Second Cycle Degree/Two Year Master in Legal studies

Jean Monnet Chair SustainEUorPlanet Seminar Series "The WTO Dispute Settlement System and Its Reform Process: An EU Perspective"

Seminar series held by Avv. Davide Grespan, Legal Advisor to the Permanent Mission of the EU to the WTO and Visiting Researcher at the Department of Legal Studies of the University of Bologna.

from 25 November 2025 at 15:00 to 02 December 2025 at 17:00

Aula 3 and 4, Via Zamboni 22, Bologna - In presence event

The course offers an overview of the evolution, current challenges, and prospective reforms of the WTO’s dispute settlement mechanism. Participants will explore the transformation from the GATT to the WTO, the Dispute Settlement Understanding within today’s shifting geopolitical landscape, the Appellate Body’s paralysis and the Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement (MPIA), and finally the reform initiatives.

The lectures will take place on November 25th and 26th and December 1st and 2nd from 3 to 5 p.m. More details on the content and rooms of each lecture on the Programme attached.

All the lectures will be discussed by Prof.ssa Elisa Baroncini, coordinator of the Jean Monnet Chair Project "SustainEUorPlanet".