alexandre Hermet
13.45-14.30 - Is the ICC merely a court for developing countries? - Leonie Steinl
14.30-15.00 Coffee break
15.00-15.45 - The support of the ICC in light of the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act - Isabelle Moulier
15.45-16.30 - Politics or law? The increasing politicization of the ICJ in the context of international conflicts - Guillaume Le Floch
16.30-17.00 Coffee break
Panel 2: Regional Human Rights Courts.
Moderator: Niels Petersen
17.00-17.45 - The Authority of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the Face of Resistance by Domestic Constitutional Courts - Christina Binder
17.45-18.30 - The Backlash against the African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights - Laurence Burgorgue-Larsen
19.00 Conference Dinner
Friday, 6 March 2026
09.00-09.45 - Member States’ Strategies to Undermine the Authority of the ECtHR - Stefan Kadelbach
09.45-10.30 - Judicial Strategies to defend the authority of courts - Dana Burchardt
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
Panel 3: Challenges to International Organizations and Treaties.
Moderator: Stefan Oeter
11.00-11.45 - The Development of International Law in Times of Treaty Withdrawals - Frédéric Dopagne
11.45-12.30 - The Withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Climate Change Agreement and Its Consequences - Charlotte Kreuter-Kirchhof
12.30-14.00 Lunch
14.00-14.45 - Open Markets and Free Trade: Which Future for the International Trading System after the Blockage of the WTO Appellate Body? - Peter-Tobias Stoll
14.45-15.30 - What are the Consequences of the Non-Payment of Membership Dues for International Organizations? - Nicola Bonucci
15.30-15.45 Concluding remarks and farewell
PLUS D'INFORMATIONS à venir
Cour internationale de justice, traités internationaux, retrait, accords internationaux sur le climat, conflits internationaux i
