Annual Report 2011 Prelims 14/6/12 11:29 am Page i ANNUAL REPORT 2011 www.biicl.org Annual Report 2011 Prelims 14/6/12 11:29 am Page ii The British Institute of International and Comparative Law Charles Clore House 17 Russell Square London WC1B 5JP Telephone: +44 (0)20 7862 5151 Fax: +44 (0)20 7862 5152 Annual Report 2011 Prelims 14/6/12 11:29 am Page iii Contents GOVERNANCE v ADVISORY COUNCIL vi INSTITUTE STAFF vii INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW QUARTERLY BOARD OF EDITORS x DIRECTOR’S ANNUAL REPORT 2011 1 REPORT BY THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 3 SOME IMPACTS OF BIICL RESEARCH IN 2011 5 BIICL RESEARCH STAFF PROFILES 8 BINGHAM CENTRE FOR THE RULE OF LAW 20 INSTITUTE FORUMS Competition Law Forum 24 Investment Treaty Forum 28 Product Liability Forum 34 RESEARCH PROJECTS Armed Conflicts, Peacekeeping, Transitional Justice: Law as Solution (ATLAS) 38 Training and Research on Treaty Law and Practice 39 Comparative Study on Sensitive Information in Civil Proceedings 40 European Contract Law Briefing Notes 40 Climate Change and its Impact on Security and Survival 41 Collective Redress Web Resources 42 Conflict of Laws Rules on Assignment and Subrogation— Article 14 Rome I Regulation 43 Human Rights and Pre-Trial Procedures: Requirements for Police and Prison Authorities 44 Human Rights Responsibilities in Oil and Gas Operations: Applying the UN Guiding Principles 45 Iraqi Government Lawyers Investment Law Training 46 iii Annual Report 2011 Prelims 14/6/12 11:29 am Page iv Reparation for Education-Related Violations of International Law 47 International Law and Education in Situations of Insecurity and Conflict 48 PUBLICATIONS 49 CONFERENCES, LECTURES, SEMINARS AND OTHER EVENTS 51 INSTITUTE DEVELOPMENT 53 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 57 iv Annual Report 2011 Prelims 14/6/12 11:29 am Page v Governance President of the Institute Dame Rosalyn Higgins DBE QC Vice-Presidents of the Institute The Rt Hon Lord Collins of Mapesbury The Rt Hon Sir David Edward KCMG QC Sir Christopher Greenwood CMG QC Board of Trustees Chairman of the Board of Trustees Sir Franklin Berman KCMG QC (from September 2011) Alexander Layton QC (until September 2011) Trustees Clare Algar Mr Justice William Blair Gary B Born Susan Bright Lord Justice Stanley Burnton (from September 2011) Michael Hutchings OBE (until September 2011) Ian Hobbs FCA, CEDR Acc Professor Sir Francis Jacobs KCMG, QC Adam Johnson Professor Rosa Lastra (from September 2011) Paul Lomas Professor Dawn Oliver (from September 2011) Timothy Otty QC (from September 2011) Martin Paisner CBE (until September 2011) Lord Justice Bernard Rix (until September 2011) Keith Ruddock Professor Malcolm Shaw QC Mr Justice Rabinder Singh (from September 2011) Professor Stephen Weatherill Dame Juliet Wheldon DCB QC Advisors to the Board of Trustees Lady Justice Mary Arden DBE Martin Paisner CBE (from September 2011) v Annual Report 2011 Prelims 14/6/12 11:29 am Page vi Advisory Council Dapo Akande Judge David Anderson CMG Sir Christopher Bellamy QC Sir Daniel Bethlehem KCMG QC Professor Alan Boyle The Hon Sir Nicolas Bratza The Rt Hon Lord Justice Carnwath CVO Victoria Cochrane Tim Cowen The Hon Mr Justice Cranston Professor James Crawford SC FBA Clare Dyer Professor Piet Eeckhout Professor Malcolm Evans CBE Helen Fletcher Rogers Lady Fox CMG QC Dr David Freestone Professor Sir Roy Goode CBE LLD FBA QC The Rt Hon Baroness Hale of Richmond Professor Jonathan Harris The Rt Hon Lord Hoffmann PC The Rt Hon Lord Hope of Craighead Alan Jenkins Judge Koen Lenaerts Sir Elihu Lauterpacht CBE QC Mr Justice Lloyd Jones John Louth The Rt Hon Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin The Rt Hon Lord Mance HE Judge Thomas Mensah The Rt Hon Lord Neill of Bladen QC Sir Peter North CBE DCL FBA QC The Rt Hon Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers The Rt Hon Lord Justice Richards Professor Jonathan Rickford CBE Joshua Rozenberg The Rt Hon Sir Konrad Schiemann The Rt Hon Lord Justice Sedley Advocate-General Eleanor Sharpston QC Judge Bruno Simma Judge Christiaan Timmermans Andrew Trollope QC Stephen Walzer vi Annual Report 2011 Prelims 14/6/12 11:29 am Page vii Institute Staff Professor Robert McCorquodale Director of the Institute Professor Sir Jeffrey Jowell KCMG QC Director of the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law Jill Barrett Dorset Senior Research Fellow in Public International Law Dr Jonathan Bonnitcha Research Fellow in Business and Human Rights (from July 2011) N Jansen Calamita Senior Research Fellow in International Investment and Trade Law, Director of the Investment Treaty Forum Diane Denny Development Director Rosie Dickinson Development Administrator and Reception (from April 2011) Katherine Eden-Haig Marketing and Events Manager (maternity cover