Contestation of the world trade regime
The Stockholm Centre for International Law and Justice (SCILJ) and Stockholm Center on Global Governance (SCGG) invites you to a seminar with Professor Hervé Ascensio on "Contestation of the world trade regime: the semi-blockage of dispute settlement at the WTO".
WTO Headquarters in Geneva and Hervé Ascensio. Photo: World Trade Organization / Private
Further details to be announced.
Bio
Hervé Ascensio is professor of international law at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Sorbonne Law School). He acted as counsel in several cases before the International Court of Justice, and as an expert before investment arbitral tribunals. He is a conciliator at the Court of conciliation and arbitration within the OSCE, and a national expert for the OSCE human dimension. He is the author of numerous publications on general public international law, international criminal law, and international economic law; in particular, he co-edited a treatise on international criminal law (Pedone, 2012, 3rd ed forthcoming) and wrote a handbook on international economic law (PUF, 2020). In January 2022, he taught a special course at the Hague Academy of International Law on the responsibility of business entreprises in international law. He is co-editor of the Annuaire français de droit international (French yearbook of international law).
Last updated: 2026-05-08
Source: Department of Law