LEDC’s Fifteenth Annual Public Evening Seminar Series (2021-2022)
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Previous Events in this series
A Just Energy Transition to Facilitate Household Energy Access and Alleviate Energy Poverty
Dr Nthabiseng Mohlakoana, Researcher, Centre for Sustainability Transitions, Stellenbosch University (South Africa) & Peta Wolpe, Urban Energy and Climate Change Practitioner (South Africa)
2 November 2021, Virtual Event, 1:00 PM - 3:30 PMLearning From The Todas in the Midst of Global Environmental Change
Dr Tarun Chhabra, Ooty (Tamil Nadu) in conversation with Dr Usha Ramanathan, Law Researcher, Cuttack (Odisha)
28 October 2021, Virtual Event, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PMJurisdiction Back: Impact Assessment in the South of the North
Dr Dayna Nadine Scott, Associate Professor, York University (Toronto)
14 October 2021, Virtual Event, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PMSamarendra Das & Zuky Serper
13 March 2019, Russell Square: College Buildings, 4426, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMCan China Really Lead on Climate Change?
Dr. Sam Geall
7 February 2019, Russell Square: College Buildings, G3, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMAnn Varley (UCL)
31 January 2019, Russell Square: College Buildings, G3, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMThe Bhopal Disaster 34 years later - Screening of Bhopali and Discussion
Tim Edwards (Bhopal Rights Activist)
6 December 2018, Russell Square: College Buildings, G3, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMNot waving but drowning - human rights, Climate change and small islands
Susie Alegre (Island Rights Initiative)
29 November 2018, Russell Square: College Buildings, G3, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMCriminalising environmental protest: policing the anti-fracking movement
Dr Damien Short (School of Advanced Study, University of London)
15 November 2018, Russell Square: College Buildings, G3, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMClimate Change-related Loss and Damage: Institutionalising an Idea in the UNFCCC
Dr Lisa Vanhala (UCL)
1 November 2018, Russell Square: College Buildings, G3, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMEuropean Policy Developments Around Plastic Pollution
Tatiana Lujan (Client Earth)
25 October 2018, Russell Square: College Buildings, G3, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMUsing the Law to Improve Forest Governance - Case Studies from Central & West Africa and the EU
Speaker: Emily Unwin
LEDC’s Twelfth Annual Public Evening Seminar Series (2018-2019)
11 October 2018, Russell Square: College Buildings, G3, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMHuman Rights & Climate Change: the Case of the Indian Sundarbans
Speaker: Birsha Ohdedar
LEDC’s Eleventh Annual Public Evening Seminar Series (2017-2018)
22 March 2018, Russell Square: College Buildings, G3, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMAn Inclusive Energy Transition? The Role of Public Participation in International Energy Governance
Speaker: Dr Leslie-Anne Duvic-Paoli | King's College London
LEDC’s Eleventh Annual Public Evening Seminar Series (2017-2018)
1 March 2018, Russell Square: College Buildings, G3, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMBlockchains' Legal Puzzles and Trust Games to Guarantee Sustainable Commodity Supply Chains
Speaker: Dr Feja Lesniewska | School of Law/CISD SOAS University of London
LEDC’s Eleventh Annual Public Evening Seminar Series (2017-2018)
8 February 2018, Russell Square: College Buildings, G3, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMInternational criminal law and environmental crimes: Possibilities and limitations
Speaker: Richard J Rogers, Global Diligence LLP
LEDC’s Eleventh Annual Public Evening Seminar Series (2017-2018)
1 February 2018, Russell Square: College Buildings, G3, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMGeoengineering: Risks, Rights and Ethics
Speaker: Dr Sam Adelman, University of Warwick
LEDC’s Eleventh Annual Public Evening Seminar Series (2017-2018)
25 January 2018, Russell Square: College Buildings, G3, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMThe Search for Principles of Transnational Environmental Regulation
Speaker: Dr Veerle Heyvaert, LSE
LEDC’s Eleventh Annual Public Evening Seminar Series (2017-2018)
18 January 2018, Russell Square: College Buildings, G3, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMSpeakers: Florent Pelsy and Virginie Rouas
LEDC’s Eleventh Annual Public Evening Seminar Series (2017-2018)
30 November 2017, Russell Square: College Buildings, G3, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMSpeaker: Marc Limon, Universal Rights Group
LEDC’s Eleventh Annual Public Evening Seminar Series (2017-2018)
23 November 2017, Russell Square: College Buildings, G3, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMTowards Global Recognition of the Right to a Healthy Environment
Marcos Orellana (Human Rights Watch)
LEDC’s Eleventh Annual Public Evening Seminar Series (2017-2018)
19 October 2017, Russell Square: College Buildings, G3, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMEnvironmental Adjudication in the Anthropocene
Speaker: Prof. Gitanjali Nain Gill, School of Law, Northumbria University
LEDC’s Eleventh Annual Public Evening Seminar Series (2017-2018)
12 October 2017, Russell Square: College Buildings, 4426, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PMManaging the right of access to water in South Africa: Facing the challenges
Speaker: Professor Michael Kidd, University of KwaZulu-Natal
LEDC’s Eleventh Annual Public Evening Seminar Series (2017-2018)
9 October 2017, Paul Webley Wing (Senate House), SALT (Senate House), 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMHU Yuanqiong, SOAS University of London
LEDC’s Tenth Annual Public Evening Seminar Series – Human Rights and the Environment (2016-2017)
23 March 2017, Brunei Gallery, B111, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMRealization of the ‘human’ rights to water and sanitation …and what about the environment?
