CIL’s Head of Trade and Investment Law and Policy, Prof. Michael Ewing-Chow and CIL’s RA, Junianto James Losari attended the 3rd Post Graduate and Early Professionals Network of the Society for International Economic Law (SIEL/PEPA) in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This conference brought together young and senior scholars/practitioners to engage in discussions and exchange of ideas. This year’s conference was held at Direito GV Law School, Sao Paulo, Brazil. It was attended by more than 100 participants from more than 20 countries.

Prof. Michael Ewing-Chow delivered an opening speech with the topic of “Global economic governance: what levels for appropriate coordination and world social and economic development?” In this speech, he shared about the importance of trade and investment agreements in contributing towards the rule of law. He further shared that this rule of law was critical, especially when looking at the experience of Singapore. Prof. Michael also acted as a commentator in several other panel sessions.

James delivered his presentation titled: “Investor Rights in International Investment Agreements: A Theory of Dependent Rights?” He argued that investor rights were dependent on the contracting parties of international investment agreements as the masters of the agreements. The commentators in his panel mentioned that the topic was indeed a controversial and interesting.

To download James Losari’s presentation, click here.