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BOĞAZİÇİ INTERNATIONAL LAW CONFERENCE (BILC 2026)
“International Economic Law in a Fractured Global Order”
13-14 June, 2026, Istanbul
DAY 1 (13 June 2026)
REGISTRATION (09.15-09.45)
Opening Remarks: Albert Long Hall (09.45-10.00)
Ali Emrah Bozbayındır, Prof. Dean, Boğaziçi University Faculty of Law
KEYNOTE PANEL I: Future of International Economic Law (10.00-11.30) / Albert Long Hall
Moderator: Mohsen al Attar (Assoc. Dean/Reader, Xi'an Jiaotong - Liverpool University)
Muthucumaraswamy Sornarajah, Fragmentation with Particular Reference to International Economic Law (Emeritus Prof., National University of Singapore)
Gregory Shaffer, The Construction of Geoeconomics (Prof., Georgetown University)
Jane Kelsey, The End of Hyper-globalisation, Resurgent Imperialism and the Prospects for Genuine Transformation (Emeritus Prof., University of Auckland)
COFFEE BREAK (11.30-12.00)
PANEL SESSION 1 (12.00-13.30)
Stream 1: International Investment Law I: Economic Statecraft and the Future of Investment Protection / Demir Demirgil Hall
Moderator: Ömer Erkut Bulut (Asst. Prof., Boğaziçi University)
Thomas Schultz and Cédric Dupont, Investment Arbitration: Prisoner of the Economic Statecraft Logic? (Prof., King's College London / Prof., Geneva Graduate Institute)
Ali Osman Karaoğlu, In the Name of the Sovereign: The Yukos Case and Its Repercussions in International Investment Law (Assoc. Prof., Yalova University)
Berk Demirkol, New Trends in Investment Treaty-Making Practice: Evolution or Shutdown? (Assoc. Prof., Galatasaray University)
Stream 2: International Finance Law I: Debt, Sovereignty, and the Future of Monetary Order / Özger Arnas Room
Moderator: M. Beheşti Aydoğan (Asst. Prof., Boğaziçi University)
Mohsen Al Attar, Threadneedle Street Piracy: A Dissenting View of the UKSC’s Plunder of Venezuela (Assoc. Dean/Reader, Xi'an Jiaotong - Liverpool University)
Olabisi Akinkugbe, Double Standards and International Economic Governance: Trade, Investment and Sovereign Debt (Assoc. Prof., Dalhousie University)
Gurwinder Singh, Sovereign Debt Governance: Legal Tensions Between Financial Obligations and State Sovereignty (Asst. Prof., Banaras Hindu University)
Xenia Seabright, De-Dollarisation & Global Financial Law: Reimagining Monetary Governance in a Multipolar Era (PhD Cand., University of Vienna)
Stream 3: Energy and International Economic Law/ Kriton Curi Room
Moderator: Ayşe Didem Sezgin (Asst. Prof., Boğaziçi University)
Raphael Heffron, International Law – Challenges in light of Global Energy and Economic Crises (Dean and Prof., Abu Dhabi University/Queen Mary University of London)
Mustafa Erkan, Protection of Energy Investments and Climate Justice: The Normative Conflict Between the ECT and the Paris Agreement and Quests (Prof., Marmara University)
Sıla Karakoç Göksu, Investor or Instrument? State-Owned Enterprises in the Energy Sector and Weaponization of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (PhD Cand., University of Vienna)
LUNCH BREAK (13.30-14.30)
PANEL SESSION 2 (14.30-16.00)
Stream 1: Transformations in International Economic Law: Between Crisis and Reform / Demir Demirgil Hall
Moderator: Leïla Choukroune (Prof., University of Portsmouth)
Alejandro Sánchez Frías, The Role of Tax Governance in the Future of the International Legal Order (Assoc. Prof., University of Malaga)
Mustafa Emre Gökmenoğlu, Fading Peace Dividend within State of Necessity Applications (Dr., Hacettepe University)
Abdurrahman Erol, Beyond Reform: Utility, Power, and the Possible Erosion of International Investment Law (Asst. Prof., Istanbul Medeniyet University)
Stream 2: Climate Change, Green Growth and International Economic Law / Ozger Arnas
