Ninth Annual Student Human Rights Conference 2008
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Saturday 8th March
Law and Social Sciences Building, University of Nottingham
Programme
09.00
Welcome Refreshments and Exhibition Opening Event
Atrium
09.00
Registration
Room B63
09.30
Conference Opening
Room B63
09.35
Morning Session
Room B63
Chaired by Emilie Hunter, HRLC Research and Programmes Coordinator
The Right to Environment as a Human Right
Mr. M.C. Mehta, Indian Supreme Court Advocate and leading human rights activist
The Right to a Clean Environment in the Jurisprudence of the European Court of
Human Rights
Professor Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Queen Mary University London and Co-Rapporteur of the
International Law Association Non-State Actors Committee
10.50
Refreshments
11.20
Delegates choose between two student-led discussion groups, which will run simultaneously:
Panel 1: Our Human Environment
Chaired by Maeve McCormack, Student Conference Committee
Atrium
Room B62
Pandemics, Disease and Human Rights
Gearoid O’Cuinn, University of Nottingham
Greenhouse Inequality: Women, Climate Change and Human Rights
Andrew Sanger, BPP Law School, London
Panel 2: A Right to Water
Chaired by Amalina Majid, Student Conference Committee
Making the Right to Water Effective: Pre-Paid Meters in South Africa
Claire McCann, Queen’s University, Belfast
The Rise of Resource-Rights in the Face of Hydro-Piracy in India
Tyler Gillard, School of Oriental and African Studies, London
Room B01
12.30
Lunch
13.30
Afternoon Panel Session
Atrium
Room B63
Chaired by Professor David Harris, HRLC Co-Director and Emeritus Professor in Residence,
University of Nottingham
Challenges and Opportunities of Integrating Human Rights into Environment
Programming
Ms Emilie Filmer-Wilson, Human Rights Specialist, United Nations Development Programme,
Oslo Governance Centre
The liability of subsidiaries arising out of complicity in human rights abuses by foreign
governmental commercial partners; a focus on Alien Torts Claim Act and the Unocal
litigation
Mr Simon Baughen, Reader in Law, University of Bristol
14.50
Refreshments
15.20
Delegates choose between two student-led discussion groups, which will run simultaneously:
Panel 3: The Role of Industry and Natural Resources
Chaired by Kingsley Udeh, Student Conference Committee
Atrium
Room B62
Biofuels: The Energy Solution – At what cost?
Emilia Hanna, University of Nottingham
The Impact of Extractive Industry on the Environment and Human Rights – Case Study: Chad
Florence Kroff, HRLC Short Course student, Intermon Oxfam (Barcelona-Spain)
Sustainable Development and Environmental Human Rights Protection: A Nigerian Perspective
Edet Essien, University College, Cork
Panel 4: Is it time to legislate?
Chaired by Georgina Jones, Student Conference Committee
Room B01
The Protection of Fragile Ecosystems during Armed Conflict
Daniella Dam-de Jong, Leiden University
The Environmental Liability Directive: A Critical Evaluation of the Potential Effectiveness for
Preventing and Remediating Environmental Damage in the European Community
Jennifer Watts, College of Law, Chester
The International Protection and Rights of ‘Environmental Refugees’
Michele Morel, University of Nottingham
16.30
Closing Remarks from Professor David Harris
17.00
Reception and Networking Event
Room B63
Atrium