from July 2011) Dr Duncan Fairgrieve Senior Research Fellow in Comparative Law, Director of the Product Liability Forum Michael Hall Database Manager Kristin Hausler Research Fellow in Public International Law Sandra Homewood Executive Assistant to the Institute and Bingham Centre Administrator Bart Kolerski IT Support Hayk Kupelyants Research Fellow in Private International Law (from June 2011) Dr Eva Lein Herbert Smith Senior Research Fellow in Private International Law vii Annual Report 2011 Prelims 14/6/12 11:29 am Page viii Faria Medjouba Research Fellow on the ATLAS Project Dr Philip Marsden Senior Research Fellow in Competition Law, Director of the Competition Law Forum Jane Nicholson-Biss Marketing and Events Manager Liz Osborne Publications Coordinator (from July 2011) Geoffrey Sautner General Manager Darryl Seaman Director of Finance Jayantha Sivanathan Finance Officer Justine Stefanelli Maurice Wohl Research Fellow in European Law Nicole Urban Research Fellow in International Humanitarian Law (from August 2011) Alexa van Sickle Publications Coordinator (until June 2011) Danielle Wright Events Coordinator Bingham Centre Fellows Jonathan Cooper Director of Training and Education (part-time) Professor Adam Tomkins Tom Hickman Michael Fordham QC Naina Patel viii Annual Report 2011 Prelims 14/6/12 11:29 am Page ix Visiting Fellows Prof Margot Horspool Marco Rizzi Jane Welch Montserrat Abad Castelos Joseph Perkovich Dr Armin Kammel Dr Robert Schuetze Eunyoung Kim Oliver Jones Dr Conor McCarthy Dr Ali Abrishami Ben Milligan Stefano Cherti Dr Heli Askola Paul Barnett Dr Marta Requejo Dr George Barker Sahib Singh Alex Bates Dr Santiago Alvarez-Gonzalez Tim Cowen Prof Matthias Lehmann Andrew Dickinson Dr Justyna Bazylin´ska Dr Ferdinando Franceschelli Annabel Lee Raphael Heffron Prof Franco Silvano Toni di Cigoli Hugh Hollman Prof Jane Stapleton Vincent Smith Chulsoo Kim Thiago Lins Daesoo Son Sunil Rao Jeremy Gauntlett SC Dr Barbara Woodward Frank Pelser Prof Beatriz Campuzano Diaz Prof Anton Cooray Interns Bahar Hatami Alamdari Kati Kaarlehto Rhonson Salim Natalya Barylko Stephanie Law Victoria Sementsova Anna Blachura Nadia Syed Sarah Sheppard Sam Bright Annabel Lee Kirsten Sjovoll Clara Cesar Polly Wen-Hui Lee Linda Strazdina Dodo Chochitaichvili Felix-Anselm van Lier Olivia Wybraniec Alexis Cooke Oliver Linch Elena Mirela Ursache Camille Dropsy Giovanna Lojacono Lina Vitolo Jasmine Fisher Caroline Mair Ruth Wainwright Rebecca Francis Veronika Minkova Daniel Wand Mathilde Groppo Hemeeni Mistry Camilla Wee Jenny Hartmann Sophie Pattison Charlotte Yan Willa Huang Cristina-Raluca Racota Charles Yu Louise Hubert Catalina Rojas Maria Zaveta ix Annual Report 2011 Prelims 14/6/12 11:29 am Page x International and Comparative Law Quarterly Board of Editors General Editors Professor Catherine Redgwell, University College London Professor Robert McCorquodale, Institute Director Board of Editors Professor Malcolm Evans, University of Bristol Christine Chinkin, London School of Economics Professor James Fawcett, University of Nottingham Professor Christine Gray, University of Cambridge Professor Paula Giliker, University of Bristol Professor Jo Shaw, University of Edinburgh Assistant Editor Liz Osborne Editors of Current Developments Sections Public International Law Professor Dominic McGoldrick, University of Liverpool Dr Sarah Williams, University of New South Wales European Union Law Professor Joe McMahon, University of Dublin Decisions of International Courts and Tribunals Professor Craig Barker, University of Sussex Private International Law Professor Peter McEleavy, University of Dundee Book Review Editors Professor Francesco Giglio, University of Manchester Dr Andrew Lang, London School of Economics Therese O’Donnell, University of Strathclyde x Annual Report 2011 14/6/12 11:30 am Page 1 Director’s Annual Report 2011 2011 was a momentous year in international events, with the Arab Spring leading to changes of government, financial turmoil in European economies and the creation of a new State (of South Sudan), being just some events that had global impacts. International and comparative legal issues were relevant to these events and the Institute responded with interesting and engaging seminars and discussions. At the same time, the Institute worked on a range of matters that were not always at the fore- front of the media but which have deep impact on the daily lives of people, companies, governments and organisations. These included research on education-related violations in insecurity and conflicts, events on changes to competition law processes, investigations into comparative collective redress measures, reports on security measures, and studies on harmon- isation of private international law. We also celebrated 60 years of the International and Comparative Law Quarterly. These,