Brexit, EU and international law: a ménage à trois
15 October 2020
15:00h CET
In the beginning of September 2020, the UK Government had proposed a new bill that could potentially violate international law. The proposed bill would give the UK Parliament the power to breach the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement (2018) in a way that has been described as ‘very specific and limited’, in the words of the Northern Ireland’s Secretary Brandon Lewis. Should the UK use its new internal market bill, they would be in violation of an international agreement and thus, international law.
But what does it mean to break international law ‘just a little bit’? The somewhat provocative title of this panel aims to focus our attention on different aspects of Brexit, including its different legal dimensions. The recent internal market bill proposed by the UK provides a springboard for our discussion, which explores the legal and political dimensions of the relationship between UK, EU and international law.
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Programme:
Introduction and facilitation: Peter Goldschmidt
Interventions by:
• Petra Jeney
• Igor Dizdarevic
• Clara Cotroneo
• Diego Ramirez Cardenas