2005 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS


The Thirteenth Annual Conference
International Institutions in a Uni-Polar World (program)
16 - 18 June 2005
University House
The Australian National University, Canberra


Please note that the papers are posted exactly as they were received. No process of editing or correction has been undertaken. Copyright in all papers resides with the respective authors.


PANEL 1 – PLENARY
THE UNITED NATIONS REFORM AGENDA


PANEL 2A: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS
Mr Ravi Kewalram, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Uni, Bi or Multi-Polarity? An analysis of the relationship between economic power and outcomes in selected WTO disputes


PANEL 2B: HUMAN RIGHTS AT THE UNITED NATIONS


PANEL 3A: THE BOUNDARIES OF MULTILATERAL INSTITUTIONS


PANEL 3B: REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS


PANEL 4A: TERRORISM AND INTERNATIONAL CRIMES

Dr Ben Saul, University of New South Wales
Beyond Definition of Terrorism: Justifying, Excusing and Defending Terrorist Crimes
Ms Claire Macken, Deakin University
Terrorism as a State of Emergency in International Law


PANEL 4B: PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW
Mr James Stellios, The Australian National University
The Constitutionalisation of Intra-national Choice of Law
Citation:
"Choice of Law and the Australian Constitution: Locating the Debate"
(2005) 33 Federal Law Review, 7
Emeritus Professor Jim Davis, The Australian National University
The Exclusion of Foreign Public Laws



PANEL 5A: INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW
Dr Mark Thompson, Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Policy Challenges for Australia in the Use of Contractors in Support of Military Operations



PANEL 5B: THE INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC LAW INTERFACE
Ms Camille Goodman, Attorney-General’s Department
Acta Sunt Servanda? A Regime for Unilateral Acts of States at International Law


PANEL 6A: LAW OF THE SEA
Mr Andrew Serdy, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Australia’s November 2004 Submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
Citation: "Towards Certainty of Seabed Jurisdiction: Australia's Submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf", (2005) 36 Ocean Development and International Law, 201-217



PANEL 6B: ARMS CONTROL/DISARMAMENT

Mr Christopher Hubbard, Curtin University of Technology
The Advisory Opinion of the ICJ on the Legality of the Threat of Use of Nuclear Weapons


PANEL 7: THE YEAR OF INTERNATIONAL LAW IN REVIEW


PANEL 8A: INTERNATIONAL ADJUDICATION
Ms Alice Edwards, The Australian National University
Aydin v Turkey, Akayesu and Abu Ghraib: Re-conceptualising torture in international law


PANEL 8B: DISPLACED PERSONS AND REFUGEES
Ms Gabrielle Simm
Globalisation, Migration and Refugee Law: Towards a progressive critique of human rights
Dr Jane McAdam, University of Sydney
‘Complementary Protection’ or 'Subsidiary Protection’? The Convergence of International Refugee and Human Rights Law
The Hon Justice Anthony North, Federal Court of Australia
Towards Convergence in the Interpretation of the Refugees Convention – A proposal for the establishment of an International Refugee Court



PANEL 9: “THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK”