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► Full reference : series of symposiums organised by the Journal of Regulation & Compliance (JoRC) and its partner universities, focusing in 2026 on the general theme of Compliance and Contract.

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► This series of colloquia follows on from previous series, which have resulted in English publications on:

📘Compliance Obligation, 2026

📘Compliance Jurisdictionalisation, 2024

📘Compliance Monumental Goals, 2023

📘Compliance Tools, 2021

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► The Symposium Series in a nutshell : As a direct continuation of the previous symposium series co-organised by the Journal of Regulation & Compliance and its partner universities on "Compliance Obligation", which served as the basis for the publication of the book 📘Compliance Obligation,  The series, some elements of which began in 2024 and others are already present in this book, explored in depth the specific theme of the links between compliance law and contracts. Indeed, compliance law is often analysed as the construction of laws and regulations to achieve "📘 Monumental Goals " of a political nature desired by States and public authorities, to the achievement of which systemic economic operations contribute through 📘Compliance Tools that are now well documented. Contracts are still relatively little studied, or even developed, in compliance systems that are often perceived through the orders issued, the technologies put in place and the 📘sanctions to be avoided or endured. On the contrary, the future of compliance law, particularly in its European conception, which places human beings at the centre of concerns for the sustainability of systems and the use of contracts, is the new conception that we must adopt. Contracts then appear to be both the means by which the subject company fulfils its legal obligations, forges relationships with other actors and deploys the necessary innovations. Contract law is both used and renewed as a result. The series of symposiums will examine various aspects of this general issue. It will result in the publication of a 📘book Compliance and Contrat.

► Presentation of symposiums in development : 

• 29 May 2026🧮THE JUDGE CONFRONTED WITH CONTRACTS OF COMPLIANCE AND COMPLIANCE CLAUSES: read the presentation

• 12 June 2026🧮THE "CONTRACT OF COMPLIANCE" : read the presentation

• 25  Septembre 2026🧮COMPLIANCE: CLAUSE BY CLAUSE: read the presentation

• October 2026🧮COMPLIANCE AND COMMON CONTRACT LAW : read the presentation

• September 2026🧮COMPLIANCE, VALUE CHAINS AND CONTRACT: read the presentation

• 2 November 2026 🧮COMPLIANCE AND THE STRATEGIC CONTRACTUAL ORGANISATION OF CHAINS VALUE BY ENTERPRISES: read the presentation 

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► All of these symposiums, designed to complement each other, form the basis of a book, available in both French and English versions. : 

 📕 Compliance et Contrat, to be published in 📚Regulations & Compliance, copublished by theJournal of Regulation & Compliance (JoRC) and Lefebvre-Dalloz.

📘Compliance  and Contract,  to be published in 📚Compliance & Regulation , copublished by Journal of Regulation & Compliance (JoRC) and Bruylant.

► Full reference : Journal of Regulation & Compliance (JoRC) and Panthéon-Assas University (Paris II), Le "contrat de compliance (The "compliance contract"') Paris, 12 June  2026.

► The symposium is organised by the Journal of Regulation & Compliance (JoRC) and, within Panthéon-Assas University (Paris II), the Centre de recherche sur la Justice et le Réglement des conflits - CRJ (Centre for Research on Justice and conflict resolution) and the Centre de recherche en économie et droit CRED (Centre for Research in Economics and Law ).

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🏗️This symposium is part of the 2026 series of symposiums on "Compliance & Contracts" organised by the Journal of Regulation & Compliance (JoRC) and its partner universities."

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The symposium is under the scientific responsibility of 🕴️Bruno Deffains, 🕴️Marie-Anne Frison-Roche, 🕴️Etienne Maclouf and 🕴️Jean-Baptiste Racine.

This event will be held in French.

To register for in-person or remote attendance: ...

As the number of places is limited, you will be asked to confirm your attendance 48 hours in advance.

🧮 The event will take place in the auditorium, Rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs, 75006 Paris, on 12 June 2026, between 9.30 a.m. and 1.30 p.m.

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► Presentation of the topic : Companies have a legal obligation to put "compliance structures" in place, such as whistleblowing mechanisms, plans, information gathering systems and data security systems. Many adopt a management strategy that leads them to choose to outsource the implementation of this obligation, or even to outsource the compliance structure itself, which then most often takes the form of a platform, even though responsibility cannot be transferred. But the line between structure and behaviour, between responsibility for the decision and its implementation, becomes blurred.

