Mock Diplomatic Negotiation (Monday, 2nd & 3rd periad)
(International Environmental Law & Multirateral Treaty Negotiation)
Schedule #3 (Nov. 26)
Dec.3
2nd Period: Lecture: Responsibility and Liability in Int’l Environmental Law
Must Read Material:
Margosia Fitzmaurice, “International Responsibility and Liability,” in Handbook (2007).
3rd Period: Examination of Liability Regime Precedents: Marine Oil pollution
Must Read Material:
de la Fayette, “New Approaches for Addressing Damage to the Marine Environment,”
Int’l J. of Marine and Coastal Law, Vol.20, No.2 (2005), pp.167-188.
Recommended Reading:
E. Brans, Liability for Damage to Public Natural Resources (2001), Chapter 7: pp.311-360.
Dec.10
2nd Period; Lecture: Liability Regimes in International Environmental Law
Must Read Material:
A.E. Boyle, “Globalising Environmental Liability: The Interplay of National and
International Law,” Journal of Environmental Law, Vol.17. No.1 (2005), pp.3-26.
3rd Period: Examination of Liability Regime Precedents: Hazardous Materials
Must Read Material: de la Fayette, supra in Dec.3, pp.188-224.
Recommended Reading: E. Brans, supra in Dec.3, pp.365-406.
Dec.17
2nd Period: Lecture: Liability negotiation under the Cartegena Protocol on Biosafety
Must Read Material:
Cartegena Protocol on Biosafety; Negotiating Document:
WG-L&R/ 4/L.1/Add.1 (26 October 2007).
3rd Period: Examination of Liability Regime Precedents: EU 2004 Directive
Must Read Material:
EU 2004 Directive 2004/35/EC on environmental liability
Recommended Reading:
E. Brans, “Liability for Damage to Public Natural Resources under the 2004
EC Environmental Liability Directive,” Environmental Law Review, Vol.7 (2005), pp.90-109.
Jan.14, 2007
2nd Period: Negotiation starts: Dispatch of Instructions, explanation of RoP, suspension.
3rd Period: First meeting: general statements from delegations.