
International Seminar on the Right to Strike under International Law
Public hearings open 6 October 2025 – what it means for labour law globally
Date: 16 October 2025
Time: 3:00 p.m. CET / 9:00 a.m. ET
Hosted by: The Jack and Mae Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security
Chair
Valerio De Stefano — Professor of Law, Canada Research Chair in Innovation, Law and Society, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University; General Editor, Comparative Labour Law & Policy Journal
Speakers
Steven Barrett — Partner, Goldblatt Partners
Janice Bellace — Professor Emerita of Legal Studies & Business Ethics, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; former member, ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR)
Paapa Danquah — Legal and Human and Trade Union Rights Director, ITUC
Tonia Novitz — Professor of Labour Law, University of Bristol Centre for Law at Work
Silvana Sciarra — President Emerita, Italian Constitutional Court; Professor Emerita, University of Florence