On April 15^th and 16^th, 2021, the University of Catania Law Department will host the European Society of International Law's annual Research Forum. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the 2021 ESIL Research Forum and IG pre-conference workshops will be held in remote mode only. All participants attending the ESIL Research Forum and IG pre-conference workshops must register here before 8 April 2021 and will receive the link via e-mail in due course.

The Research Forum's main event will start on the afternoon of April 15^th and will run until the evening of April 16^th.

Pre-conference workshops organised by the following ESIL Interest Groups will take place in the morning of April 15^th:

• The EU as a Global Actor: The EU's global role with respect to the principle of solidarity under international law: a quest for normativity? 

• International Economic Law: The Value of Solidarity in International Economic Law  

• Peace and Security: The Question of Solidarity in Peace and Security 

• International Environmental Law: Solidarity in the Context of Natural Resources Management  

• Migration and Refugee Law: Understanding solidarity under international and EU refugee law: between a rock and a hard place? 

• History of International Law: The Founding of Solidarity in the International Community  

• International Law of Culture: Searching Solidarity for Fighting against Cultural Exclusion towards Migrants and Refugees in Europe in Times of Populism