IUCNAELColloquium2016–TentativeProgramme
WEDNESDAY,June22
09:00–10:00
OpeningCeremonyChair:ChristinaVoigt,Professor,UniversityofOslo,PluriCourtsVidarHelgesen,MinisterofClimateandEnvironment,NorwayDagMichalsen,Dean,FacultyofLaw,UniversityofOsloYvesLeBouthillier,IUCNAELSecretariat,UniversityofOttawaAage-ThorFalkanger,TheParliamentaryOmbudsmann,NorwayNiluferOral,ChairIUCNAELVideoIntroductiontotheIUCNAcademyofEnvironmentalLaw
Aula,DomusMedia(DM)
10:00–11:00
PlenarysessionChair:KohKhengLian,NationalUniversityofSingaporeMaheshChandraMehta,MCMehtaEnvironmentalFoundation,TitleTBCNicholasA.Robinson,PaceUniversitySchoolofLaw,TitleTBCJusticeBrianJ.Preston,LandandEnvironmentCourtofNewSouthWales,“TheJudicialDevelopmentofEcologicallySustainableDevelopment”
Aula,DM
11:00–11:30
Break
Frokostkjelleren
11:30–13:00
BreakoutSession1
EnvironmentalProtectionandHumanRightsApproachesChair:TBCTomKernsandAnnaGrear“AnInternationalTribunalontheHumanRightsImpactsofFracking:ItsStructure,Groundings
Auditorium4,DA
andPurposes”SumuduAtapattu“AdjudicatingClimateChange:Howusefulisthehumanrightsframework?”Marie-CatherinePetersman“TheintegrationofenvironmentalprotectioninthehumanrightsadjudicationoftheCJEU:aconflictbasedapproach”EvadneGrant“ResolvingenvironmentaldisputesinHumanRightsCourts:ProblemsandProspects”JingZhang“RighttoHealthandNatureConservation–AStudyonSelectiveCases”ClimateChangeandCourts1Chair:TBCKurtWinter“TheParisAgreement:newlegalavenuestosupportatransboundaryharmclaimonthebasisofclimatechange”AntonioLaViña,CecilleThereseGuiao,RaillaVeronicaPuno,JoyceMelcarTan“InternationalandDomesticLawonClimateChange:ComplianceIssuesfromaDevelopingCountryPerspective”LisaBenjamin,RueannaHaynes,BryceRudyk“InternationalFacilitationandnationalimplementation:DevelopingcountriesandanovelimplementationandcompliancemechanismundertheParisAgreement”Bjørn-OliverMagsig“Solidarityasthemainspringofstateresponsibilityforclimatechange:towardsanAdvisoryOpinionfromtheInternationalCourtofJustice”AntonioOposa“ClimateJusticeforFutureGenerations”
Auditorium5,DA
EnvironmentalAdjudicationinInternationalCourtsChair:TBCRubyMoynihan“Therelevanceofinternationalcourtsandtribunalstocross-fertilizationandenvironmentalprotectionininternationallawontransboundarywatercooperation”JamesC.Fisher“Goodnewsbutbadlaw:acriticalanalysisofWhalingintheAntarctic”JorgeCabreraMedaglia“SustainableDevelopmentPrinciplesandImplicationsfortheinternationalsustainabledevelopmentlawintheInternationalCourtofJusticedecisioninCostaRicav.Nicaraguacases”RosaManzo“BuildingtheEnvironmentalRuleofLaw:EquityasaConstitutionalEnvironmentalPrinciple”AndrewLowenstein“TheAdjudicationofClaimsConcerningEnvironmentalImpactAssessmentBeforeInternationalCourtsandTribunals”
TheologiskEksamenssal,DA
TheEnvironmentinDomesticCourtsChair:TBCHollyC.Jonas“TheRisingGreenTide:ChartingthedevelopmentofanenvironmentalcourtinSabah,MalaysianBorneo”
Auditorium6,DA
DomenikcoAmirante,“EnvironmentalJudgesincomparativeperspective:LessonstolearnfromtheNationalGreenTribunalofIndia”AnaMariaNusdeo,CarlosAlbertoSalles,“Environmentandlitigation:ProspectsandlimitsfromtheBrazilianexperience”GodwinDzah,“EnvironmentalRuleofLaw,EnvironmentalJusticeandtheCourtsinGhana”MarciaFajardoCavalcantideAlbuquerque,“ThechallengeofensuringfoodsafetyinBrazil:Thefightagainstpesticidesincourt”EnvironmentalRuleofLawChair:TBCNikoSoininen,“RuleofLawandJudicialObligationtoGiveReasonsinEnvironmentalDisputes”ZenMakuch,“EnvironmentalConstitutionalism,RightsandtheEnvironmentalRuleofLaw”RafaelGonzalesBallar,TitleTBCKlausBosselmann,“TheEnvironmentInCourt:Ecologicalsustainabilityasanadjudicatorynorm”
Auditorium14,DB
TheCourts’RoleinSustainableDevelopmentChair:TBCRobertKibugi,“EnvironmentalJurisprudenceinKenya:Reviewinghowspecialcourtsapplylawandtheconstitutiontoprotectnormsofsustainabledevelopment”KazukiHagiwara,“Goodfaithandsustainabledevelopmentininternationallaw”SunilAsopa,NeelamKadyan,“Environmentversusdevelopment”LaurelBesco,“GreenEconomyLiteracyforJudges”JohnA.Boyd,“NaturalandanthropogenicdisastersinCourt:protectionandrecoveryoftheenvironment,includingtheatmosphereandclimatechange”
Stallen,Professorboligen
CourtsandEnvironmentalActivismChair:TBCMahitoShindo,“Environmentalombudsman:itsroleinthesystemofreviewontheappropriatenessofadministrativeenvironmentaldecision-making”AnCliquet,“Activisminthecourtroom:judgestellinggovernmentstoactnow!”JennyHall,“TheimpactofSouthAfricancourtsonenvironmentaldecision-making”OleW.Pedersen,“HowdoestheEnvironmentFarebeforetheUKCourts?”
