On September 10-11, 2012, the Protection Project at The Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) will organize a regional conference titled Harmonization of the Law: the Hague Conference, Unidroit, and UNCITRAL in cooperation with the three organizations and the Faculty of Law and Political Science at the Beirut Arab University in Beirut, Lebanon.
The conference will examine approaches to harmonization of the law utilized by the Hague Conference, Unidroit and UNCITRAL. Issues addressed will include, among others, the place of Islamic law in the legal family, Islamic law as a source of international principles of the law, reservations made by Muslim countries to international conventions, the merging of common law and civil law principles in the areas of contract law and secured transactions law, human rights and business law, human rights and contract law, international trade law and the rule of law, incorporating the human rights perspective in standard-setting in private international law, the effects of improvements in international trade law on human rights, model laws as effective means of harmonization of the law, and related topics.
Deadlines: June 15, 2012, at 5pm EST – 1-page abstract. July 27, 2012 at 5pm EST – final paper.
Abstracts and papers, together with a detailed CV and a copy of the passport should be submitted by email to Ms. Elaine Panter at epanter2[@]jhu.edu. im
