BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251108T065325EST-0197tJWOU1@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20251108T115325Z DESCRIPTION:The L. Yves Fortier Chair in International Commercial Law and I nternational Arbitration\, the Private Justice and the Rule of Law researc h group\, and the 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ Arbitration Student Society welcome José Enrique Alvarez\, Herbert & Rose Rubin Professor of International Law\, NYU.\n\nTh is event is accredited for 1.25 hours of continuing legal education by a r ecognized provider.\n\nRSVP: lukas.vanhonnaeker [at] mail.mcgill.ca\n\nAbs tract\n\nTPP's investment chapter pursues a reform path within the existin g international investment regime that many other states\, including the U nited States\, support. It is one path that might lead to a new gold stand ard\, but it is not the only way to get there\, and indeed what one consid ers a 'gold standard' could change.\n\nAbout the speaker\n\nA former presi dent of the American Society of International Law and a member of the Coun cil on Foreign Relations and the Institut de Droit International\, José En rique Alvarez has made substantial scholarly contributions to a wide range of subjects within international law\, including the law-generating roles of international organizations\, the challenges facing international crim inal tribunals\, and the international investment regime.\n\nAlvarez has b een a special adviser on international law to the prosecutor of the Intern ational Criminal Court\, an attorney adviser with the Office of the Legal Adviser of the US Department of State\, and has taught at Columbia\, the U niversity of Michigan\, George Washington\, and Georgetown law schools. Al varez is the co-editor-in-chief of the leading peer-reviewed journal in th e field\, the American Journal of International Law. His series of lecture s at The Hague Academy of International Law on the subject of foreign inve stment was subsequently published as The Public International Law Regime G overning International Investment (2011).\n\nHis areas of research include Foreign Investment\, International Criminal Law and Courts\, Internationa l Organizations\, and Public International Law.\n\nThe event will be follo wed by a cocktail in the Atrium.\n DTSTART:20161003T213000Z DTEND:20161003T224500Z LOCATION:Maxwell Cohen Moot Court (NCDH 100)\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, Q C\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 3644 rue Peel SUMMARY:Is the Trans-Pacific Partnership’s Investment Chapter the New ‘Gold Standard’? URL:/law/channels/event/trans-pacific-partnerships-inv estment-chapter-new-gold-standard-262918 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR