Access to Justice and the Immunity of International Organisations before National Jurisdictions

with

Professor August Reinisch, University of Vienna

on Thursday 17th November 2011
from 4 - 5pm

Venue:
Keeton Room
UCL Law Faculty
Bentham House, Endsleigh Gardens
London WC1H 0EG

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About the event:
The talk will focus on issues of immunity of international organisations and the way these have been approached by domestic courts, utilising examples from practice drawn from the online database maintained by Oxford University Press Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts (http://www.oxfordlawreports.com).

About the Speaker:
August Reinisch is professor of international and European law at the University of Vienna and professorial lecturer at the Bologna Center/SAIS of Johns Hopkins University. He currently serves as arbitrator on the In Rem Restitution Panel according to the Austrian General Settlement Fund Law 2001 on a pro bono basis and as arbitrator in various investment arbitrations. From 2004 to 2006 and as of 2010 he was/is Dean for International Relations of the Law School of the University of Vienna.

His professional experience includes expert adviser in Austrian and foreign court litigation as well as international arbitration; he was a Member of the ILA Committee on International Law on Foreign Investment, and he is a member of the ILA Study Groups on Accountability of International Organisations, State Insolvency, and the Role of Soft-Law Instruments in International Investment Law. He is president of the Austrian Branch of the ILA, Executive Board member of the European Society of International Law and of the German Society of International Law, as well as member of ASIL, ACUNS and other professional associations in the field of international law.

He has published widely in international law with a recent focus on international investment law, the law of international organizations, international responsibility, human rights and non-state actors.

August Reinisch holds Master’s degrees in philosophy (1990) and in law (1988) as well as a doctorate in law (1991) from the University of Vienna and an LL.M. (1989) from NYU Law School. He is admitted to theBar of New York and Connecticut (since 1990).