Loft,Professorboligen
13:00– Lunch Frokostkjelleren
14:0014:00–15:30
BreakoutSession2
TheRelationshipbetweenIndigenousRightsandtheEnvironmentChair:TBCKonstantiaKoutouki,“Enteringtheeraofcourt-mandatedconsentfordevelopmentinindigenouslandsandwhythisisgreatnewsforinternationalindigenousandenvironmentallaw”RachelPepper,LaurenButterly,“AreCourtsColourBlindtoCountry?IndigenousRights,EnvironmentalLaw,andtheAustralianJudicialSystem”MiguelE.deAraujo,RenataMeda,“TheconflictbetweentheimplementationofenvironmentalprotectedareasandmaintenanceoftraditionalpopulationsfromtheperspectiveofBraziliancourts”NataliaStoianoff,“Resolvingdisputesovercustodianshipoftraditionalecologicalknowledge”KylieLingard,MarciaLeuzinger,“Thecontributionofcourtstotherecognitionofindigenousandlocalpeople’srightsinnaturalenvironments:lessonsfromBrazilandAustralia”CarlaSbert,“AmparosbyIndigenousCommunitiesagainstMiningConcessionsinMexico:ImplicationsforaTransitiontoEcologicalLaw”
Auditorium4,DA
ClimateChangeandCourts2Chair:TBCRandallS.Abate,TitleTBCJaquelineHand,“AttackingClimateChangeThroughStrategicPublicTrustLitigation”RosemaryLyster,“Climatescience,economicrationalismandtheCourts”SusanaBorràsPentinat,“Seekingjusticeintimesofclimatechangecrisis?CivilSocietyatthecrossroads”DarrenPrum,KathrynKisska-Schulze,“Theenvironmentallyconsciousskies:didtheEuropeanUnion’sgameofbrinkmanshipleadtoaviableglobalplanforemissionstradinginaviation?”
Auditorium5,DA
ExperiencesfromEnvironmentalCourtsChair:TBCDeniseAntolino,“TheNewHawaiiEnvironmentalCourt:BuildingtheEnforcementToolkitforFisheriesandCoralReefViolations”AndersBengtsson“SwedishEnvironmentalCourts–specializedcivilandadministrativecourts”BalrajSidhu,“Questfor“GreeningJustice”:ACaseofNationalGreenTribunalinIndia(NGT)”
TheologiskEksamenssal,DA
LaurenceJohnNewhook,“EffectivenessandlegitimacyofdisputeresolutionintheNewZealandEnvironmentCourt,proposalsforpolicychange,scopeforimprovement,andpotentialobstacles”RobertPercival,“TheTopJudicialDecisionsintheHistoryofGlobalEnvironmentalLaw”EnvironmentalPrinciplesChair:TBCSolangeTelesdaSilva,FernandaSalgueiroBorges,MauricioDuarte,“Marineprotectedareasandtheeffectivenessoftheprecautionaryprinciple:thecontributionofBrazilianCourts”DavidVanderZwaag,“ThePrecautionaryApproachinCanadianCourtsandTribunals:ProgressionsandDepressions”KleonikiPouikli,“Towardsanextendedversionofthe"PolluterPaysPrinciple"inthelightoftheCJEUCaseLawregardingEnvironmentalLiability”
Auditorium6,DA
RecentDevelopmentsinEnvironmentalLitigationChair:TBCBahramAmanollahiI,“EnvironmentalprotectioninIraniancourts”JoseLeite,MarinaVenacio,“EnvironmentalprotectioninBrazil'ssuperiorcourtofjustice:highlightsofthenationaljurisprudence”YinanTu,“Chineseairpollutioncasesandpublicsupportforenvironmentalcourts”XhezairZaganjori,“Theroleofthecourtsinnationalandinternationalenvironmentallaw”CatherineMcGrath,“InternationalApplicationofMarketShareLiability”
Auditorium14,DB
AccesstoJusticeAroundtheWorldChair:TBCLeePaddock,“CitizenPathwaysintoCourtstoAddressSustainabilityChallenges:WhatwecanlearnfromtheUnitedStatesExperience”NoraHoTuNam,“Invitingcivilsocietytothetable:thecaseoftheAfricanCommission”WillemienduPlessis,“Legalprivilege,freedomofexpressionandthepublicinterestintheprotectionoftheenvironment:alegalconundruminSouthAfrica?”EloamakaOkonkwo,“AssessingtheRoleoftheCourtsinEnhancingAccesstoEnvironmentalJusticeinNigeria”KohKheng-Lian,“TheEnvironmentinCourtandQuestionsofLegitimacy-PromotionofUNPost-2015,SDG16:'Promotepeacefulandinclusivesocietiesforsustainabledevelopment,provideaccesstojusticeforallandbuildeffectiveaccountableandinclusiveinstitutionsatalllevels.'TheRoleofASEAN”
Stallen,Professorboligen
