ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ

Last Friday 21 September, the Director-General of the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Organization and the President of Aix-Marseille University opened, together, the first ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Legal Workshop organized by CERIC (International and European Studies and Research Centre of the Faculty of Law of Aix-en-Provence) in collaboration with the Legal Affairs department of the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Organization.

 

This legal workshop was organized around exchange between the academic world and practitioners involved in the everyday life of the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ project; it was a great opportunity to discuss the very complex issues related to the specific legal framework applicable to the project. 

Approaches of the academic world and of practitioners revealed to be complementary and fundamental, and this legal workshop enabled all participants to share and confront their experience and outlook for a better understanding of the law applicable to international organizations such as the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Organization.

 

It was also an opportunity to shed light on all the legal issues related to the creation of the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Organization and it helped to analyze ongoing and crucial legal issues the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Organization is confronted with on a daily basis. In particular, the discussions focused on the specificity of the law applicable to the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Organization (question of conciliation between the status of public international organization and the application of French law in certain fields such as nuclear safety, licensing and protection of the environment).

 

The morning session was devoted to presentations given by distinguished speakers concerning:
- ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ in the framework of international organizations
- The ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Project and international law
- The ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Organization and the European Union
- ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ and France.

 

 

The proceedings of this workshop will be published in order to disseminate the fruitful information shared between all participants. This will be a very important step in writing the legal history of the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ project and in spreading information relating to the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ legal framework.

 

Prior to the workshop, participants were given the opportunity to visit the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ site. They were able to see the tremendous progress on the construction and this enabled them to measure the scientific and legal stakes at play and the importance of the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Legal Workshop for a better understanding of the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Project.

 

The fact that the workshop was so successful shows the need for further collaboration between the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Organization and Aix-Marseille University to explore together legal issues raised by the specific legal status of the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Organization.