On Thursday the 23rd of March, Elizabeth Wathuti will give a guest lecture within the course of 'International & European Biodiversity Law' at 2PM in Aud. E, Faculty of Law, Ghent. There is no requirement of registration, admission is free of charge.
Elizabeth Wathuti is a prominent climate activist from Kenya. She is a Green Climate Fund Youth Champion and the founder of the Green Generation Initiative. She is also the 2023 laureate of the Amnesty International Chair at Ghent University.
On 31 March 2023, Professor Eric De Brabandere will give a public lecture (from 13.30 to 15.00) in the Academy Council Room (Academieraadzaal) as part of the 2022-23 International Order & Justice Lecture Series at Ghent University (Volume IV). The title of the lecture is 'The protection of foreign investment in times of conflict'. Professor De Brabandere will also take part in a closed seminar (from 10.00 to 12.00) in meeting room "Fairness" with (post-)doctoral researchers.
Eric De Brabandere is an international lawyer, with special expertise in international investment law and arbitration, and international dispute settlement. He holds a Cand. Jur. and Lic. Jur. degree from Ghent University, an LL.M. (DEA) in International Law from the University of Geneva, and a PhD from Ghent University. He holds the chair of international dispute settlement at Leiden University, where he also serves as Director of the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies.
The Ghent Rolin-Jaequemyns International Law Institute is a vibrant research institute, composed of ten faculty members and more than 20 doctoral and post-doctoral researchers. Its activities span the entire realm of public international law, ranging
from the law of armed
conflict and interna-
tional human rights
law, to the law of the
sea, international en-
vironmental law and
international criminal law.