BroaderHumanInterestintheEnvironmentChair:TBCJamesMay,“EnvironmentalDignityRightsinConstitutionalTribunals”DinaTownsend,“Thehuman/environmentrelationshipanditsimpactonthelegalreasoningofcourts”SaskiaVermeylen,“EcologyandLawintheAnthropocene:ExamininghowthewholenessoftheEarthisbeingprotectedinnationalandregionalcourts”TrevorDaya-Winterbottom,”ThelegitimateroleofrightsbasedapproachestoEnvironmentalConflictResolution:atrans-nationalNewZealandperspective”
Loft,Professorboligen
15:30–16:00
Break Frokostkjelleren
16:00–17:30
BreakoutSession3
FireChair:TBCMichaelH.Dworkin,“SuccessatScale:JudicialandAdministrativeReviewsofThreeKeyDecisions”IdowuAdegbite,“DecadesoflitigatinggasflaringinNigeria”NadiaAstriani,“EnvironmentallitigationinIndonesia:Forestfirecase”CynthiaXinhongWang,“SuingtheincineratorsinChinesecourt”
Auditorium4,DA
IssuesofLegitimacyChair:TBCMartinOlszynski,“Doctrinalimpedimentstoanenvironmentalruleoflaw:twocasestudiesfromCanada”SvitlanaRomanko,“ThemainfeaturesandperspectivesofjudicialprotectionofenvironmentalrightsinUkraineaccordingtoPrinciple10ofRioDeclarationonenvironmentanddevelopment”BrianPreston,AmandaKennedy,PaulMartin,“Bridgingthegapbetweenaspirationandoutcomes:Theroleofthecourtinensuringecologicallysustainabledevelopment”AlicjaSikora,“PrincipleofhighenvironmentalprotectionasayardstickforjudicialreviewofEUmeasuresbeforeEUCourts”DelphineMisonne,“TheCourtofJusticeofthe EuropeanUnionanditsContributiontoPromoteaHighlevelofEnvironmentalProtection”
Auditorium5,DA
LegalToolsinDomesticEnvironmentalCourtsChair:TBCNicolaPain,RachelPepper,“Restorativejusticeforenvironmentalcrime”YantiFristikawati,“AlternativeDisputeResolutionofEnvironmentalcasesinIndonesia”JustineBendel,“Preventiveprotectionoftheenvironmentthroughprovisionalmeasuresprocedures:aninstanceforjudicialcreativity”PierreCloutierdeRepentigny,“CurialDeferenceinCanadianEnvironmentalLaw–InSearchofaNewApproach”DanielBosworth,“TheStandardsGoverningtheAdmissionofExpertWitnessTestimonyandtheRolethatExpertWitnessesPlayinEnvironmentalCasesGlobally”
TheologiskEksamenssal,DA
StudiesofAccesstoJusticeinEUMemberStatesChair:TBCWolfgangKoeck,“AccesstoJusticeinEnvironmentalMattersinGermany.ThejudgmentoftheFederalAdministrativeCourtfrom5September2013:amilestoneforthedevelopmentofenvironmentallegalprotection”EmilieChevalier,“Environmentalprotectionstoppedatthecourt’sdoor?TheexampleofFrenchadministrativecase-law”ZanetaMikosa,“AccesstojusticeinenvironmentalmattersthroughActiopopularisinLatvia”AlexandrePeñalverICabré,“EconomicbarrierstoaccesstojusticeinenvironmentalmattersinSpaininlightofAarhusConventionandEULaw”KatjaRath,“EUsecondarylegislationandinternationalagreements–thewithdrawaloftheECJfrominternationalenvironmentallaw”
Auditorium6,DA
WildernessandSpeciesProtectionChair:TBCJonathanLiljeblad,“JurisdictionalIssuesinMyanmarCourtProsecutionofWildlifeCrimesundertheConventiononInternationalTradeofEndangeredSpecies(CITES)”SophieRiley,“WildlifeinCourt:LessonsfromAustraliaonLegalandEthicalGapsinControllingProblemWildlife”MelanieMurcott,“SettingasideSouthAfrica'srhinohorntrademoratorium:consequenceoftheproceduralisationofenvironmentalrightscases?”AshleighDore,Tracy-LynnHumby,“Uppingtheante:theuseofprivateprosecutiontotargetwildlifeoffencesinSouthAfrica”
Auditorium14,DB
QuestionsofStandingandCollectiveLitigationChair:TBCEveraldoLamprea,AngelaMariaPaez,CatalinaVallejo,“CollectiveenvironmentallitigationinColombia:Anempiricalstudy”RasyikahKhalid,FaridahJalil,RohimiShapiee,MazlinMokhtar,“ShouldtreeshavestandinginMalaysia?Afederalismperspective”BarbaraPozzo,“Liabilityforenvironmentalharmandlegalstandingissues:acomparativelawperspective”AndriWibisana,ThomasDewaranu,“EnvironmentalDamageandLiabilityinIndonesia:NewRulesunderConventionalCourts”NgoziFinetteStewart,“IsNature'sLocusStandiatTheMercyofUtilitarianism?ReasoninganEthicalRestructuringofEnvironmentalAdjudication”
