The World Jurist Association’s Conference on
GLOBAL ECONOMY AND THE RULE OF LAW IN A CHANGING WORLD
Jerusalem/Tel-Aviv, Israel ♦ June 23-26, 2013 ______
TENTATIVE PROGRAM
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Delegates Arrival
Sunday, June 23, 2013
08:30 – 15:00 Delegate and Guest All Day Registrations [Hotel TBA]
14:00 – 17:00 City and Old City Tour of Jerusalem (for all Registered Delegates) Hosted by the Jerusalem Municipality
19:00 - 20:00 Welcome Reception-Israel Bar [Venue Jerusalem Bar]
20:00—21:30 Opening Ceremony [Venue Jerusalem Bar]
Moderators: Adv. Ethia Simha, WJA President for the World Association of Lawyers (WAL) Adv. Gideon Fisher - Israel Bar Association
Opening Remarks: Justice (Ret.) Meir Shamgar (Israel), President of the Israeli Supreme Court (Ret), President of the Conference Prof. Dr. Alexander Belohlavek (Czech Republic), President of World Jurist Association Justice Asher Dan Grunis (Israel), President of the Israeli Supreme Court Tzipi Livni (Israel), Minister of Justice of the State of Israel Adv. Doron Barzilay (Israel), President of the Israel Bar Association
Keynote Address: Dr. Yuval Steinitz (Israel), Minister of International Affairs and former Minister of Finance of the State of Israel
Monday, June 24, 2013
[Venue: All sessions will take place at the Tel-Aviv Bar Association]
08:30 – 10:00 Transfers to Tel Aviv
10:00 – 11:30 Panel Session I – The Role of the Judiciary in Combating Economic Offences
Moderator: TBA
TBA, Judge Khaled Kabub, (Israel), President of the Tel Aviv-Yafo, Economic Division District Court
11:30 – 11:45 Coffee Break
11:45 – 13:30 Panel Session II – Climate Change in a Changing World Economy
Moderator: TBA
TBA, Prof. Yuval Levy (Israel), Tel Aviv University
13:30 – 15:00 Break
15:00 – 16:45 Panel Session III - The Role of Women in a Changing World
Moderator: Adv. Ethia Simha (Israel) Former Advisor to Israeli Prime Ministers on Women's affairs and WJA President for the World Association of Lawyers (WAL)
The Changing Role of Women in Global Business Development Iris J. Jones (USA), WJA President for the World Business Associates (WBA), and President & CEO Alchemy Business Strategies, LL.C.
The Role of Chinese Women in A Changing World Ms. Lu Yao (China), President Leshan Intermediate Court of Sichuan Province
TBA, Dalia Itzik (Israel), Former Speaker of the Knesset
TBA, Tamar Raveh (Israel), Israel Broadcasting Service
General Tevet (Israel), Advisor Chief of Staff
16:45 – 17:00 Coffee Break
17:00 – 18:30 Panel Session IV – Trade and the Rule of Law
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Alexander Belohlavek (Czech Republic), President of the World Jurist Association
Global Poverty and the Right to Development in International Law Patrick Macklem (Canada), William C. Graham Professor of Law, University of Toronto
19:00 – 20:00 Evening Reception [Venue: Peres Peace Center// possible panel session or speeches on Peace Through Law/ UN Peacekeeping]
Speech on Peace Through Law by Ambassador Adv. Meir Rosenne (Israel)
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
09:00 – 11:15 [Visit to the Supreme Court]
Opening Remarks: Justice Meir Shamgar (Israel), President of the Israeli Supreme Court (Ret), President of the Conference
Prof. Dr. Alexander Belohlavek (Czech Republic), President of the World Jurist Association
Panel Session V - The Rule of Law and Economic Rights in a Changing World
Social and Economic Rights Daphne Barak-Erez (Israel), Supreme Court Justice
The Israeli Supreme Court as the Defender of the Rule of Law In Changing Times Elyakim Rubinstein (Israel), Supreme Court Justice
The Attorney-Client Privilege v. The Gatekeeper Initiative Yoram Danziger (Israel), Supreme Court Justice
11:15 – 12:30 Lunch at Supreme Court
12:30 – 17:30 Panel Session VI – Democracy, Economy and the Rule of Law (Venue: Jerusalem Bar/Knesset)
Moderator: Ronald Greenberg, U.S.A.) WJA Past President, and Senior Counsel at Dykema Gossett, LL.P.
Conflict and Integration The Developing Rule of Law In International Trade of China Ms. Tan Ling (China), Vice President of the Guadong High Peoples Court
Liberalization of Criminal Policy as Component of Effective Economy Prof. Dr. Igor I. Trunov (Russia), WJA National President, and Deputy Chairman of the International Union of lawyers
Global Revolutionary Economic Partnership between the Public and Private Sectors and the Rule of Law Adv.Yehuda Raveh (Israel)
Panel Session VII – Corruption/ Money Laundering and Solutions Within the Rule of Law
Moderator: Justice (Ret.) Gabriel Bach (Israel)
The Independence of the Judicial Power: Requisite for Investments and Development Dr. Franklin Hoet Linares (Venezuela), WJA Past President, Former WJA President for the Americas, & Senior Partner at Hoet, Peláez Castillo & Duque
Judicial Independence and the Rule of Law Prof. Shimon Sheetrit (Israel), Greenblatt Professor of International and Public Law and Director Sacher Institute for Comparative Law, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Judicial Independence and the Rule of Law in Austria Prof. Walter Rechberger (Austria), Professor, University of Vienna.
International Background of Constitutional Human Rights Prof. Karel Klíma, CSc (Czech Republic), WJA President for the World Association of Law Professors (WALP), and Head of Law School, Metropolitan University Prague.
Preserving Human Rights in Times of Emergency Ambassador (Ret.) Professor Robbie Sabel (Israel), Former Legal Adviser to the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Professor of International Law, Faculty of Law, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
[Free Evening]
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
09:00 – 11:00 Panel Session VIII - Democracy Economy and the Rule of Law and Universal Jurisdiction [Venue Jerusalem Bar]
Development of the Rule of Law through Advocacy in Investment Arbitration Joe Matthews (USA), Lawyer/Arbitrator/Mediator, Colson Hicks Eidson, P.A. & Joseph M. Matthews, P.A.
U.S. “Mass Tort” Litigation And Its Effects On Global Commerce Daniel J. Stephenson (USA), Department Director for Litigation, Products & Professional Liability at Dykema Gossett, LL.P.
Universal Jurisdiction as a Tool of Law Fare Adv. Irit Kohn (Israel), President International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists
11:15 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-13:00 Panel Session IX – Government—Capital Relations
13:00—15:00 - Lunch at Abu Gosh [An Arab Village near Jerusalem]
18:00- Closing Ceremony [Jerusalem Town Hall]
In the presence of the Mayor of Jerusalem
Greeting and Closing Remarks:
Chief Justice (ret.) M. Shamgar (Israel), President of the Conference
Prof. Dr. Alexander Belohlavek (Czech Republic), President of the World Jurist Association
Neer Barkat (Israel), The Mayor of Jerusalem
Keynote speaker (TBA)
**Delegates depart at their pleasure **