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Past Events 2010

2010  
22/12PhD Defence on 'The interaction between European and international liberalisation of international trade in banking services' by Bart De Meester. 
20/12Seminar on 'The Special Tribunal for Lebanon: Emergency Law, Trauma and Justice' by Prof. Dr. Michael Humphrey (Professor and Chair of Sociology in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Sydney).More info
10/12Internal Seminar on 'Introducing and Exploring Hercules Database'. 
10/12Clinics on EU Law - The EU in International Relations: 'EU practice and litigation in the World Trade Organization post Lisbon' by Dr. Christoph Hermes (Legal Service, European Commission).More info
03/12Jean Monnet Lecture on 'The Trade - Development - Foreign Policy Triangle' by Mr. Marc Vanheukelen (Head of Cabinet of Commissioner for Trade Karel De Gucht).More info
26/1115th Ius Commune Conference. Workshop 'Constitutional Processes in the International Legal Order' on ' Informal international law-making'.More info
25/11 - 26/1115th Ius Commune Conference.More info
23/11Workshop on 'Energy Security  -  National, European and Global Policy Perspectives'.More info
23/11 Roundtable on 'Pakistan, What's Next?'.More info
19/11Jean Monnet Lecture on 'EU Foreign Policy after Lisbon' by Mr. Walter Stevens (Belgian Permanent Representative to the Political and Security Committee of the European Union).More info
19/11Clinics on EU Law - The EU in International Relations: 'The EU treaty-making process after Lisbon in practice' by Prof. Jeno Czuczai (Legal Service, Council of the European Union).More info
17/11 Public Lecture on 'India, Europe and Globalisation' by H.E. Dr. J. Bhagwati, Ambassador of India to Belgium, Luxembourg and European Union. More info
08/11Jean Monnet Lecture on 'La nouvelle UE est arrivée!? European Representation in the UN' by Dr. Edith Drieskens (Clingendael Institute). More info
08/11 Seminar on ‘India Studies in Western and Central Europe - European Perspectives’ with Prof. Boguslaw Zaleski and Dr. Jakub Zajaczkowski (Centre for Contemporary India Research and Studies, Institute of International Relations, University of Warsaw). 
29/10Clinics on EU Law - The EU in International Relations: 'The European External Action service' by Dr. Barbara Eggers (Legal Service, European Commission).More info
27/10Doctoral Seminar Fernando Gonzalez Rojas on 'Mexico in the WTO Dispute Settlement System After 15'.More info
22/10PhD Defense Simon Schunz on 'European Union foreign policy and its effects - a longitudinal study of the EU’s influence on the United Nations climate change regime (1991-2009)'.More info
21/10Seminar on ‘Comparing G20 countries in terms of their economic and social development indicators’.More info
21/10Lecture on 'International Organizations as Law-Makers (with particular Emphasis on Security Council Law-Making and Law-Changing Activities) by Prof. Stefan Talmon (Professor of Public International Law, University of Oxford, St Anne's College, Global Law School Professor at K.U.Leuven). 
15/10Kick-off meeting research project ‘The Governance of Space. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Air-Space Distinction’ (Impuls Humanities, K.U.Leuven). 
14/10Lecture on 'Membership of International Organizations and other Forms of Participation' by Prof. Stefan Talmon (Professor of Public International Law, University of Oxford, St Anne's College, Global Law School Professor at K.U.Leuven). 
13/10Seminar on 'Kosovo: The ICJ Opinion, What Next?' by Prof. Stefan Talmon (Professor of Public International Law, University of Oxford, St Anne's College, Global Law School Professor at K.U.Leuven).More info
24/09Meeting of the Steering Group for the ‘Interdisciplinary database on international political, economic and Legal development’ (Hercules Foundation). 
13/09 - 14/09Human Rights & International Legal Discourse - International Conference on ' The Contribution of Non-Western Legal Systems to International Human Rights Law'.More info
03/09Seminar on 'East-Asian-EU Relations in a Changing World Order'.More info
31/08International Workshop on 'EU, Asia and Global Governance - What Role for ASEM?' (Preparatory event of the 2010 ASEM Summit).More info
Programme
23/08 -03/092nd Euro-Asia Summer School on ‘East-Asia and the European Union in Global Governance. Comparative Perspectives’.More info
09/07International Conference ' External Action and Representation of the European Union: Implementing the Lisbon Treaty'.More info
Programme
07/07Second Annual Members Events of the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, with lecture on ‘A Presidential Dozen: Belgium Leading Europe, from Rome to Lisbon’, by Dr. Peter Van Kemseke, Counsellor at the Belgian Permanent Representation to the EU and Associate Fellow of the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies. 
28/06 Workshop 'Comparative Perspectives on the Rule of Law and its Relation to International Law: Chinese and European Perspectives'.More info
24/06 - 25/06Research Workshop 'New International Law: Mapping the Action and Testing Concepts of Accountability and Effectiveness'.More info
Programme
17/06Workshop 'Global Households, Transnationalism and Global Governance: Asian and European Perspectives'.More info
28/05Public Lecture and Debate on ‘Interdisciplinary Foundations of Environmental Law: Problems and Prospects’ by Prof. Dr. Sudhir Chopra (Law Fellow at the Cambridge Central Asia Forum Cambridge University, UK).More info
27/05 - 28/05International Conference on 'Reflexive Governance in the Public Interest - Democratic Governance and Collective Action’ with Thematic Session on ‘Foreign Direct Investment and Human Development’.More info
