The intensive courses provide an opportunity to delve into the details of the topics addressed briefly during the general courses, to focus on a specialized dispute settlement mechanism, to study a specific issue which arises in different dispute settlement settings, or to reflect on matters of legal theory or philosophical aspects of dispute settlement. Such courses will in principle consist of nine hours of class taught over two days. MIDS student are required to complete eight intensive courses.

2010-2011 Intensive courses:

	1. ICSID Arbitration Prof. Emmanuel Gaillard, Professor of Law at the University of Paris XII; Chair of Shearman & Sterling's international arbitration practice; Chair of the International Arbitration Institute. more			2. Negotiation Prof. Robert Mnookin, Harvard University; Director, Harvard Negotiation Research Project and chair, Program on Negotiation. more

	3. WTO Dispute Settlement Prof. Gabrielle Marceau, Counsellor, Legal Affairs Division, World Trade Organization; Associate Professor of Law at Geneva University. more			4. Arbitration in the United States Prof. William Park, Professor of Law at Boston University; President of the London Court of International Arbitration. more

	5. ICC Arbitration Prof. Pierre Tercier, Honorary Chairman of the ICC International Court of Arbitration; Honorary Professor at the University of Fribourg. more			6. International Mediation: Underlying Dynamics Prof. Daniel L. Shapiro, Director of the Harvard International Negotiation Program. more

	7. The Power of the International Judge or Arbitrator to Interpret the Facts and the Law Prof. Pierre-Marie Dupuy, Professor of Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. more			8. Investment Arbitration in Latin America and the Development of International Law Prof. Francisco Orrego Vicuña, Professor of Law at the University of Chile; former President of the World Bank Administrative Tribunal; former President of the Institut de droit international. more

	9. Due Process, Human Rights, and International Dispute Settlement Lucius Caflisch, Honorary Professor at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies; former judge at the European Court of Human Rights; member of the International Law Commission. more			10. Contrats d’Etat Prof. Jean-Michel Jacquet, Professor of Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies; General Editor of Le Journal du droit international. more

	11. Dispute Systems Design Prof. Robert C. Bordone, Thaddeus R. Beal Clinical Professor of Law at Harvard Law School; Director of the Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program. more			12. Arbitration in China Prof. Lu Song, Associate Professor at China Foreign Affairs University, Beijing. more

	13. Sports Arbitration Dr. Antonio Rigozzi, Lecturer at the University of Neuchâtel; Partner in Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler. more			14. Philosophical Aspects of Dispute Settlement: An Introduction Dr. Thomas Schultz, Senior Lecturer (Maître d'enseignement et de recherche) at Geneva University; Managing Editor of the Journal of International Dispute Settlement. more

2009-2010 Intensive courses:

	1. Investment Arbitration Prof. Jan Paulsson, Head of the international arbitration group at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; President of the LCIA; President of the World Bank Administrative Tribunal; Professor at the University of Dundee more			2. Negotiation Prof. Robert Mnookin, Professor at Harvard Law School; Director of the Harvard Negotiation Research Project and Chair of the Program on Negotiation more

	3. Arbitration in the United States Prof. William Park, Professor of Law at Boston University; Vice-President of the London Court of International Arbitration more			4. WTO Dispute Settlement Prof. Gabrielle Marceau, Counselor to the Cabinet of the Director-General of the WTO; Associate Professor of Law at Geneva University more

	5. ICC Arbitration Prof. Pierre Tercier, Honorary Chairman of the ICC International Court of Arbitration; Honorary Professor at the University of Fribourg more			6. Jurisdictional Immunities Prof. Andrea Bianchi, Professor of Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and at Catholic University Law School in Milan more

	7. The Metamorphosis of the International Judicial Functions Prof. Georges Abi-Saab, Honorary Professor of the Graduate Institute; Member of the Institute of International Law; former Judge on the Appeals Chamber of the ICTY-ICTR; former Member of the Appellate Body of the WTO; former judge ad hoc on the ICJ more			8. Contrats d’Etat Prof. Jean-Michel Jacquet, Professor of Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies; Director of Le Journal du droit international more

	9. The New York Convention of 1958 Prof. Albert Jan van den Berg, Professor of Law at Erasmus University, Rotterdam; Partner in Hanotiau & van den Berg; General Editor, Yearbook Commercial Arbitration more			10. Arbitration and Mediation of Intellectual Property Disputes at WIPO Erik Wilbers, Director of the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the World Intellectual Property Organization more

	11. Philosophical Aspects of Dispute Settlement: An Introduction Dr. Thomas Schultz, Senior Lecturer (Maître d'enseignement et de recherche) at Geneva University Law School more			12. Sports Arbitration Dr. Antonio Rigozzi, Lecturer at the University of Neuchâtel more

2008-2009 Intensive courses:

	1. ICSID Arbitration Prof. Emmanuel Gaillard, Professor of Law at the University of Paris XII; Chair of Shearman & Sterling’s international arbitration practice; Chair of the International Arbitration Institute more			2. Negotiation Prof. Robert Mnookin, Professor at Harvard Law School; Director of the Harvard Negotiation Research Project and Chair of the Program on Negotiation more

	3. Arbitration in the United States Prof. William Park, Professor of Law at Boston University; Vice-President of the London Court of International Arbitration more			4. WTO Dispute Settlement Prof. Gabrielle Marceau, Counselor to the Cabinet of the Director-General of the WTO; Associate Professor of Law at Geneva University more

	5. ICC Arbitration Prof. Pierre Tercier, Honorary Chairman of the ICC International Court of Arbitration; Honorary Professor at the University of Fribourg more			6. Jurisdictional Immunities Prof. Andrea Bianchi, Professor of Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and at Catholic University Law School in Milan more

	7. The Concept of Due Process in the Case-Law of the European Court of Human Rights Lucius Caflisch, Honorary Professor at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies; former judge at the European Court of Human Rights; member of the International Law Commission more			8. Contrats d’Etat Prof. Jean-Michel Jacquet, Professor of Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies; Director of Le Journal du droit international more

	9. Arbitration in China Prof. Lu Song, Associate Professor at China Foreign Affairs University, Beijing more			10. Arbitration and Mediation of Intellectual Property Disputes at WIPO Erik Wilbers, Director of the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the World Intellectual Property Organization more

	11. Philosophical Aspects of Dispute Settlement: An Introduction Dr. Thomas Schultz, Senior Lecturer (Maître d'enseignement et de recherche) at Geneva University Law School more			12. Sports Arbitration Dr. Antonio Rigozzi, Lecturer at the University of Neuchâtel more

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