International Seminar on the Right to Stike under International Law – ONLINE ONLY

On 6 October 2025, the International Court of Justice will open public hearings for its advisory opinion on the “Right to Strike under ILO Convention No. 87.” This case will have major implications for international and domestic labour law, as well as the regulation of the right to strike, worldwide. 

In the wake of these hearings, the Jack and Mae Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security invites you to join an international seminar on 16 October at 3:00 p.m. CET / 9:00 a.m. ET. The event will feature leading scholars and experts on the right to strike under international law, including lawyers directly involved in the case.

The seminar will be held online. Registration is free.

Chair

Valerio De Stefano, Professor of Law, CRC in Innovation, Law and Society, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University. General editor, Comparative Labour Law & Policy Journal

Speakers

– Steven Barret, Partner, Goldblatt Partners

– Janice Bellace, Professor Emerita of Legal Studies & Business Ethics, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, former member of the ILO  Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR)

– Paapa Danquah, Director, ITUC Legal and Human and Trade Union Rights Director

– Tonia Novitz, Professor of Labour Law, University of Bristol Centre for Law at Work

– Silvana Sciarra, President Emerita, Italian Constitutional Court. Professor Emerita, University of Florence