Moderator: Gülce Budak (Asst. Prof., Boğaziçi University)
Bashar Malkawi, Auto Sector and Fragmentation of Green Trade Norms (Prof., University of Arizona)
Elkahanah Babatunde, Global Public Goods, Climate Technologies, and the Structural Limits of International Economic Law in a Fractured Global Order (Dr., Université de Sherbrooke)
Ademuni Odeke, Carbon Capitalism and the Limits of Blue and Green Growths (Leading Researcher, Ankara University National Center for the Sea and Maritime Law-DEHUKAM; Emeritus Prof., Ankara University)
COFFEE BREAK (16.00-16.30)
PANEL SESSION 3 (16.30-18.00)
Stream 1: International Trade Law and Global Fragmentation / Demir Demirgil Hall
Moderator: Özgür Arıkan (Asst. Prof., Boğaziçi University)
Pınar Artıran, Strategic Autonomy vs Multilateralism: WTO Compatibility of "Made in Europe" under the Industrial Accelerator Act (Asst. Prof., Istanbul Bilgi University)
Ali Abusedra, From Fragmentation to Connectivity: SEZs as Platforms for International Trade Cooperation and Economic Governance (Dr., Legal Consultant and Director of the London Foundation for International Law)
Marc Oliver Heim, Strategic Autonomy and the Geoeconomics of Subsidies: The EU’s Supranational Response to WTO Gridlock (PhD Cand., University College London)
Stream 2: New Technologies and International Economic Law / Özger Arnas Room
Moderator: Furkan Akıncı (Asst. Prof., Boğaziçi University)
Qingxiu Bu, The Digital Straightjacket: Infrastructure Dependency, Data Governance, and Geopolitical Competition (Reader, University of Sussex)
Özge Varış, Strategic Economic Resources under Contestation: International Economic Law in a Fractured Global Order (Asst. Prof., Kırklareli University)
Carolina Fabara, Recalibrating Global Trade Norms: EU–China–Latin America Value Chains and the Future of EV Arbitration under WTO Uncertainty (Dr., Sun Yat Sen University)
DAY 2 (14 June 2024)
PANEL SESSION 4 (10.00-11.30)
Stream 1:
International Investment Law II: Sustainability, Participation, and Dispute Governance / Demir Demirgil Hall
Moderator: Ayşe Didem Sezgin (Asst. Prof., Boğaziçi University)
Manjiao Chi, The Elephant in the Room: Why Indigenous Participation in International Investment Arbitration Is Insufficient? (Prof., University of International Business and Economics)
Ali Yeşilırmak, The Role of Arbitration in Shaping International Economic Relations: Between Party Autonomy, State Sovereignty, and Market Efficiency (Prof., Ibn Haldun University)
İlke Göçmen, Sustainable Development as a Transformative Force in International Investment Law: A Historical Perspective (Prof., Ankara University)
Umar Oseni, Dispute Prevention and Mitigation Solutions in International Investment Law (Secretary General, OIC Arbitration Centre)
Stream 2: The International Economic Law of Warfare / Özger Arnas Room
Moderator: Ali Osman Karaoğlu, (Assoc. Prof., Yalova University)
Leïla Choukroune, Global Capitalism’s Armed Wing: The Other Side of Sanctions and Export Control (Prof., University of Portsmouth)
Tanjina Sharmin, Reforming International Investment Law Protecting Indigenous Rights in Conflict: Integrating International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law (Dr., Monash University)
Chosen Udorji, Proxy Warfare and Economic Constraint: Rethinking Development in International Economic Law (Dr., University of Portsmouth)
Stream 3: Food Systems Transformation and International Trade Law/ Kriton Curi
Moderator: Deniz Tekin Apaydın, (Asst. Prof., Boğazici University)
Hilal Elver, Impact of the US War on the Gulf on the Food Sector (Prof., University of California, Former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food)
Giovanni Dall'Agnola, Responsibilising Private Actors for Food Systems Transformation: Preferential Tariffs for Sustainable Agri-Food Products in PTAs (PhD Cand., Geneva Graduate Institute)
