McGill University's Faculty of Law and the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Leiden University, have the pleasure of inviting you to a one-day symposium on the theme of legal diversity and the theory and practice of contemporary international law. A detailed Symposium agenda will follow.

The Ambassador of Canada, H.E. Sabine Nölke, will host a post-conference reception that evening, at the Canadian Official Residence (Groot Haesebroekseweg 44, Wassenaar), from 18:30 to 20:30.

For registration or additional information please email: events.grotius@cdh.leidenuniv.nl.

We look forward to welcoming contributions from the following legal practitioners and academics:
- The Ambassador of Canada to the Netherlands, H.E. Sabine Nölke
- Professor Daniel Jutras, Dean, Faculty of Law, McGill University
- Mr. Norman Farrell, Prosecutor, Special Tribunal for Lebanon
- Justice David Baragwanath, Special Tribunal for Lebanon
- Mrs. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (TBC)
- Justice Betram Schmitt, International Criminal Court
- Payam Akhavan, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, McGill University (and Counsel at PCA, ICJ, ECtHR, ITLS, ICC, ICTY)
- Dr. Elies van Sliedregt, Professor in International and Comparative Criminal Law, Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, School of Law, University of Leeds
- Ms. Silke Studzinsky, Trust Fund for Victims, International Criminal Court (previously Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC))
- Dr. Sergey Vasiliev, Assistant Professor in Public International Law, Grotius Centre, Leiden University
- Mr. Hans van Loon, former Secretary General, Hague Conference on Private International Law
- Dr. Alex Mills, Reader in Public and Private International Law, Faculty of Laws, UCL
- Justice Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade, International Court of Justice (TBC)
- Judge Xue Hanqin, International Court of Justice (TBC)

Conference proceedings will be inspired in part by the works of the late Professors Patrick Glenn and Roderick Macdonald of McGill University, Faculty of Law, including their study of legal traditions of the world and legal pluralism, interlinked with Canadian traditions of multiculturalism.

Thematic Questions:

The speakers from various Hague legal institutions and from academia will be asked to address one or more of the following themes:
- Legal pluralism, legal diversity and international law: retrospective and prospective views; experiences from the practice of various Hague legal institutions; traditions of multiculturalism and legal pluralism (including the McGill Law Faculty educational method);
- Human rights, peremptory norms, international legal standards and legal / cultural diversity;
- "Cosmopolitan attitudes, methods & officials" (Patrick Glenn) in the practice of international law;
- "Harmonious coexistence rather than obligatory universality" (Patrick Glenn) & universality through diversity (ICJ Vice-President Yusuf);
- The enrichment of international law through principles and approaches of diverse traditions / legal systems (former ICJ Vice-President Weeramantry);
- Envisioning future pathways for international law / institutions in the light of global legal diversity.