CALL FOR PAPERS

ONLINE CONFERENCE

“Good Governance and Anti-corruption in International Trade and Investment Laws”

  Tuesday and Wednesday, 23-24 August 2022

Dublin Time (GMT+11): 7.30am - 11.30pm

New Delhi time (GMT+5:30): 13.00pm – 17.00pm

Hanoi Time (GMT+7): 14.30pm - 18.30pm

Dear Friend/Colleague,

International trade and international investment agreements typically contain provisions requiring the parties to comply with good governance principles, such as procedural fairness and transparency, which are increasingly the subject of disputes before international tribunals.[1] Meanwhile the related issue of anti-corruption is touching on a wide variety of areas in international economic law including money laundering, government transparency, organized crime, etc. However, there are some unclear questions such as: When and how are international trade and international investment laws used as a legal tool to promote good governance and anti-corruption? What is the scope of impact and how effective is international law in this regard? What is the trend of good governance and anti-corruption obligations in international law?

In that context, an online conference titled “Good Governance and Anti-corruption in International Trade and Investment Laws” will be co-hosted on Tuesday and Wednesday, 23-24 August 2022  by:

·                     School of Law, the University College Cork (Ireland)

·                     Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University (India)

·                     School of Law, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (Vietnam)

·                     Faculty of Law, National Economics University (Vietnam)

·                     Faculty of Law, Foreign Trade University (Vietnam)

The themes of the online conference will include:

·                     The role, scope and impact of international commercial law in promoting good governance and preventing and combating corruption (global, regional and national levels).

·                     The role, scope and impact of international investment law in promoting good governance and preventing and combating corruption (global, regional and national levels).

·                     Principles of transparency and corruption control in international trade and investment law.

·                     Principles of transparency and corruption control in foreign investor and state disputes (ISDS) in countries.

·                     Regulations on anti-corruption in new generation FTAs ​​and issues raised with other countries.

·                     Commitments on controlling corruption in international investment agreements (IIAs) of countries.

·                     Anti-corruption from the perspective of business compliance in countries.

·                     Acceptance and implementation of the WTO's principles of predictability and transparency in foreign investment legislation in countries.

·                     Ensure transparency and accountability of transnational companies in countries.

·                     The issue of transfer pricing of transnational companies and foreign investment management capacity in countries.

·                     Reforming international trade and investment laws in countries in accordance with the principles of good governance and anti-corruption in international trade and investment law.

·                     Reforming the state system of countries in accordance with the principles of good governance and anti-corruption in trade and investment laws.

We are inviting scholars and practitioners working in this area to submit papers that would fit within the broad themes of the conference.

Online Platform

The conference will take place online via the Zoom Meetings platform and will be hosted by the School of Law at Vietnam National University Hanoi. Zoom’s link and ID: To be notified to particpants’ emails submitted to the registration form.

Languague: English (with simultaneous English-Vietnamese interpretation)

Submission of Abstracts (in English)

Authors should submit a 200-word to 250-word abstract, which includes a title of the proposed paper and his/her short biographical details (including name, email, academic appointment, affiliations).

Abstracts are to be submitted by 20 June 2022 (extended to 30 June 2022) via this link: https://forms.office.com/r/5DwKM9q59g . Notification of the result will be sent to you via email by 05 July 2022).
If you have difficulties in submitting this form, please email vnulsgoodgovernance@gmail.com

Submission of draft papers and presentations

Draft papers and Powerpoint presentations (in English) are encouraged to be submitted  prior to the conference, as it would be very useful for the moderators, discussants and participants to read papers in advance in order to have in-depth questions, comments and feed back. Under agreement with authors, submitted papers will be uploaded to the conference website.

Please submit draft papers (if available) to vnulsgoodgovernance@gmail.com  by 15 August 2021 to be included on the website prior to the conference.

Submission of full finalized papers for publication (in English)

After peer review, selected papers will be published in one of the following outlets:

Publication in journal:

Selected papers (by invitation) will be published in:

Publication of conference proceedings book

Selected papers will be published in the conference proceedings book (with ISBN, published by a Vietnamese publisher), under agreement with authors. The conference proceedings book will not be published for commercial purposes.

To be included in the conference proceedings book, full finalized papers (preferably 5000 – 8000 words, inclusive of footnotes) are to be submitted by 30 September 2022 to vnulsgoodgovernance@gmail.com (cc: phanthuy.law@gmail.com)

To facilitate the editing process, we would appreciate it if you could adhere to the submission deadline and follow the specifications below in preparing your conference paper.

•               Paper Title, Author's Title and Name, University/Organisation, and Email Address

•               Abstract (200-250 words); 3-6 keywords; A list of references at the end.

•               Length: no more than 10,000 words, inclusive of footnotes (5000 to 8000-word papers are preferred)

•               Referencing standard: Oxford Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA): https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxlaw/oscola_4th_edn_hart_2012quickreferenceguide.pdf

•               Font: Times New Roman, size 12

•               Microsoft Word Document Format (.doc or .docx)

Registration

Conference attendance is free, however registration is essential (for both authors and participants without papers). Guidelines for conference attendance and further information will be sent to you via email and provided on the conference website.

Please register your participation by 20 August 2022 via this link: https://forms.office.com/r/5DwKM9q59g

Successful registration will be confirmed shortly thereafter. If you have any technical difficulties when submitting this form, please email vnulsgoodgovernance@gmail.com

Contact

Conference website: http://en.law.vnu.edu.vn/acategory-Good-Governance-and-Anti-corruption-in-International-Trade-and-Investment-Laws-2539-1.html

Please direct queries about the conference to: vnulsgoodgovernance@gmail.com