Programme:
- 18:15 - 18:20 - Introduction by professor Christina Voigt
- 18:20 - 19:00 - Presentation by professor Margaret Young on "The ICJ Advisory Opinion and Systemic Integration"
- 19:00 - 19:20 - Q&A
- 19:20 - 20:00 - Tapas and mingling
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Deadline for registration: 17th of september
Information about the presenter
Biography
Professor Dr Margaret A. Young is an Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow, Director of the Institute for International Law and the Humanities (IILAH) at Melbourne Law School, and Director of Studies of the International Law Association (Australian branch). She specialises in public international law, the law of the sea, international trade law, climate change and environmental law. Before joining the University of Melbourne, she was the inaugural Research Fellow in Public International Law at Pembroke College and the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge.
Relevant Bibliography
Just out: M. Young and B. Martinez Romera, ‘The Advisory Opinions’ Remarkable Significance for International Law’ Climate Law (2026) https://doi.org/10.1163/18786561-bja10097 (Guest Editor of Special Issue featuring C. Amirfar et al, D. Bodansky, N. Oral and Y. Tanaka)
M. Young, D. Parker and S. Roudavski, Visualisation of the Advisory Opinion on Climate by the International Court of Justice, VerfBlog, 2025/11/05, https://verfassungsblog.de/visualisation-of-the-advisory-opinion-on-climate-by-the-international-court-of-justice/, DOI: 10.17176/20251106-141946-0.
M. Young, ‘Systemic Integration of Obligations in an Era of Climate Change: Stability and Optimal Control’ British Yearbook of International Law (2025) https://doi.org/10.1093/bybil/braf006