LL.M. Programme in Arbitration & Dispute Resolution

Speaker: Maja Groff, Executive Director, Climate Governance Commission
Moderator: Shahla Ali, Faculty of Law, HKU
Date: 11 June 2026
Time: 2:00pm – 5:00pm
Venue: Room 824, 8/F, Cheng Yu Tung Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
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About the Speaker:
Maja Groff, Esq., an international lawyer based in The Hague, is Executive Director of the Climate Governance Commission, which – working with leading think tanks and policy makers across regions – proposes high impact global governance innovations adequate to meet the climate and greater Earth system governance challenges. She serves as Non-Resident Fellow at the Stimson Center, and Co-Chair of the Coordinating Committee and Senior Treaty Advisor for the International Anti-Corruption Court (IACC) at Integrity Initiatives International Europe. She has previously worked on the development, implementation and administration on a wide range of binding multilateral treaties and at several pioneering international criminal tribunals. She was a Visiting Professor at Leiden University, Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs, Chair of the Planetary Governance Program, The New Institute, and a co-winner of a major international prize on global governance innovation (New Shape Prize). She is a co-author of the book, Global Governance and the Emergence of Global Institutions for the 21st Century (Cambridge University Press) as well as numerous other academic and policy publications. She has served on advisory boards for BCorp Europe, For Good Leaders and ebbf, organizations devoted to ethical business.

About the Talk:
Rumors of the demise of international law and the “rules based” international order are currently circulating with intensity. However, the history of international law is one of set-backs and breakthroughs, ruptures and regeneration. Furthermore, by a range of metrics international law is (still) at its peak. This talk will explore the organic evolution, current opportunities, pathways and future vistas for the international community to actively mature and engage with the international legal order and its progressive development — for the prosperity and stability of all.

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