Stallen,Professorboligen
CorporateEnvironmentalAccountabilityChair:TBCVirginieRouas,“Holdingmultinationalenterprisestoaccountforenvironmentaldamageabroad:comparativeanalysisofdomesticlitigationinEurope”Wei-ChungLin,“InsightsfromtheComplianceAdvisorOmbudsman(CAO)”BingyuLiu,“Multinationals’EnvironmentalAccountabilityandtheRuleofLaw:AdjudicatingtheFuturethroughInternationalLaw”ArieAfriansyah,“LegalEnforcementandEnvironmentalProtectioninthecaseofTransboundaryHazePollution:Indonesia'sEffortsandASEANLegalMechanism”
Loft,Professorboligen
17:30–18:00
Break Frokostkjelleren
18:00–19:00
DistinguishedSpeakerandGuestofHonour:JørgenRanders,Professor,NorwegianBusinessSchoolJørgenRandersisProfessorofClimateStrategyattheBINorwegianBusinessSchool.Heco-authored“TheLimitstoGrowth”andhasbeenworkingonissuesofclimatechangeformorethan40years.
GamleFestsal
20:00
Reception
OsloCityHall
THURSDAY,June23
09:00–11:00
PlenarysessionChair:LaurenceJohnNewhook,EnvironmentCourtofNewZealandMelissaK.Scanlan,VermontLawSchool,“TheRoleoftheCourtsinGuardingAgainstPrivatizationofImportantPublicEnvironmentalResources”DavidHodas,WidenerUniversity,“U.S.ClimateChangeAdjudication:Theepicjourneyfromapetitionforrulemakingtonationalgreenhousegasregulation”JaneDwasi,NationalEnvironmentTribunal,Kenya,“Environmentalgovernanceforthecommongoodthroughdisputeresolution:TheexampleofNet,Kenya”LisaChamberlain,TheUniversityofWitwatersrand,TitleTBCMeridethWright,EnvironmentalLawInstitute,“TowardsaCompendiumofRemediesforJudgestoOrderinEnvironmentalCases”ChristinaPak,LegalCounselofAsianDevelopmentBank,TitleTBC
GamleFestsal
11:00–11:30
Break Frokostkjelleren
11:30–13:00
BreakoutSession4
TheRoleofInternationalInvestmentArbitrationinEnvironmentalProtectionChair:TBCMalcolmLangford,DanielBehn,OleKristianFauchald,“Thegreeningofinvestmenttreatyarbitration:theroleofarbitrators”LauraLetourneau-Tremblay,“Theinclusionofenvironmentalprotectionininternationalinvestmentagreements”ChrysaAlexandraki,“Thepotentialcontributionofinternationalinvestmentarbitrationincombatingclimatechange”MaksimUsynin,“ThefallofIcarus:HowStatesattractrenewableenergyinvestmentclaims”
Auditorium4,DA
ClimateChangeandCourts3Chair:TBCMelissaPowers,“StandingandClimateChange:RecoveringLostGroundintheFighttoObtainAccesstotheCourt”DiogoAndreolaSerraglio,HelineSiviniFerreira,RullyanMendes,“ActivityoftheBrazilianjudiciaryintheAmazonand
Auditorium5,DA
CerradoBiomesaimedatcombatingtheeffectsofglobalwarning”OttoSpijkers,“TheUrgendacase,asuccessfulexampleofpublicinterestlitigationfortheprotectionoftheenvironment?”SharonMascher,“CanadianCourtsandClimateChange:RisingtotheChallenge”SpecialistEnvironmentalCourtsChair:TBCCeriWarnock,“ReconceptualisingSpecialistEnvironmentCourtsandTribunals”DavidGrinlinton,“IntegratingSustainabilityintotheJudicialProcess:TheRoleofSpecialistEnvironmentCourts”TracyHester,“DoesenvironmentallawdevelopdifferentlyinspecializedtribunalssuchasIndia's”HelleTegnerAnker,“Prosandconsofadministrativeenvironmentaltribunals–Danishexperiences”NawneetVibhaw,“Fromgreenbenchtogreentribunal:TheplightofenvironmentalcourtsinIndia”
TheologiskEksamenssal,DA
Non-EnvironmentalAvenuestoEnvironmentalOutcomesChair:TBCMuromboTumai,MunyukiIsaac,“TheeffectivenessofpleaandsentenceagreementsinenvironmentalenforcementinSouthAfrica”PhilippaEngland,“HowdoAustraliancourtsdealwithplanningappealsinvolvingdevelopmentonfloodproneland?”AnélduPlessis,“Courts,municipalauthorityandthepursuitofsustainablecities:ReflectionsfromSouthAfrica”JasonJ.Czarnezki,“GreenPublicProcurement:PromotingEnvironmentalInterestsintheUSAandEU”
