09.15 Welcome
       
Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Professor, University of Geneva Law School, President, Academic Platform Switzerland UN

Rostane Mehdi,Professor,University Paul Cézanne-Aix Marseille III and College of Europe in Bruges, CERIC, Director of UMR 6201

Emmanuelle Mazuyer, Chargée de recherche CNRS, CERCRID-ERDS, Université de Lyon

Chair: Daniel Warner, Director, Centre for International Governance, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

09.30

• I. The Global Compact, its origins, characteristics and current trends

Liliana Andonova, Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
 

• II. The Global Compact : A commitment mechanism for private businesses

What is the private sector committed to?
Richard Golding, Global Relations Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Multinationals, medium and small enterprises: Objectives and priorities
Andreas Georg Scherer, Professor, University of Zurich,Director of the project « The Role of Private Business in Global Governance », funded by the Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS) (2008 – 2010)

10.45-11.00 Break

Human rights, multinationals and the Global Compact
Gerald Pachoud, Special Adviser to the Special Representative of the Secretary General on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises

A legal and political profile of the Global Compact 
Habib Ghérari, Professor, University Paul Cézanne-Aix Marseille III
    
12.30-14.00 Lunch

Chair: Anne Petitpierre, Honorary Professor, University of Geneva Law School

14.00   

• III. Other Actors

International organizations
Lene Wendland, Adviser on Business and Human Rights, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner
for Human Rights
Paul Clements-Hunt, Head of Finance Initiative, United Nations Environment Program

Civil society perspective
Elizabeth Umlas, Independent researcher and consultant

States
Markus Eggenberger, Programme Manager, United Nations Division, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

Examples including the fight against corruption: How are the various stakeholders involved?
Jean-Pierre Méan, President, Transparency International Switzerland

15.45–16.00 Break

Chair: Samantha Besson, Professor, University of Fribourg, European Law Institute
 

• IV. Implementation and Monitoring

Implementation and monitoring: the example of labour standards
Emmanuelle Mazuyer, Research Fellow, CNRS, CERCRID-ERDS, University of Lyon

Is there a need for sanctions?
Pascale Deumier, Professor of private law, University Lyon III

The Global Compact and the emergence of an international responsibility for corporations
Hervé Ascensio, Professor, University of Paris I Law School, Panthéon-Sorbonne
   

• V. Perspectives

Yves Daudet, Professor Emeritus, University Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne, Secretary-General of The Hague Academy of International Law

17.30 Distribution of the Academic Platform Switzerland UN Award 2010

Presentations will be given in English and French without simultaneous translation.

This Conference is organised bythe Academic Platform Switzerland UN, the CERIC-Université Paul Cézanne and the University of Geneva, Law School

For registration, please contact: celine.glutz@graduateinstitute.ch
Venue: Geneva Centre for Security Policy, WMO building, Av. de la Paix 7, 2nd floor
How to get to the WMO