2026 Biodiversity Law & Governance Day: Biodiversity Treaties in Post-Conflict Settings

II. Expert Roundtable: Implementing Biodiversity Treaties in Post-Conflict Settings – From Conflict to Dialogue How has Armenia implemented its obligations under CBD and other biodiversity treaties, in a post-conflict setting? How do biodiversity treaty obligations apply in the aftermath of a conflict and across contested or closed borders? How effective are compliance and dispute-settlement mechanisms under conservation treaties in such settings? Can shared biodiversity treaty obligations create channels for dialogue, cooperation and sustainable peace between states? Hosted by Yerevan State Univ (YSU) Chairs: Prof Yeghishe Kirakosyan (Professor of Law & Director LLM Intl Courts & Arbitration, YSU); Assoc Prof Olympia Geghamyan (Acting Head, Chair of Civil Procedure & Head, A. Iskoyan Center Enviro Law, Faculty of Law, YSU) Speakers/Discussants: Dr Gor Samvel (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action Post-Doc UiT-Arctic Univ Norway); Adv Kristine Khanazadyan (Founding Partner, Equity Law Partners); Adv Anna Karapetyan (Deputy Minister of Justice, Republic of Armenia); Dr Irina Ghaplanyan (Senior Climate Change Specialist, World Bank Group) Online Operator: Dr Tejas Rao (Research Director, CISDL / Postdoctoral Research Associate, Univ Cambridge) Online Moderator: Adv Siranush Poghosyan (Scholar, YSU) Online Rapporteur: Adv Marine Karapetyan (Scholar, YSU)