Auditorium6,DA
CitizenInvolvementandPublicInterestChair:TBCYuhongZhao,“EnvironmentaladjudicationinChina-developmentinenvironmentalcourtsandpublicinterestlitigation”KarsdeGraaf,AlbertMarseille,“EvaluatingtheeffectivenessofenvironmentallitigationbyNGOsintheNetherlands.Normativeobservationsandempiricaldataonjudicialreview”YanmeiLin,“AnAnalysisofChina’sCivilEnvironmentalPublicInterestLitigation”JoleneLin,“UrgendavtheNetherlands-thePotentialandLimitationsofClimateLitigation”
Auditorium14,DB
CulturalandEnvironmentalHeritageChair:TBCStefanGruber,“Theroleofcourts,standingandpublicparticipationinculturalheritageprotectioninAsia”LucasLixinski,“EnforcingandImplementingInternationalHeritageLaw:JudicialPerceptionsoftheEnvironmentalandCulturalGoalsofHeritageinTensionwithCommunityAspirations”
Stallen,Professorboligen
EvanHamman,“Atoothlesstiger?Issuesofnon-compliancewiththeWorldHeritageConvention:Theinfluenceofnon-stateactorsandthethreatoftheListofWorldHeritageinDanger”MariaPapaionnou,“CulturalEnvironmentalbeforeregionalhumanrightscourts”ConstitutionalTheoryandtheEnvironmentChair:TBCLouisJ.Kotze,“SouthAfrica'senvironmentalincourt:a20yearretrospective”JamesMay,“TheEnvironmentinCourtEnvironmentalprotectioninnationalandinternationalcourts,tribunals,andcompliancemechanisms:ConstitutionalizedsustainabilityinCourts”PaulaGalbiattiSilvera,“Dialoguebetweencourts:Thetransconstitutionalismtheoryontheprotectionoftheenvironment”JordiJariaIManzano,“Pluralconstitutionalismandenvironmentaljustice-theroleofthecourts”
Loft,Professorboligen
13:00–14:00
Lunch Frokostkjelleren
14:00–15:30
BreakoutSession5
HumanRightsandtheEnvironmentintheAfricanContextChair:TBCOliverWindridge,“Survivalinthe21stcentury:theprotectionofpeoples,theirlandandenvironmentattheAfricanCommissionandAfricanCourtonHumanandPeoples'Rights”WernerScholtz,“TheAUCommissiononHumanandPeople’sRights(ACHPR)andenvironmentalrights:Transjudicialenvironmentalcommunicationtowardssustainabledevelopment?”MoustaphaFall,“TheEnvironmentalright’sprotectionbeforetheAfricanCourtsofjustice:ECOWASCourtofJustice,EastAfricanCourtofJustice”TaiwoOdumosu,“TrendsinNigeriaandattitudesofcourtstocasesonenvironment”
Auditorium4,DA
TradeandEnvironmentChair:TBCChristianeDerani,ArthurDalmarco,“SilentimplicationsofUS-TunaII:howashiftintherelationshipbetweeninternationaltradeandenvironmentallawmightaffecttheperceptionandbehaviorofmarketagents”AndriWibisana,WindyPratitya,“TraffickingofEndangeredSpeciesinIndonesia:SomeNotesonIndonesia’sLegal
Auditorium5,DA
ResponsestotheIncreasedIllegalTradeofEndangeredSpecies”FangMeng,“GreeningtheInterpretationofSubsidyRulesundertheWTO”AnInternationalEnvironmentalCourt?Chair:TBCMarioGervasi,“Isthereaneedforaninternationalenvironmentalcourt?Theimpactofinternationalenvironmentallawonenvironmentaljudicialization”AmadoTolentino,“InternationalEnvironmentalAdjudication:StrengthenExistingInstitutions/ProcessesorCreateaWorldCourtforEnvironmentalProtection?”MatthewGillett,“TheEnvironmentasavictimbeforetheinternationalcriminalcourt”TaraSmith,“InternationalCriminalProsecutionsforEnvironmentaldamagecausedduringarmedconflicts”
TheologiskEksamenssal,DA
TheEnvironmentandtheLawoftheSeaChair:TBCRenanCaseirodeAlmeide,ValescaRaizerBorgesMoschen,“CivilResponsibilityandrepairsofdamagescausedbypollutionoftheseawithoil-perspectiveofcourtsinBrazilandITLOS”XiaoyiJiang,“MarineEnvironmentandAdjudicationoftheInternationalTribunalfortheLawoftheSea(ITLOS)”LauraLallier,“Backtothefuture.SeabedDisputeChamber'sadvisoryopinion:whatcontributionstoseabedmininglegislationfiveyearslater?”
