INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
COERCIVE DIPLOMACY, SANCTIONS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW
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ROME, 13 FEBRUARY 2015
Palazzo Rondinini
Via del Corso, 518
Working language: English / Business attire required
With the support of
PROGRAMME
A special thanks to Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena for kindly providing the conference room
9.30-11.00
SESSION I: SANCTIONS AS INSTRUMENTS OF COERCIVE DIPLOMACY
Chair:
Ettore Greco, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Rome
Paper givers:
Natalino Ronzitti, LUISS University and Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Rome
 Sanctions as instruments of coercive diplomacy: an international law perspective
Michael Bothe, University of Frankfurt
 Compatibility and legitimacy of sanctions regimes
Discussants:
Marco Roscini, University of Westminster
Marina Mancini, LUISS University, Rome, and Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria
11.00-11.30
Coffee break
11.30-13.00
SESSION II: THE ACTORS OF INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS REGIMES
Chair:
Nicoletta Pirozzi, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Rome
Paper givers:
Marco Gestri, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and Johns Hopkins University (SAIS
Europe)
 Sanctions imposed by the European Union: legal and institutional aspects
Charlotte Beaucillon, Université Paris I
 Individual States, sanctions and the extraterritorial effects of national legislation
Nigel White, University of Nottingham
 Sanctions against non-State actors
Discussants:
Eric Myjer, Utrecht University
Giuseppe Maresca, Italian Ministry of Economy, Rome
13.00-14.00
Buffet lunch
14.00-15.30
SESSION III: SANCTIONS AND THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Chair:
Marco Gestri, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and Johns Hopkins University (SAIS
Europe)
Paper givers:
Kyoji Kawasaki , Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo
 Sanctions and erga omnes obligations
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Thilo Marauhn/Ignaz Stegmiller, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen
 The role of sanctions committees
Monica Lugato, LUMSA University, Rome
 Sanctions and individual rights
Discussants:
Marco Roscini, University of Westminster
Michael Bothe, University of Frankfurt
15.30-16.00
Coffee break
16.00-18.00
SESSION IV: THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SANCTIONS
Chair:
Stefano Silvestri, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Rome
Paper givers:
Daniel H. Joyner, University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa
 Sanctions and the principle of proportionality
Andrea Atteritano, LUISS University, and Hogan Lovells International Law Firm, Rome /
Maria Beatrice Deli, LUISS University, and International Chamber of Commerce, Rome
 Impact of sanctions on treaties of commerce and contracts
Francesco Giumelli, University of Groningen
 The effectiveness of sanctions: the case of the European Union
Joachim Krause, University of Kiel
 Western Economic and Political Sanctions as instruments of strategic competition
with Russia – opportunities and risks
Discussants:
Mojtaba Kazazi, International law practitioner; Former Executive Head, United Nations
Compensation Commission, Geneva.
Mark Entin, Russian Association of International Law, Moscow
Nicoletta Pirozzi, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), and “Roma Tre” University
CONCLUSIONS AND FOLLOW-UP
18.00-18.15
Natalino Ronzitti, LUISS University and Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Rome
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