Business programme
13.05.2023
14:30–16:00

Legal Mechanisms for Integration in the Post-Soviet Space

Congress Centre, conference hall B1
Sovereign Law in a Changing World
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Today is an incredibly dynamic and effective time for the strengthening of integration in the post-Soviet space. The longest-running post-Soviet integration platform – the Commonwealth of Independent States – received a major boost in the humanitarian sphere in 2022. One major development, for example, was the launch of the Commission on Human Rights. The Union State of Russia and Belarus is working closely across numerous areas, particularly in security. The Eurasian Economic Union is working to unlock its economic potential, both through its 2025 strategy, and the painstaking work done each day by its five member states and permanent bodies of the EAEU, including the Commission and Court. This session will consider which model – an intergovernmental or supranational one – would be best in the post-Soviet space. In which areas is integration possible, or even vital? What significance should be given to international law in the context of integration? What steps could be taken to improve the work of the EAEU Commission and Court? What are the main problems that legal entities and people face in the context of ongoing integration in the post-Soviet space?

Moderator

Anatoly Kapustin
The Head of International law Department, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation

Panellists

Daria Boklan
Deputy Head of the Department of International Law, National Research University Higher School of Economics
Dmitry Volvach
Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation (online)
Dmitry Mezentsev
State Secretary of the Union State
Tatyana Neshataeva
Judge, Court of the Eurasian Economic Union
Alexander Pankin
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
Sergei Pospelov
Executive Secretary, Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization
Anait Smbatyan
Deputy Director General, WTO Expertise Center
Vladimir Taraskin
Director of Legal Department, Eurasian Economic Commission
Mark Entin
Head of the Department of Integration Law and Human Rights, MGIMO University

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