Auditorium6,DA
ImplementationoftheAarhusConventioninEULawChair:TBCNicolasdeSadeleer,“Environmentalprotectioninnationalandinternationalcourts,tribunalsandcompliancemechanisms”HendrikSchoukens,“EnvironmentaldemocracybeforetheEUcourtsaftertherulingsof13January2015:betweenpathologicalstubbornnessandirrationaloptimism?”MariolinaEliantonio,“TheenvironmentbeforetheEUcourts:aTaleofUneasyBedfellows”
Auditorium14,DB
WaterRegulationChair:TBCRebeccaBates,“WaterServicesandtheWTO:Anexplorationoffuturedisputes”TiinaPaloniitty,“TheWeserCaseoftheEuropeanCourtofJustice-TheRoleofFormalisminmeetingtheSustainabilityGoals”
Stallen,Professorboligen
NicholasSchroeck,“MultijurisdictionalresponsetoLakeErieAlgae:International,Federal,StateandProvinciallegalstrategiesforcombatingnutrientpollutionintheGreatLakes”JaniceGray,TitleTBCNon-ComplianceChair:TBCJenniferDubrulle,“Notapapertiger,butawilylynx:theevolvingpotentialofthe(non-)compliancemechanismsoftheBernConventiononEuropeanWildlifeConservation”AnnaHuggins,“ATeleologicalNexus:GlobalAdministrativeLawandtheRuleofLawintheMontrealProtocol’sComplianceSystem”ZerrinSavasan,“Compliancemechanismsundermultilateralenvironmentalagreements:caseofMontrealprotocol”
Loft,Professorboligen
15:30–15:45
Break Frokostkjelleren
15:45–17:00
Collegium
Auditorium4
16.00-18.30
GlobalJudicialInstitutefortheEnvironmentInvitedparticipantsonlyContactPerson:AntonioHermanBenjamin
JuridiskEksamenssal
17:00–18:30
GraduateStudentForum
Auditorium6
19:00
ColloquiumDinner
LofotenFiskerestaurant
FRIDAY,June2409:00–11:00
PlenarysessionChair:NicholasA.Robinson,PaceUniversitySchoolofLawBeateSjåfjell,UniversityofOslo,TitleTBCJacquelinePeel,MelbourneLawSchool,andHariOsofsky,UniversityofMinnesotaLawSchool,“ClimateChangeLitigationasaMitigationTool:AComparativeAssessmentofImpactandEffectivenessintheUnitedStates,Australia,andEurope”FarhanaYamin,UniversityCollegeLondon,TitleTBC
GamleFestsal
AlejandroIza,HeadoftheEnvironmentalLawProgramme,TitleTBCChristinaVoigt,UniversityofOslo,PluriCourts,“TheParisAgreementanddomesticcourts”
11:00–11:30
Break Frokostkjelleren
11:30–13:00
BreakoutSessions6
GreenJudgesandJudicialActivismChair:TBCLyndaCollins,“TheroleofCanadiancourtsinenvironmentalprotection:towardsanewvisionofsustainablestewardship”JoséJuanGonzálezMarquez,“ContributionofjudiciarytodevelopmentandimplementationofenvironmentallawinMexico”TusharTKantiSaha,“JudicialCreativityprotectingtheEnvironmentthroughPublicInterestLitigation(PIL)inIndianJurisprudence”StellinaJolly,“ProceduralandsubstantiveinnovationspropoundedbyIndianjudiciaryinprotectingenvironment:Alegalanalysis”
Auditorium5,DA
TransnationalEnvironmentalCrimesChair:TBCMariaAugustaLeonMoreta,“TheChallengeofBringingtoJusticeTransnationalCorporationsforEnvironmentaldamages:CaseofStudyTexacoOilCompanyandChevronvsLagoAgrio”YettyKomalsariDewi,AnbarJayadi,“Enhancingcorporateresponsibilitiestofulfilltherightstocleanenvironment:AlessonlearnedfromIndiancourt”LucianoButti,“TheCostOfEnvironmentalProtectionUnderInternationalAndHighCourtsScrutinyWorldwide”MariaBanque,AntoniSole,“BringingenvironmentalcrimestocourtundertheactivepersonalityprincipleandtheuniversaljurisdictionprincipleinSpain”DanielIglesias,AntoniPigrau,“MeasuringthefeasibilityofcivillitigationandcriminalprosecutionagainstEU-basedmultinationalcorporationsforenvironmentaldamageabroad.”
