Thursday, 25 May 2023
10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Harty Boardroom, Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin
ENVREG’s members Amanda Byer and Alessandra Accogli are organising a one-day workshop titled ‘Complicating Rights of Nature’. Convening a wide range of scholars, the event intends to critically discuss the concept of Rights of Nature (RoN) in international law and its achievements, while exploring strategies for expanding its paradigm to include diverse and sustainable ideas about nature.
The event will be opened by a video presentation by Keynote Speaker Mr Thomas Linzey (Senior Legal Counsel, Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights, USA).
Invited guest speakers include:
- Dr Daphina Misiedjan, Assistant Professor in Human Rights and the Environment, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Dr Oluwabusayo Wuraola, Lecturer in Law at Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom
- Dr Peter Doran, Senior Lecturer, Queen’s University Belfast and founder of Environmental Justice Network Ireland, Northern Ireland
- Dr Devin Beaulieu, Anthropologist, co-founder and Director of the Instituto de Estudios Jurídicos Indígenas y Originarios in Sucre, Bolivia
- Dr Bróna MacNeil, PhD researcher, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Mr Julian Suarez, PhD candidate, University College Cork, Ireland
- Mrs Niamh Guiry, PhD candidate, University College Cork, Ireland
The event will take place on Thursday, 25 May 2023 and it will be hosted by UCD Sutherland School of Law with generous financial support of the Earth Institute, the Environmental Regulation Research Group and the Property [In]Justice Project.
Due to limited number of places available, if you are interested in attending the event, please contact the organisers at amanda.byer@ucd.ie and alessandra.accogli@ucdconnect.ie.
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