The Kopaonik School of Natural Law organises this conference every year, gathering hundreds of legal experts from all over the world to discuss fundamental rights such as ‘The Right to Life’, ‘The Right to Property’ and ‘The Right to Justice’, affecting various branches of law.

In his welcome address, President Pichonnaz congratulated the organisers on such a successful event, emphasising that ELI, like the Kopaonik School of Natural Law, aims at providing a comprehensive perspective on legal issues by addressing a wide range of themes and bringing in legal experts from different professions and nations.

The President then continued to introduce ELI and showcase its projects. As the Kopaonik School of Natural Law is situated in Serbia, he turned in particular to inform those present of ELI’s members from Serbia as well as other Balkan countries. Currently, ELI has 122 individual members from the Balkans, including Serbia, as well as important Institutional Members from the region. On a final note, the President highlighted ELI’s desire to welcome more members from Balkan countries in order to strengthen its collaboration with legal experts from the region.

In the afternoon, President Pichonnaz attended and actively contributed to the expert session on International Commercial Contract/Arbitration dedicated to a wide range of topics such as the application of international contract law standards, matters related to transparent, flexible, and efficient arbitral proceedings, third-party funding and access to justice. The Conference programme will be published soon.