TheologiskEksamenssal,DA
ScienceandUncertaintyinClimateLitigationChair:TBCVolkerMauerhofer,“DealingwithIgnoranceandUncertainty:DecisionMakingbytheCourtofJusticeoftheEuropean
Auditorium6,DA
Unionontheexampleofbiodiversityconservation”NertilaKuraj,“REACHingforscientificexpertise?AnanalyticaccountoftheCJEUapproachtohighlytechnicalcasesundertheEuropeanchemicalslaw”MarjanPeeters,“ClimateScienceintheCourtroom:Aboutthepowertodecideclimatechangelaw”TraceyR.Kanhanga,“ScientificUncertainties:AnightmareToEnvironmentalLawAdjudicators”ComparisonsbetweenDomesticCourtsChair:TBCNikolaiKichigin,OlesandraChornous,“ProtectionofEnvironmentalRightsinCourtsinRussia,Kazakhstan,andUkraine”RiaGuidone,“AReviewofEnvironmentalCourtsandTribunals:forCSOsandthejudiciary”ClaraMariaMinaverry,“LatinAmericanEnvironmentalcourtsupdates.ThecasesofArgentinaandChile”ValmaineToki,“StrengtheninganInternationalEnvironmentalRuleofLaw–couldadoptingaNewZealandEnvironmentCourtperspectiveprovideamodelforinternationaladjudication?”ZhuoxianZhang,“WhatChineseCourtsCouldLearnFromtheU.S.:TheApproachofPublicInterestLitigationunderChina’sNewEnvironmentalProtectionLaw”
Auditorium14,DB
EnvironmentalCasesandConstitutionalCourtsChair:TBCGuiliaPinheiro,MarinaVenacio,“DisastrousEventsandStateCivilLiabilityforomissiveconductsinBrazil’sSuperiorCourtofJusticecase-law”MichaelKidd,“AccesstojusticeinenvironmentalcasesinSouthAfrica”YvesLeBouthillier,“EnvironmentallawattheSupremeCourtofCanada”
Stallen,Professorboligen
WaterRightsChair:TBCLaraCortes,BruceWilson,“LitigatingenvironmentalrightsinLatinAmerica:Doestherighttowaterstrengthenenvironmentalprotection?”DavidTakacs,“SouthAfricaandthehumanrighttowater:Equity,ecologyandthepublictrustdoctrine”JenniferMcKay,“Lessonslearnedfromwaterresourceslitigationindomesticlegalsystems-ThecaseoftheEnvironmentResourcesandDevelopmentcourtinSouthAustralia”
Loft,Professorboligen
SideEvent:EuropeanEnvironmentalLawForumPanel,AnEverLonelierCourtinanEverCloserUnionLorenzoSquintani,UniversityofGroningen/ManagingBoardEELF
Auditorium4,DA
LucLavrysen,UniversityofGent/JudgeBelgianConstitutionalCourtJurianLanger,UniversityofGroningenJerzyJendroska,OpoleUniversity/memberACCCContactPerson:LorenzoSquintani
13:00–14:00
Lunch Frokostkjelleren
14:00–15:30
BreakoutSessions7
ClassandPublicActionChair:TBCCristyClark,“Thepoliticsofpublicinterestenvironmentallitigation:lawfareinAustralia”BrieanahSchwartz,“Shouldtheenvironmenthavestanding?Justicefortheenvironmentininternationalcourts”GuyJulesKounga,“ThenatureoftheenvironmentalprocedureandlitigationinCameroon”AlenaKodolovaVladimirovna,“EnvironmentalclassactionsintheRussianFederation:problemsandperspectives”
Auditorium4,DA
ClimateChangeandCourts4Chair:TBCEndriusCocciolo,“ClimateChangeandEnergyTransitionBeforetheCourts:ChallengingLegalCategories”M.HafijulIslamKhan,Md.Akhtaruzzaman,“Nationaljudicialapproachestoaddresslossanddamageresultingfromclimatechange”MassimilianoMontini,“Howtoresolveclimatechangerelated"internalenvironmentalconflicts"”LawrenceWatters,“RecentdecisionsandemergingjurisprudenceinUScourtsinClimateChange”JustineBell-James,SeanRyan,“ClimatechangelitigationinQueensland,Australia:acasestudyinincrementalism’”
Auditorium5,DA
