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• Chair: Hatem Elliesie (University of Leipzig, Max Planck Law)

  09:30-10:00    Welcome by the organizers Hatem Elliesie, Sebastian Spitra, Lena Foljanty, Miloš Vec, Isaac Kunko, Niels P. Petersson

  Alicia Haripershad (MPI for Legal History and Legal Theory & KU Leuven): Missionary Trustees to Development by Non-State Actors – the colonial legal entanglement and evolution of legal authority

  Julian Schramm (Humboldt-University Berlin): Eurafrican dreams and imperial legacies: the colonial origins of “Association” under EU Law

  --Coffee break--

  Kembo Takam Gatsing Hermine (Ministry of Justice, Cameroon): Member of the African Committee on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, African Union Special Rapporteur on Child Marriage and other Harmful Practices

  Jan Kunicki (University of Warsaw): The influences of the Roman-Dutch Law on the Zimbabwean Marriages Act, 2022 --online--

  -- Lunch break --

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• Chair: Sebastian Spitra (University of Vienna)

  Johannes Socher (Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa (ICLA), University of Pretoria): Constitution-Building in Fragile Contexts in Africa: Lessons from a Decade of External Actors’ Engagement in Sudan’s Constitution Making Process 2014–2023

  Vellah Kedogo Kigwiru (Hochschule für Politik, Technical University of Munich School of Governance): Goals of the AfCFTA Competition Protocol Digital Market Competition Regulations: Lessons from the South Africa’s Online Intermediation Platform Market Inquiry and EU DMA

  --Coffee break--

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• Chair: Isaac Kunko (Max Planck Law)

  Robert Isibor (Bocconi University): Should Tontines be Regulated? A Legal Perspective on Informal Finance in Africa and Europe

  Banke Olagbegi-Oloba (Stellenbosch University/Adekunle Ajasin University): Entanglements of Court-Connected ADR (CCADR) and the Legal Regime in Nigeria: A Channel Beyond Development? –online--

  Theshaya Naidoo (University of KwaZulu Natal): The Coloniality of Legal Knowledge: European Aid Programs and Post-Conflict Legal Systems in Africa --online--

  18:30 Conference Dinner

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• Chair: Lena Foljanty (University of Vienna)

  Monika Różalska (University of Lodz): Green Colonialism? The Implications of EU-Ghana Environmental and Trade Agreements

  Giulia D’Agnone (Università degli Studi di Camerino): TSD provisions in EU-Africa Economic Partnership Agreements 

  --Coffee break--

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• Chair: Miloš Vec (University of Vienna/CHL, Cologne)

  Soheil Ghasemi (Geneva Graduate Institute): Constructing a Disciplinary “Trading Zone”: The Egyptian Society and Journal of International Law (1945-1987)

  Neel Raamandarsingh Purmah (Middlesex University Mauritius): The Last African Colony: The Role of International Organizations in Reestablishing Mauritius’ Sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago

  -- Lunch break --

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• Chair: Miloš Vec (University of Vienna/CHL, Cologne)

  Sidney Tambasi Netya (Geneva Graduate Institute): The African Union’s Dependence on the European Union: A Challenge to Continental Sovereignty

  Yakubu Nagu (University of Cape Town): Beyond Colonial Legacies: The AfCFTA’s Grand Vision for Regional Integration and Decoupling from Europe

  Abdul Baasit Aziz Bamba & Rose Rameau (University of Ghana Law Faculty): The Monist Doctrine as a Catalyst for the Integration of Africa --online--

  15:00 End of the conference