The hypothesis examined here through the "Compliance Contract", which should not be confused with compliance clauses but which is linked to them, is the widespread use by companies of this type of contract, the existence and typology of which was identified in 2022. Corresponding to a very significant share of the "compliance market", perhaps a specific market, it could constitute a special contract, requiring at the very least a specific regime, either under Competition Law, Data Law, particularly Personal Data Law, etc.

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Speakers will include :  

🎤Bruno Deffains, Professor of Economics at the University of Paris Panthéon-Assas (Paris II)

🎤 Marie-Anne Frison-Roche, Professor of Regulatory Law and Compliance, Director of the Journal of Regulation & Compliance (JoRC)

🎤 Dominique de la Garanderie, former President of the Paris Bar Association, Barrister

🎤Etienne Maclouf, professor of management sciences at Panthéon-Assas University (Paris II), co-director of CIFFOP

🎤 Jean-Baptiste Racine, Professor of Law at Paris Panthéon-Assas University (Paris II)

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The proceedings of this symposium will form the basis of a specific chapter in the following publications:

📕Compliance and Contracts, forthcoming in the series 📚Regulations & Compliance, co-published by the Journal of Regulation & Compliance (JoRC) and Dalloz.

🔻 Read a preview of the Event below ⤵️

► Référence complète : Journal of Regulation & Compliance (JoRC) and Institut de Recherche Juridique de la Sorbonne (André Tunc - IRJS), Durabilité de l’Internet : le rôle des opérateurs du système des noms de domaine. Compliance et Régulation de l’espace numérique (Sustainability of the Internet: the role of the operators of the domain name system. Compliance and regulation of the digital space), Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne University, 21 February 2025

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► The symposium is organised by the Journal of Regulation & Compliance (JoRC) and the Institut de Recherche Juridique de la Sorbonne (André Tunc - IRJS) of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University.

The symposium is held under the scientif supervision of 🕴️Marie-Anne Frison-Roche and 🕴️Grégoire Loiseau.

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► Presentation ot the theme: The digital space has been built on and as a system. Its primary interest is of a negative nature: it consists of to be preserved against the prospect of systemic failure, of not collapsing. Like all other systems, this 'Monumental Goal' specific to the digital system justifies resources that incorporate this concern for the future. As with all systems, it integrates and relies on the specific technical nature of this system.

The digital space is largely based on the invention, technology and architecture of domain names. Domain names, as an addressing system, enable users to enter the digital space and find other Internet users. The uniqueness and solidity of the domain name system, entrusted to a single root and decentralisation, makes this community possible for those who use the digital space and ensures the technical durability required, without which the digital space would be compromised.

The architecture, operation, operators and what they do under the control of legislators, regulators, judges and legal subjects are therefore examined from a dual technical and legal perspective, in the light of the imperative of sustainability.

This allows to progress in 4 stages.

Firstly, to examine the permanence in time and space of the domain name system, insofar as it is the foundation of the Internet and the digital system. This technical construction gives rise to legal qualifications, not only for the present but also for the future, since the Web3 offers new technical solutions.

Secondly, this technical sustainability is an imperative that is built into the operators of the domain names themselves, which are inter-linked not only at national level but also at global level, this cross-linking being necessary for the security of the system. The State is present through public law techniques that enable surveillance, control and possible recovery.

Thirdly, it imposes constraints on the operators subject to them in order to serve this monumental goal of technical sustainability, and these constraints themselves generate as many powers as they need to usefully achieve this mission. This proportionality must be at the heart of the method and the requirements. The relationship between constraints and powers also stems from it.

Fourthly, this imperative of technical sustainability, which is global in nature, gives way to imperatives of societal sustainability, more localised in space and time, when domain name operators are called upon by the legitimate authors of binding standards, legislators in the first instance, to express concerns such as the protection of people involved in the digital space and whose rights are compromised or who are in danger.

This second type of sustainability, which is more localised and less inherent in the architecture of the Internet, is justified by the available power of the operators concerned and their adherence to social imperatives. The resulting constraints and powers are therefore not the same.

The 2 sustainabilities must then be articulated in a conception that is both teleological and pragmatic.

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🧮The event will take place at the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, 12 place du Panthéon 75005, in Room 6, on 21 February 2025.