21/05The European Union in International Relations: Legal Aspects.More info
20/05 - 21/05Conference on 'The Transnationality of Social Movements'.More info
Poster
20/05 - 21/05International Workshop on ‘Implementing the European Space Policy: A Coherent European Procurement Law and Policy for the Space Sector - Towards a Third Way’ (SP4ESP project). Cologne. By invitation only.More info
20/05Panel Debate on Hissène Habré / Belgium V. Senegal.More info
19/05Roundtable 'Why Indian History Matters'.More info
17/05EU - Asia Lecture Series  2010 on ‘China, the EU and Africa’ by Mr. Nicholas Costello (European Commission, DG Development).More info
12/05Lecture on 'Challenges for Multilateralism : From the Regional to the Global Level' by Baron Frans van Daele, Head of Cabinet of the President of the European Council.More info
10/05EU - Asia Lecture Series  2010 on 'The changing Asia and EU as viewed from Japan' by Ambassador Dr. Takako Ueta (Deputy Chief of the Japanese Mission to the EU).More info
07/05Lecture on 'Making the EU an Effective Global Actor: How to Implement the Lisbon Treaty' by Baron Frans van Daele, Head of Cabinet of the President of the European Council.More info
07/05The European Union in International Relations: Legal Aspects.More info
06/05 - 07/05International Conference on 'China, the European Union and the Restructuring of Global Governance'.More info
30/04Lecture on 'China’s Foreign Policy and Sino-Belgian Relations' by the Chinese Ambassador to Belgium H.E. ZHANG Yuanyuan.More info
30/04Practical Consequences of the Lisbon Treaty (in Dutch).More info
29/04Lecture on 'Can the European Commission Make a Difference in Trade Negotiations?' by Matthew Baldwin (Director Market Access and Industry, European Commission, DG Trade).More info
29/04Seminar on 'Successful conflict resolution. The Sikhs in India in the 1980s' by Dr. Gurdeep Kaur (Visiting Scholar, University of Delhi, India).More info
23/04Lecture on 'EUTELSAT: A long route from vision to supervision' by Christian Roisse (Executive Secretary of EUTELSAT IGO).More info
23/04Doctoral Seminar on ‘The elements of fair and equitable treatment in international investment law’ by Prof. Sebastian Lopez Escarcena (Visiting Scholar, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago).More info
21/04Colloquium on ‘The Role of Governments, Intergovernmental Organisations and Civil Society in Global Governance’, with the participation of Ambassador Hans Corell (Former Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and Legal Counsel of the UN) and Prof. Dr. Jan Aart Scholte (University of Warwick).More info
01/04Lunch Seminar on 'International Law Applicable to Air and Missile Warfare' by Bruno Demeyere.More info
30/03Lecture on ‘De EU op een Keerpunt? Het Verdrag van Lissabon, de Lentetop, en het Belgische Voorzitterschap 2010’ by Dhr. Willem van de Voorde (Diensthoofd Europese beleidscoördinatie, FOD Buitenlandse Zaken).More info
25/03 - 26/03Working Group 1 meeting on ‘The EU in the Human Rights Council’ for COST Action IS0702 The Role of the EU in UN Human Rights Reform’. 
25/03Seminar on 'The Codification of Private International Law: The Example of China' by Prof. Dr. Chen Weizuo.More info
19/03 - 20/03International Symposium Europe-Japan.More info
10/03Workshop (in Dutch) on ‘Vakantie op de maan? Ethische vragen bij duurzame menselijke activiteit in de ruimte’.More info
08/03Lecture on ‘UN-EU Relations’ by Ms. Patricia O’Brien, UN Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs.More info
05/036th Annual Inter-University Attraction Pole Meeting (closed) on ‘Democratic Governance and Theory of Collective Action Sub-Network on Foreign Direct Investment and Human Development’.More info
03/03International Workshop co-organised with ELSA on ‘The Financial and Economic Crisis: What Role for the WTO?’, featuring, inter alia, Prof. Dr. Petros Mavroidis and Mr. Juan Marchetti (WTO Services Division).More info
25/02Annual Conference of the Chair Leo Tindemans.More info
22/02International Workshop on ‘Implementing the European Space Policy: A Coherent European Procurement Law and Policy for the Space Sector - Towards a Third Way’ (SP4ESP project). Leuven. By invitation only.More info
18/02Lunch Seminar on ‘China’s Elite Politics: From the 16th to the 18th Party Congress’ by Dr. Bo Zhiyue (East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore).More info
12/02International Forum on EU-Korea Relations and the EU-Korea Free Trade Agreement.More info
09/02Evening Lecture on 'An Introduction to the Chinese Political and Legal System' by Mr. Bernard Dewit.More info
03/02 - 05/02International Workshop EU-GRASP on 'Traditional and New Security Issues'. Leuven. By invitation only.More info
03/02Lunch Seminar on 'Energy and Security: the Securitisation of a Vital Resource'.More info
02/02Patron's Feast K.U.Leuven. Honorary Doctorate Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy.More info
01/02Lecture and Debate on 'Child Soldiers: Understanding Root Causes and Fighting Impunity' by Radhika Coomaraswamy, UN Under-Secretary-General, Special Representative Children in Armed Conflict.More info
01/02Lunch Seminar on 'Children and Armed Conflict: International Concerns and Interventions' by Radhika Coomaraswamy, UN Under-Secretary-General, Special Representative Children in Armed Conflict.More info

 

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In June 2010, the Centre has been recognized as K.U.Leuven Centre of Excellence. Since then, it has launched a 7-year research programme on ‘Global Governance and Democratic Government’ (2010-2017), which aims at the construction of a new paradigm for democratic global governance.

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