InternationalEnvironmentalLawinDomesticCourtsChair:TBCM.Yao-MingHsu,“RoleofinternationalenvironmentallawinTaiwancourts:voluntaryimplementationofanon-contractingparty”TomBaxter,“Courts’RolesinImplementingInternationalEnvironmentalLawinDomesticCases”MusaShongwe,“Thedirectapplicabilityofinternationalenvironmentallawinnationalcourts:lessonsfromSouthern
TheologiskEksamenssal,DA
AfricanJurisprudence”AntônioCarlosDinizMurta,ElcioNacurRezende,“TheMarianatragedyinBrazilandtheroleofthejudiciarypowerbeforetheBraziliandomesticandinternationalenvironmentaldegradation.TheconflictbetweentheBrazilianStateandFederalJurisdictionsandInternationalLaw”HumanRightsandtheEnvironmentinDomesticCourtsChair:TBCTokumaDabaAmogne,“JudicialEnforcementofEnvironmentalRightsinEthiopia”ElizabethGachenga,“Thelegitimateroleofhumanrightscourtsinenvironmentaldisputesandenvironmentalcourtsinhumanrightsclaims:theKenyanexperience”GraziaScocca,“Ahumanrighttoahealthyenvironment:howfar?”TheoMarésdeSouza,“TheteachingsofalandmarkrulingbytheBrazilianSupremeCourtaboutindigenousland”CarmenG.Gonzales,“EnvironmentalRacism,U.S.Courts,andInternationalTribunals”
Auditorium6,DA
Jointsession:EnvironmentalConstitutionalismandArmedConflictsChair:TBCAlexanderM.Solntsev,“TheroleoftheconstitutionalcourtoftheRussianFederationinthedevelopmentofenvironmentallaw”LovleenBhullar,“EnvironmentalConstitutionalismandtheSupremeCourtofIndia:Fromadjudicationtoimplementationofjudicialdecisionsandbeyond”PantelinaEmmanouilidou,“Greekenvironmentaladjudication–viabilityprinciple–sustainabledevelopment–roleofthejudge”ElianaCusato,“AddressingtheEnvironmentalImpactofNaturalResourcesExploitationinTimesofArmedConflict.AnanalysisofthePracticeofInternationalCourtsandUN”NataliaOrduz,EdwinNovoa,“Istraditionaljusticeindevelopingcountriesanopportunitytoprotecttheenvironmentharmedbyarmedconflicts.”
Auditorium14,DB
DomesticEnvironmentalJurisprudenceChair:TBCHeatherMcLeod-Kilmurray,“TheShieldof“Indeterminate”Liability:TearingDownPolicyBarrierstoNegligenceinEnvironmentalCases”RachelJones,JossDouglas,“HowcourtsdealwithpurposeprovisionsinenvironmentallawinQueenslandlegislation”JaredSousa,“TheAchillesHeelofU.S.EnvironmentalRegulation?”
Stallen,Professorboligen
JessicaOwley,“WhenNewGovernanceEnterstheCourthouse:JudicialInterpretationofEnvironmentalContracts”ManuelSolis,“HumanRights,EnergyAccessandLegalRedress:PerspectivesontheRoleofthePhilippineSupremeCourt”ComplianceMechanismsinInternationalEnvironmentalLawChair:TBCGorMovsisyan,“Theimpactondomesticlegalsystemsofcompliancemechanismsundermultilateralenvironmentaltreaties”EmilyBarritt,“TheAdjudicative‘Web’oftheAarhusConvention”EduardoSalazarOrtuno,“Lessonslearned:TheeffectivenessoftheAarhusconventioncompliancecommitteeafterthefirstandsecondSpanishcases”
Loft,Professorboligen
15:30–16:00
Break Frokostkjelleren
16:00–16:10
Presentationofthenextcolloquium
Aula,DM
16:10–16:40
PlenarySessionChair:NiluferOral,ChairIUCNAELOranYoung,UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara,"WouldanInternationalEnvironmentalCourtBeaProgressiveForce?"AntonioHermanBenjamin,HighCourtofJusticeofBrazil,TitleTBC
16:40–17:00
ClosingStatementsChair:NiluferOral,ChairIUCNAELNicholasA.Robinson,PaceUniversitySchoolofLawJamieBenidickson,IUNCAELSecretariat,UniversityofOttawaChristinaVoigt,PluriCourts,UniversityofOslo
18:00–21:00
FieldTripBoattripontheOsloFjord
