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Judges and the Environment: Protecting Nature in Court

Why attend
Judges and the Environment: Can Environmental Law Deliver? will explore the critical role of the judiciary in the protection of the environment through a series of high-level roundtable judicial dialogues with Supreme Court Justices and globally recognized experts in environmental law.

Session agenda

Moderator

Damaris María VARGAS VÁSQUEZ

Magistrada de la Corte Suprema de Justicia de Costa Rica,
Costa Rica

Roundtable Judicial Dialogue
09:15 - 09:40

Dr Millicent ODENY

Judge,
Kenyan Judiciary
Kenya

Roundtable Judicial Dialogue
09:15 - 09:40

Ms Michelle I L WEEKES

Judge of the High Court,
Supreme Court of Barbados
Barbados

Roundtable Judicial Dialogue III
10:00 - 10:45

Speaker

Mr Antonio BENJAMIN

Justice, High Court of Brazil (STJ),
IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law
Brazil

Welcoming Remarks
09:00 - 09:10

Dr Grethel AGUILAR

IUCN Deputy Director General,
IUCN
Switzerland

Welcoming Remarks
09:00 - 09:10

Ms Claudia DE WINDT

Chief Executive Officer,
Inter-American Institute on Justice and Sustainability, IIJS
United States of America

Introduction
09:10 - 09:15

Mr Brian PRESTON

Chief Judge,
Land and Environment Court of NSW
Australia

Roundtable Judicial Dialogue III
10:00 - 10:45

Mr Fabien RAYNAUD

Conseiller d'Etat,
Conseil d'Etat
France

Roundtable Judicial Dialogue III
10:00 - 10:45

Mr Mingyi LI

Vicep President of the Environmental Tribunal of teh Supreme People's Court,
The Supreme People's Court of China
China


10:00 - 10:30

Mr Syed Mansoor Ali SHAH

Justice,
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Pakistan

Roundtable Judicial Dialogue III
10:00 - 10:45

Todd EDDINS

Associate Justice,
Hawaii Supreme Court - Honolulu, HI
United States of America

Roundtable Judicial Dialogue III
10:00 - 10:45

Mr Nick BRYNER

Associate Professor of Law,
Louisiana State University
United States of America

Key Messages and Conclusions of Roundtable Judicial Dialogues II and III
10:45 - 10:50

Prof. Christina VOIGT

Professor,
University of Oslo
Norway

Closing Remarks
10:50 - 11:00

Panelist

Alfredo GUTIERREZ ORTIZ MENA

Ministro,
Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación de México
Mexico

Roundtable Judicial Dialogue
09:15 - 09:40

Prof. Luc LAVRYSEN

President,
European Union Forum of Judges for the Environment
Belgium

Roundtable Judicial Dialogue
09:15 - 09:40

Dr Ricardo LORENZETTI

Justice,
Supreme Court of Justice Argentina
Argentina

Roundtable Judicial Dialogue
09:15 - 09:40

  • International Council of Environmental Law [Spain]
  • IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL)
  • UN Environment Programme
  • Global Judicial Institute on the Environment
  • Asian Development Bank

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