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Marc Pallemaerts Memorial Conference on Human Rights and the Environment
The conference is being organised under the auspices of ECOSPHERE (European Centre on Sustainable Policies on Human and Environmental Rights), and the Belgian Public Service for Health, Food Chain Safety and the Environment.
The conference will start by reviewing some of Marc’s major accomplishments with many of the people with whom Marc worked during his career. We will then discuss the Aarhus Convention – its successes and the challenges still ahead in achieving the vision of Marc and its other drafters. The final session will take a broader look at the field of human rights and the environment.
| Period | 04/05/2015 |
|---|---|
| Event location | Fondation Universitaire Rue d'Egmont 11, 1000 Brussels |
| Host | ECOSPHERE (European Centre on Sustainable Policies on Human and Environmental Rights) and the Belgian Public Service for Health, Food Chain Safety and the Environment |
| Event URL | https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1S_kn2CkmVHIuVxFGfnJ-nfNuqaLTRBZ9Yd_Uzd9k4Ao/viewform |
| Contact person |
Gretta Goldenman
g.goldenman@milieu.be |
Speakers
Session 1: Marc and his work - linking Human Rights and Environmental protection
Abou Thiam, Coordinator, Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Africa, and Professor, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar
Christian Vanden Bilcke, Directorate on Sustainable Development and Climate Change, Belgian Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs
Peter Wittoeck, Head of Climate Change Unit, Belgian Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Safety and the Environment
Baskut Tuncak, Senior Attorney, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), and UNHCR Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of hazardous substances and wastes
Sessions 2-3: The Aarhus Convention: Successes and Challenges
Prof. Dr. Luc Lavrysen, Judge in the Belgian Constitutional Court and President of the EU Forum Judges for the Environment
Prof. Jerzy Jendroska, Opole University, Jendroska Jerzmanski Bar & Partners, Environmental Law Centre, Wroclaw, Poland
Magdalena Bar, Jendroska Jerzmanski Bar & Partners, Environmental Law Centre, Wroclaw, Poland
Dr. Ludwig Kramer, Derecho y Medio Ambiente, Madrid, and Client Earth
Yves Lador, Earthjustice Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva
Katrien Debeuckelaere, Ruimte Vlaanderen, Legal and Policy Development Department
Session 4: Challenges applying a Rights-based Approach to the Environment
Prof. Nicolas de Sadeleer, Jean Monnet Chair, Saint Louis University, Brussels
Prof. Bandi Gyula, Pázmany Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary
Esther Pozo Vera, DG Environment, European Commission