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► Speakers:  

🎤Pierre Bonis, Chief Executive Officer of the Association française pour le nommage Internet en coopération (Afnic)

🎤Lucien Castex, Adviser of the Afnic Chief Executive Officer for Research internet and society and Internet governance

🎤Marie-Anne Frison-Roche, Full Professor of Regulatory and Compliance Law, Director of the Journal of Regulation & Compliance (JoRC)

🎤Claire Leveneur, Senior Lecturer at Paris-Est Créteil University

🎤Grégoire Loiseau, Full Professor at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University

🎤Samir Merabet, Full Professor at the University of West Indies

🎤Antoine Oumedjkane, Senior Lecturer at Lille University

🎤Frédéric Sardain, attorney at law, Jeantet law firm

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🔻Read a detailed presentation of the event below:

► Full Reference: Journal of Regulation & Compliance (JoRC) and Institut de Recherche Juridique de la Sorbonne (André Tunc - IRJS) of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, La Vigilance, pointe avancée de l'Obligation de Compliance (Vigilance, advanced point of the Compliance Obligation), Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, December 5, 2023, 12 place du Panthéon, salle 6.

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 🏗️ This symposium takes place in the cycle of symposiums organised by the Journal of Regulation & Compliance (JoRC) and its partner Universities, focusing in 2023 on the general theme of Compliance Obligation.

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► This symposium is organised by the Journal of Regulation & Compliance (JoRC) and Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, through its Institut de Recherche Juridique de la Sorbonne (André Tunc - IRJS). 

This symposium is held in French.

the symposium is under the scientific direction of 🕴️Marie-Anne Frison-Roche, 🕴️Mustapha Mekki , and 🕴️Jean-Christophe Roda.

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To register for a physical presence: anouk.leguillou@mafr.fr (as places are limited, you will be asked to confirm 48 hours in advance).
To register for an online presence, via Zoom: Click HERE 

🧮 The event will take place at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, 12 place du Panthéon 75005, in Salle 6, on 5 December 2023.

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► Présentation of the theme : The Vigilance Obligation is difficult to define because of the multiplicity of texts and cases in which it can be understood. This is particularly true of the Vigilance mechanism, which illustrates, and even emphasises, the Vigilance Obligation. Through international texts, French law and European texts that have been adopted or are in the process of being adopted, the constraints of vigilance, but also the structures and actions that companies have put in place and the actions that stakeholders have taken, Vigilance has highlighted aspects of the Compliance Obligation, and even modified it. 

The revelatory effect thus produced and the movement thus unleashed, whose roots run deep and whose systemic effects are very significant, justify a greater focus on mechanisms that are interconnected, whereas they are sometimes perceived in silos, which makes it difficult to understand the whole picture. In the same way, because Vigilance is the advanced point of the Compliance Obligation, we can better distinguish and articulate what is sector-specific, in particular in banking and finance or in digital matters, and articulate them with what Vigilance has, like Compliance, of a more general nature. What's more, the intensity of Vigilance varies according to its ambitions and the position of the company subject to it, which is reflected in the variations in legal qualification, ranging from a duty to a criminally sanctioned obligation. 

The different legal systems reflect these developments in their legislation, case law and the practice of companies and stakeholders in specific ways, because these different techniques express standards of behaviour and accountability, which are directly reflected in evidential requirements, concepts of responsibility and institutional translations through possible regulatory bodies.

As a result, the symposium is divided into three parts. After a general introduction on the systemic relationships between Vigilance and Compliance, the first part will focus on the variation in Vigilance Intensities, the advanced point of Compliance, the second part will look at the Tensions that Vigilance generates or exacerbates, and the third part will look at the Modalities that Vigilance uses in Compliance systems.

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The proceedings of this colloquium will form the basis of one chapter in the books: 

📕L'obligation de Compliance, in the collection 📚Régulations & Compliance, copublished by the Journal of Regulation & Compliance (JoRC) and Dalloz.

📘Compliance Obligation, in the collection 📚Compliance & Regulation, copublished by the Journal of Regulation & Compliance (JoRC) and Bruylant.

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Speakers:  

🎤Laurence Dubin, Professor at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University

🎤Marie-Anne Frison-Roche, Professor of Regulatory & Compliance Law, director of the Journal of Regulation & Compliance (JoRC)

🎤Bernard Haftel, Professor at Paris-Nord University

🎤Marie Lamoureux, Professor at Aix-Marseille University

🎤Grégoire Loiseau, Professor at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University

🎤Véronique Magnier, Professor at Paris-Saclay University

🎤Gilles J. Martin, Emeritus Professor at Côte d'Azur University, member of the Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Économie, Gestion (GREDEG) of the CNRS

🎤Mustapha Mekki, Professor at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University

🎤Jean-Christophe Roda, Professor at Jean Moulin Lyon 3 University

🎤Anne-Claire Rouaud, Professor at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University

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🔻 read a detailed presentation of the manifestation below 🔻

► Full Reference: Journal of Regulation & Compliance (JoRC) and Conseil national des Barreaux (CNB), Compliance, vigilance et médiation (Compliance, Vigilance and Mediation), November 30, 2023, Amphithéâtre du Conseil national des barreaux.

