The Geneva Trade Platform is thrilled to invite you to join us at the Villa Barton on the 15th of September for the Geneva launch of an exciting new book.

From 12:00, Professor Gabrielle Marceau and her co-author Maria George will showcase their own new work, Assistants in International Dispute Settlement with the help of discussant Prof. Joost Pauwelyn.

This session follows a 11:30 networking coffee and a 10:30 panel on "Lessons from History: A Panel Discussion about Trade War", with Prof. Craig VanGrasstek and Hamid Mamdouh.

Author Biographies

Gabrielle Marceau

Gabrielle Marceau was nominated Honorary Professor (Emeritus) at the University of Geneva on 1 April 2025. Professor Marceau was appointed as a lecturer in 2000 and became an Associate Professor in the Department of Public International Law and International Organization at the Faculty of Law at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) in 2005. She taught International Economic Lawand WTO Law, supervised numerous master's theses and doctoral dissertations, and organized conferences and research seminars. She also created a doctoral seminar. She is also visiting professor at the University of Ottawa, Law Faculty - Hyman Soloway Chair, and Associate Professor at Laval University, Québec.

Professor Marceau serves on several scientific councils promoting international economic law. She has been the president of the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL), is a member of the board of directors of the Geneva Society for Law and Legislation (SGDL) and is a Counsellor of the American Society of International Law (ASIL). Professor Marceau is a specialist in dispute settlement and the legal relationships between international trade and non-commercial considerations (such as environment, human rights, labour,etc.), with more than 130 publications (including 5 books) to her name.

Gabrielle Marceau has also worked at the Secretariat of the World Trade Organization for over 30 years, serving as a legal adviser in international disputes, in the Cabinet of Director-General Pascal Lamy, and in the Economic Research and Statistics Division.

Maria George

Maria is a PhD Candidate with the International Law Department of IHEID, working on issues of causation in international law and climate change, focusing on narratives of climate vulnerable states and peoples. She previously worked as a qualified lawyer in India, assisting the Government of India in international trade disputes and in domestic legislative drafting, and as an intern with the World Trade Organisation.

She is presently a research assistant with the Right of Microbes project (New Frontiers in Research Fund), examining legal and governance frameworks that adequately reflect the foundational role of microbes in relation to humans, non-humans, and wider planetary systems."

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