COFFEE BREAK (11.30-12.00)
KEYNOTE PANEL II: Future of International Economic Law (12.00-13.30) / Albert Long Hall
Moderator: Thomas Schultz (Prof., King's College London)
Richard Falk, Shifting Contours of Industrial and Finance Capital in the Age of Turbulence (Prof., Princeton University, Former UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Occupied since 1967)
Surya Subedi, Balancing Private Rights with Public Interests in International Investment Law (Prof., University of Leeds, Former UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Cambodia)
Asif Qureshi, The Challenges of the Impact of US/China Rivalry on the Development of the International Economic Order (Prof., Peking University)
LUNCH BREAK (13.30-14.30)
PANEL SESSION 5 (14.30-16.00)
Stream 1: International Finance Law II: Trust, Accountability and Ethics / Demir Demirgil Hall
Moderator: Ömer Faruk Kafali (Asst. Prof., Ibn Haldun University)
Yane Svetiev, Transnational Peer Reviews: The Architecture of Convergence and Trust in International Economic Law (Prof., University of Sydney)
Wei-Chung Lin, Holding Climate Finance to Account: Reforming the Accountability Mechanisms of Private Commercial Banks (Assoc. Prof., National Chung Cheng University)
Julia Wachowicz, Beyond Profit Maximisation: Rethinking Investment Fund Regulation through an Ethical Lens (PhD Cand., University of Vienna)
Stream 2: Law of the Sea and International Economic Law / Özger Arnas Room
Moderator: Mustafa Başkara (Dr., CEO, Ankara University National Center for the Sea and Maritime Law-DEHUKAM)
Pierandrea Leucci, Strengthening port State due diligence to address illegal maritime transfers of arms and other materials (President, Associazione di Consulenza in Diritto del Mare)
Onur Sabri Durak and Yi Lu, Article 234 UNCLOS and the Arctic Resource Frontier: Jurisdictional Indeterminacy as a Vector of Geopolitical Competition in International Economic Law (Dr., Shanghai Jiaotong University / Dr., Peking University)
Deniz Tekin Apaydın, How International Are the International Straits? Reassessing Legal Fragmentation in Maritime Governance (Asst. Prof., Boğazici University)
COFFEE BREAK (16.00-16.30)
PANEL SESSION 6 (16.00-17.30)
Stream 1: Sanctions and International Economic Law / Demir Demirgil Hall
Moderator: Hasan Basri Bülbül (Asst. Prof., Boğaziçi University)
Chinonso Anozie, The Energy Sanctions Trap: Why Legal Remedies Fail and Contract Innovation Matter (Asst. Prof., University of Houston)
Onur Başol, Justiciability and Access to Courts in Economic Sanctions Cases Across Diverse International Judicial Mechanisms (PhD Cand., Marmara University / Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye)
Alia Yasmin Jawad, Selective Economic Coercion: EU Sanctions, Trade, and Reconstruction Law in Ukraine and Gaza (PhD Cand., Panteion University)
Attila Novák, Weaponization of Externally Held State Assets: Legality of Sanctions against State Property under International Investment Law, (PhD Cand., Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium)
Stream 2: Corporate Social Responsibility and Human Rights / Özger Arnas Room
Moderator: Muzaffer Eroğlu, (Asst. Prof., Boğaziçi University)
Yusuf Çalışkan, UNIDROIT’s Recent Work on Corporate Sustainability, (Prof., Istanbul Medeniyet University),
Lyna Maaziz, Economic Cooperation in ASEAN and Human Rights: Ensuring Respect, the Promotion, and the Protection of Fundamental Rights? (Dr., Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas)
Bilgesu Çayır Erdoğan, The Privatization of Accountability: CSR as a Substitutive Mechanism in the Regulation of Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) (PhD Cand., University of Portsmouth)
