Conference: India-United States Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (Reminder)

Today and tomorrow, September 16-17, 2010, the University of Reading, in association with Ambedkar Law University, Chennai, will be holding its second workshop to examine various issues arising from the India-United States Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (123 Agreement). I noted the announcement here. Here's the program:

16 September

Welcome: Robert P. Barnidge, Jr./Venugopalraju Balaji

Session 1: Normative Issues

Chair: Sandy Ghandhi, University of Reading

Chamu Kuppuswamy, University of Sheffield, The 123 Agreement: Is it a Recognition and Exercise of the Right to Peaceful use of Nuclear Energy or an Underserved Reward for Holding out Against a near Universal Treaty?

Uday Shankar, Rajiv Gandhi School, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Indo-US Nuclear Deal: Looking through the Prism of Human Rights

Session 2: Implications for India (1)

Chair: Subbaiah Amirthalingam, Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai

Manoj Kumar Sinha, WB National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata, 123 Agreement: Legal and Political Implications

Pooja Singhania & Tanushree Bhuwalka, students, Gujarat National Law University, The Implications of the 123 Agreement: Changing Horizons

Session 3: Implications for India (2)

Chair: Robert P. Barnidge, Jr., University of Reading

Venugopalraju Balaji, Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai, The Consequences of the 123 Agreement for India’s Strategic Objectives and Traditional Distance from United States Influence in International Relations

Palanichamy Vanangamudi, Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai, Indo-US Nuclear Deal and National Development: A Critical Study

Session 4: International Trade and the 123 Agreement

Chair: Manoj Kumar Sinha, WB National University of Juridical Sciences

Joelien Pretorius, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, RSA, Reinterpreting the Pelindaba Treaty: The 123 Agreement and the Politics of Africa-India Nuclear Trade

Subbaiah Amirthalingam, Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai, International Law Governing the Nuclear Trade with Specific Reference to India-US Civil Nuclear Deal

17 September

Session 5: Nuclear Energy and the Environment

Chair: Michael Lieberman, Steptoe & Johnson LLP

Robert P. Barnidge, Jr., University of Reading, The United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Agreement, The International Law Commission, and International Liability for Injurious Consequences Arising Out of Acts Not Prohibited By International Law: Theory and Practice

Valeria Eboli, University of Pisa, The Relationship between the India-US Nuclear Cooperation Agreement and the International Obligation of the Parties on the Protection of the Environment

Erika Hennequet, student, University of Reading/University of Nanterre, Paris, The Relationship between the 123 Agreement and International Environmental Law

Session 6: The 123 Agreement in Wider Context

Chair: Venugopalraju Balaji, Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai

Michael Lieberman, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, The Nuclear Renaissance, Counterproliferation and Transnational Regulatory Networks

Chaim Braun, Stanford University, USA, Expanding the Indian Nuclear Energy Program following the Passage of the India – U.S. Agreement for Nuclear Cooperation