Conference: Universal Civil Jurisdiction – Which Way Forward?

On May 5, 2017 the Department of Law of the University of Ferrara will host a conference on "Universal Civil Jurisdiction – Which Way Forward?," in cooperation with the Interest Groups on International and European Human Rights Law and Private International Law of the Italian Society of International and European Union Law. Further information may be found here. Here's the idea:

Il Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza dell’Università di Ferrara organizza un seminario dal titolo Universal Civil Jurisdiction – Which Way Forward?, in cooperazione con i Gruppi di interesse sul Diritto internazionale ed europeo dei diritti umani e sul Diritto internazionale privato e processuale della Società italiana di diritto internazionale e diritto dell’Unione europea (SIDI). L’iniziativa intende proporre un’analisi a tutto tondo dei problemi legati all’esercizio della giurisdizione universale civile – una questione attualmente pendente di fronte alla Grande Camera della Corte europea dei diritti umani nell’affare Nait-Liman c. Svizzera.

The seminar aims at an all-round reassessment of the problems related to the exercise of universal civil jurisdiction. The challenge of providing appropriate venues for enforcing the right to reparation of victims of serious human rights violations raises a number of complex issues in the perspective of public and private international law. The interaction between specialists of both fields will provide the opportunity for an in-depth analysis of these open problems, which are currently under scrutiny by the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Nait-Liman v. Switzerland.