IMF Administrative Tribunal - IMFAT 30th Anniversary Program

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Conference overview

• Event: IMF Administrative Tribunal 30th Anniversary Conference
• Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2025
• Theme: International Administrative Law in Changing and Challenging Times
• Co-sponsors: American Society of International Law (ASIL) and Société française pour le droit international (SFDI)
• Contact for questions and registration: ATBReception@imf.org
• Reception time: 5:00 PM

Program structure and schedule highlights

• Full-day conference with registration, welcoming address, opening speeches, three primary sessions, keynote, commentators, closing remarks, and reception.
• Lunch and coffee break are included in the program schedule.

Sessions, topics, and featured questions

• Session 1 — The Sources of International Administrative Law
  • Moderator: Professor John Crook, international arbitrator, former Judge of the NATO Administrative Tribunal (NATOAT)
  • Rapporteur: Anna Holloway, Senior Legal Counsel, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
  • Topic 1: What law or laws are applied by IATs?
  • Speakers: Judge Maria Vicien Milburn; Me Rémi Cèbe
  • Topic 2: Administrative practice as a source of international administrative law (IAL) before IATs
  • Speakers: Brian Patterson; Judge Raul Pangalangan
  • Topic 3: Precedent and international administrative tribunals ("IATs")
  • Speakers: Mercedes Carrillo; Paul Jean Le Cannu
  • Topic 4: The International Law Commission's work on the settlement of disputes to which international organizations are parties – an overview
  • Speaker: Professor August Reinisch
  • Q&A follows topics

• Session 2 — Recent Developments in International Administrative Law
  • Chair/Facilitators: Judge Deborah Thomas-Felix; Véronique Truchon-Lachapelle
  • Topic 1: Evolutions and possible reforms in international administrative law
  • Question: Should IATs be granted jurisdiction not only over challenges to individual decisions but also regulatory decisions?
  • Speakers addressing question: Judge Joan Powers; Judge Thomas Laker
  • Question: Should IATs, as tribunals of last resort, consider having an appeals system?
  • Speakers addressing question: Juliet E. Johnson; Judge Celia Goldman
  • Topic 2: Emerging trends and human rights before IATs
  • Question: Retreat or expansion - To what extent do litigants and judges rely on human rights law in IAL litigation?
  • Speakers: Judge Kieran Bradley; Judge Paul Lemmens
  • Continued discussion after lunch:
  • Question: Should the jurisdiction of IATs extend to a wider range of subject matters, such as issues of procurement, to become more akin to the jurisdiction of domestic administrative tribunals?
  • Speakers: Judge Pablo Sandonato de León; Jodi Glasow

• Session 3 — Immunities of International Organizations, Independence of IATs, and Selection of IAT Members
  • Speaker: Judge Andrew Nyirenda
  • Contributor: Salim S. Sleiman

Key speakers, commentators, and roles

• Welcoming and opening speakers:
  • Judge Nassib G. Ziadé, President of the IMF Administrative Tribunal (IMFAT), President of the United Nations Appeals Tribunal (UNAT)
  • Mélida Hodgson, President of the American Society of International Law (ASIL)
  • Nicola Bonucci, Vice-President of the Société française pour le droit international (SFDI), Chair of the Advisory Board of the European Space Agency (ESA)
  • Judge Femi Elias, Judge ad hoc, International Court of Justice; President of the OPEC Fund Administrative Tribunal; Chairman of the Administrative Tribunal of the Islamic Development Bank
• Keynote Speaker:
  • Judge Nassib G. Ziadé, President of the IMFAT and the UNAT
• Commentators:
  • Prof. Peter Bekker
  • Kathryn Nelson-Indre
  • Yan Liu
• Closing remarks:
  • Professor Sean Murphy
  • Professor Edith Brown Weiss

Registration and materials

• Conference program available for download (PDF) as the detailed program of sessions and speakers.
• Organizers invite contact with the Registry of the IMF Administrative Tribunal at ATBReception@imf.org for questions and registration.

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References

• IMF Administrative Tribunal Home Page
• New Search Tool for Tribunal Judgments and Orders
• Composition of the Tribunal
• Statute of the Administrative Tribunal
• Commentary on the Statute
• Resolutions of the Board of Governors
• Rules of Procedure
• Pending Cases
• Judgments
• Orders
• Volumes of IMFAT Reports
• Tribunal’s Operations During Pandemic
• Reports on IMFAT 30th Anniversary Conference
• See also: IMF Staff Ethics, Financial Disclosure, and Resolution of Staff Disputes