ESIL International Economic Law Interest Group: Book Launch of 'Reconciling Domestic Property Regimes and International Investment Protection' [Online; 19 October 2026]

The Interest Group on International Economic Law of the European Society of International Law (ESIL) is hosting the launch of Dr Inga Martinkutė's new book, Reconciling Domestic Property Regimes and International Investment Protection: Origins, Comparisons and Contestations, published by Brill | Nijhoff.

The author and leading experts will discuss property protection, the expropriation of investments and the future of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS).

• Author: Dr Inga Martinkutė, Assistant Professor at Vilnius University and Fernand Braudel Fellow at the European University Institute
• Discussant: Professor Gleider Hernández, KU Leuven
• Discussant: Professor Christian J. Tams, King's College London and President of the European Society of International Law
• Moderator: Dr Gustavo Prieto, Senior Researcher at Ghent University and Convenor of the ESIL Interest Group on International Economic Law

• Date: Monday, 19 October 2026
• Time: 17:00 to 18:30 Rome time (20:30 to 22:00 IST)
• Mode: The ESIL announcement lists the venue as online, and the public registration form is for online participation only. The official event poster also names Sala del Camino, Villa Salviati, at the European University Institute as an in-person venue.

Registration for online participation is open through the official form, which asks for your name (as on your passport or ID), your organisation or affiliation and your position. The form does not limit registration to ESIL members, so participants from India can register.

Neither the ESIL announcement nor the registration form mentions any fee.

• Registration is mandatory and is done through the official ESIL registration form.
• Registration closes on 19 October 2026 at 12:00 (midday) Rome time, which is 15:30 IST on 19 October 2026.
• Registration may close earlier if the maximum number of online participants is reached.
• Registered participants will receive the link to join by email before the event.

The Interest Group also welcomes proposals from ESIL members for future book launches. Members who have recently published a book in the field of international economic law and would like to present it are invited to contact the Interest Group.