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► The symposium is organised by the Journal of Regulation & Compliance (JoRC) and the Conseil national des barreaux (CNB). 

This symposium is held in French.

The symposium is placed under the scientific direction of 🕴️Matthieu Boissavy, 🕴️Hirbod Dehghani-Azar and 🕴️Marie-Anne Frison-Roche.

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► Presentation of the theme: To increase respect for human rights and the environment in the context of corporate social responsibility and compliance, public authorities and companies have for several years been implementing instruments and processes for dialogue between companies on the one hand and stakeholders inside and outside the company on the other. Among these, mediation is regularly highlighted as a necessary and fruitful process for reaching agreements that benefit employees and civil society players, as well as the environment and society as a whole.

John Ruggie, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, in his report of 21 March 2011, Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, recommends mediation as an effective and appropriate non-judicial grievance mechanism. The ISO 26000 standard on social responsibility also explicitly refers to the use of mediation in the section Actions and related expectations (6.3.2.6) and say that an organisation should establish or ensure the availability of redress mechanisms for its own use and for that of its stakeholders. For these mechanisms to be effective, they should be [...] based on dialogue and mediation: the process should aim to remedy breaches through mutually agreed solutions reached through dialogue between the parties. Where a judgment is desirable, the parties should retain the right to reach it through separate, independent mechanisms.

Similarly, the French law No. 2017-399 of 21 March 2017 relative au devoir de vigilance des sociétés mères et des entreprises donneuses d’ordre (on the duty of vigilance of parent companies and ordering companies) has given rise to disputes relating to the design and application of vigilance plans by certain companies subject to this law. Mediation has been proposed by the courts, sometimes accepted, and we know that some have been successful.

At the same time, the draft European Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CS3D) is likely to impose or extend obligations relating to the duty of vigilance on a large number of companies in the European Union, for the respect of human rights and the environment by companies in global value chains.

The result of all this is that respect for human rights within organisations and companies depends on recourse to the courts, on cooperation processes such as mediation, both project mediation and mediation specific to the resolution of disputes, while recourse to the courts will not suffice to rapidly make respect for these obligations effective.

The legislator and the parties concerned are aware of this, and they refer to the use of mediation as necessary to help both civil society actors committed to respect for human rights and the environment and companies to reach agreements on compliance with these obligations.

Lawyers, mediators and people assisting stakeholders and companies have an important role to play in the success of these mediations.

In collaboration with the Journal of Regulation and Compliance (JoRC), the Conseil national des barreaux (CNB) is organising a half-day conference on "Compliance, vigilance et médiation" ("Compliance, Vigilance and Mediation") to train lawyers to this activity, which will develop either as an extension of another activity or as its own activity, and which has major implications for individual rights, society and the environment.

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► Construction of the symposium:  After a general introduction to the triptych of Compliance, Vigilance and Mediation and the links that it implies, the first part of the event will focus on the contribution of Mediation to the effectiveness of Compliance and, more particularly, to its most advanced aspect, the duty of vigilance. After a debate on this topic, the second part of the event will focus on the conduct of project mediation or dispute resolution in such a context. A conclusion will enable us to draw immediate lessons from the information and exchanges that have taken place.

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Speakers:  

🎤Matthieu Boissavy, attorney at the Paris Bar, vice-president of the Commission Liberté et droits de l'homme of the CNB

🎤Matthieu Brochier, attorney at the Paris Bar

🎤Stéphanie Brunengo, attorney at the Aix-en-Provence Bat, mediator

🎤Malik Chapuis, judge in the 3rd chamber of the Tribunal judiciaire de Paris (Paris First Instance Civil Court)

🎤Bruno Deffains, professor at Paris Panthéon-Assas University

🎤Hirbod Dehghani-Azar, attorney at the Paris Bar, president of the Commission Modes alternatifs de règlements des Règlements (MARD) of the CNB

🎤Marie-Anne Frison-Roche, professor of Regulatory Law and Compliance Law, director of the Journal of Regulation & Compliance (JoRC)

🎤Jérôme Gavaudan, president of the CNB

🎤Thibault Goujon-Bethan, professor at Jean Moulin Lyon 3 University

🎤Céline Haye Kioussis, legal director if the BPCE Group

🎤Stéphane de Navacelle, attorney at the Paris Bar

🎤Lori Roussey, Data Protection Officer, founder and Director of Data Rights

🎤Stephanie Smatt Pinelli, litigation legal director, Orano Group

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🔻 Read a detailed presentation of the event below: