A conference organized under the patronage of ILA Italy, the Italian Review of International and Comparative Law, and the SIDI Interest Group on Domestic and International Law, as part of the activities of the Chairs of International Law (Channels A, B, and D).

Greetings
Antonio Punzi, Head of the Department of Law, Luiss Guido Carli University
Pietro Pustorino, Professor of International Law, Luiss Guido Carli University

Introduction to the conference
Donato Greco, Researcher in International Law, Luiss Guido Carli University

Recent developments in the operation of the Fondo-ristori in practice since its launch
Giacomo Aiello, Government Attorney, Government Legal Service

10:30 a.m. Session I - The balance between access to justice and the jurisdictional immunities of the State in the Italian legal system
Chaired
by Attila M. Tanzi, Professor of International Law at the University of Bologna and President of ILA Italy
Alessandra Gianelli, Professor of International Law, Sapienza University of Rome

The principle of equivalent remedy from Judgment No. 238/2014 to Judgment No. 159/2023 and beyond
Francesco Salerno, former Professor of International Law at the University of Ferrara and Director of the Rivista di Diritto Internazionale

The recognition of foreign judgments ordering a third country to pay damages resulting from gross violations: is Italy a “universal forum for enforcement”?
Olivia Lopes Pegna, Professor of International Law at the University of Florence

Greek victims and access to Italian justice following the establishment of the Relief Fund
Marco Gestri, Professor of International Law, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

The reception of the rule on state immunity from enforcement measures in Italian law following Judgment No. 159/2023 and ten years after Law No. 162/2014
Simone Vezzani, Professor of International Law, University of Perugia

12:00 p.m. The discussion begins
Giorgia Berrino Research Fellow, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Angelo Jr. Golia Researcher in Constitutional Law, Luiss Guido Carli University

1:00 PM Light Lunch

2:30 PM Session II - State Immunity from Jurisdiction in International Law: Challenges, Evolution, and Preservation
Chaired by
Natalino Ronzitti, Emeritus Professor of International Law at Luiss Guido Carli University and Member of the Institut de Droit International

Germany's new appeal before the International Court of Justice: open questions
Alessandra Gianelli, Professor of International Law, Sapienza University of Rome

The terms of the challenge to the international rule on state immunity from jurisdiction in Italy before and after the ruling. 238/2014
Antonello Tancredi, Professor of International Law, University of Milan-Bicocca

The evolution of the customary rule on state immunity from jurisdiction beyond Italian practice
Tullio Scovazzi, former Professor of International Law at the University of Milan-Bicocca

“Lesser sisters” of the humanitarian exception: the tort exception and the terrorism exception
Deborah Russo, Professor of International Law, University of Florence

4:00 p.m. The debate begins
Alessandro Bufalini, Professor of International Law, University of Tuscia
Pierfrancesco Rossi, Researcher in International Law, University of Teramo

5:00 PM The humanitarian exception: yesterday, today, and tomorrow
Interviewed by
Marina Castellaneta, Professor of International Law, University of Bari Aldo Moro
Lorenzo Gradoni, Professor of International Law, University of Luxembourg
Speakers
Andrea Gattini, Professor of International Law, University of Padua
Riccardo Pavoni, Professor of International Law, University of Siena

Organizing committee
Eloisa M.B. Bellucci, Michela Chianese, Ester Ferriello, Giuliana Lampo, Manfredi Marciante, and Mario Nocerino.

Scientific Committee
Massimo Iovane, Fulvio M. Palombino, Pietro Pustorino, Attila M. Tanzi, and Donato Greco (scientific coordinator).

For information, please write to dgreco@luiss.it

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