Toward Effective Reparations: A Discussion on Human Rights, Climate Change, and International Development
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The Kellogg Institute for International Studies, the Global Human Rights Clinic, and the Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights of the University of Notre Dame are pleased to announce this interdisciplinary one-day symposium with the objective to convene experts, practitioners, policymakers, and scholars to explore reparations within the realms of human rights, climate change, and international development. This event aims to facilitate dialogue, share knowledge, and present three reparation datasets developed by the Notre Dame Design and Compliance Reparations Lab on Climate Change litigation, IACtHR’s judgements, and the World Bank Inspection Panel’s decisions.
Speakers
- Diane Desierto: Director LLM and Global Human Rights Clinic, Notre Dame Law School; Kellogg Faculty Fellow
- Aníbal Pérez-Liñán: Director of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame
- Justice Pablo Saavedra: Secretary of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
- Michael Gerrard: Professor of Practice and Founding Director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School
- María Antonia Tigre: Director of Global Climate Change Litigation, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School
- Thalia Viveros: Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
- Faisal Yamil Meneses: Research Associate of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame
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Nicolás Buitrago: JSD Candidate, Notre Dame Law School, PhD Fellow of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame
Schedule
Morning Session: 10:00 am -12:30 pm (with coffee break)
First Bloc: 10:00 to 11:00 am
- Introduction to the Symposium and Objectives
- Climate Change challenges and impacts for sustainable development
- Climate change litigation in domestic and international jurisdictions
- Current status of climate change law and the Climate Change litigation database
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Climate change reparations
Coffee Break: 11:00 to 11:15 am
Second Bloc: 11:15 am to 12:30 pm
- Notre Dame climate change reparations dataset findings
- Climate change on the ground
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Q&A Session
Afternoon session: 2:00-5:00 (with a coffee break)
Third Bloc: 2:00 to 3:45 pm
- IACtHR’s reparations design and supervision
- Transformative Impact of the IACtHR on the Latin-American Ius-commune
- IACtHR database presentation
- Q&A Session
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Final Comments and formal delivery of the database to the IACtHR
Coffee break (15 min)
Fourth bloc: 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Overview of the Inspection Panel of the World Bank
- Utilizing Inspection Panel cases for policy implications
- Presentation of Inspection Panel dataset
- Q&A session
- Closing remarks
This event is sponsored in collaboration with the Notre Dame Reparations Design and Compliance Policy and Practice Lab of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, the Global Human Rights Clinic, and the Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights.
Diane Desierto
Diane Desierto holds a joint appointment in the Keough School of Global Affairs and the Notre Dame Law School, where she is professor of law and LLM faculty director. She is also co-principal investigator of the Notre Dame Reparations Design and Compliance Lab, one of Kellogg's Policy and Practice Research labs...
Aníbal Pérez-Liñán
Aníbal Pérez-Liñán is the director of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies and professor of political science and global affairs at the University of Notre Dame, where he holds a joint appointment in the Department of Political Science and the Keough School of Global Affairs. He is a former Kellogg Institute distinguished research affiliate, visiting fellow, and dissertation year fellow...