Lovleen Bhullar School of Law, SOAS
LEDC’s Tenth Annual Public Evening Seminar Series – Human Rights and the Environment (2016-2017)
15 March 2017, Brunei Gallery, B111, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMThe role of strategic litigation in implementing the Paris Agreement
Farhana Yamin, CEO, Track 0 & UCL
LEDC’s Tenth Annual Public Evening Seminar Series – Development and Environmental Justice (2016-2017)
9 March 2017, Brunei Gallery, B111, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMStephen Minas (King's College London)
2 February 2017, Brunei Gallery, B111, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMTransboundary Environmental Harm and Extra-territorial Human Rights Obligations
Christoph Schwarte (Legal Response Initiative)
12 January 2017, Brunei Gallery, B111, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMThe Bhopal Disaster - Screening of "Bhopali" and Panel Discussion
Salil Tripathi & Tim Edwards
2 December 2016, Russell Square: College Buildings, Khalili Lecture Theatre (KLT), 5:00 PM - 7:00 PMThe Role of Litigation in Combating Climate Change
Gillian Lobo, ClientEarth
LEDC’s Tenth Annual Public Evening Seminar Series – Human Rights and the Environment (2016-2017)
1 December 2016, Brunei Gallery, B111, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PMRight to Sanitation in India: from formal recognition to realisation
Sujith Koonan, SOAS University of London
LEDC’s Tenth Annual Public Evening Seminar Series – Human Rights and the Environment (2016-2017)
17 November 2016, Brunei Gallery, B111, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMLooking for accountability: The impacts of multinational mining companies in a globalized world
Andrew Hickman & Richard Solly and other experts from London Mining Network
LEDC's Ninth Annual Public Evening Seminar Series - Sustainable Development Goals and Environmental Justice 2015 - 2016
9 March 2016, Russell Square: College Buildings, G3, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMSeminar with panellists: Daniel Leader, Barrister, Partner, Leigh Day and Shubhaa Srinivasan, Barrister, Partner, Leigh Day
24 February 2016, Russell Square: College Buildings, G3, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMEnergy transitions and energy landscapes: What role international law?
Dr Thoko Kaime
A seminar by Dr Thoko Kaime as part of the LEDC Seminar series.
3 February 2016, Russell Square: College Buildings, G3, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PMBhopal and the elusive quest for justice
Speaker: Salil Tripathi (Institute for Human Rights and Business)
A seminar by Salil Tripathi, Senior Advisor on Global Issues at the Institute for Human Rights and Business.
2 December 2015, Russell Square: College Buildings, G3, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMSustainable Development as Climate Injustice
Dr Sam Adelman (Warwick Law School)
A seminar examining the relationship between sustainable development and sustainability.
Prof Janet Dine (Queen Mary University of London)
10 December 2014, Russell Square: College Buildings, G3, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMConflicting Waters in the Middle East: An Overview of the Hydropolitical Stakes
Dr François Boëdec, Facultés jésuites de Paris
3 December 2014, Russell Square: College Buildings, G3, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMIndigenous Rights and Development
Dr Alexandra Xanthaki (Brunel Law School)
26 November 2014, Russell Square: College Buildings, G3, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMDr David Takacs (University of California – Hastings College of the Law)
24 November 2014, Russell Square: College Buildings, 4429, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMContradictory Entitlements: Cheap Food v Sustainable Natural Resource Stewardship
Prof Tony Allan (SOAS/Kings College London)
12 November 2014, Russell Square: College Buildings, G3, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMMining, Adivasis and Investment-induced Displacement
Dr Felix Padel (University of Sussex)
1 October 2014, Russell Square: College Buildings, G3, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMSurveillance, Databasing and Threats to Privacy
Dr Edgar Whitley (LSE), Helen Wallace (GeneWatch), Dr Usha Ramanathan (Independent Law Researcher, Delhi)
The LEDC invites you to attend Surveillance, Databasing, and Threats to Privacy with Dr Edgar Whitley (LSE), Helen Wallace (GeneWatch) and Dr Usha Ramanathan (Independent Law Researcher, Delhi).
20 May 2014, Russell Square: College Buildings, Khalili Lecture Theatre, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PMLITIGATING FOR ASBESTOS JUSTICE - “Dust: the Great Asbestos Trial”
Mr Vijay Ganapathy (Leigh Day)
Projection of documentary “Dust: the Great Asbestos Trial” followed by a talk by Mr Vijay Ganapathy (Leigh Day).
5 March 2014, 21/22 Russell Square, T101, 5:30 PM - 8:00 PMLITIGATING FOR THE RIGHT TO WATER - Protest Against Coca Cola in Plachimada, Kerala
Prof. Philippe Cullet and Mr. Sujith Koonan
Screening of '1000 Days and a Dream' followed by a discussion with Prof.Philippe Cullet and Mr.Sujith Koonan.
19 February 2014, Russell Square: College Buildings, G3, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMLITIGATING FOR ACCESS TO MEDICINES - Documentary screening of India, Pharmacy of the world
Ms Prathibha Sivasubramanian
Documentary Screening of India, pharmacy of the world followed by a discussion with Ms Prathibha Sivasubramanian.
29 January 2014, Russell Square: College Buildings, G3, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMLEDC Litigating for Justice - 'All Rise for Your Honour’
Prof. Srikrishna Deva Rao, National Law University, Delhi
All Rise for Your Honour is a documentary on Indian judicial system and highlights the difficulties faced by the poor and marginalised communities in accessing justice in courts.
Join us to watch the documentary followed by a conversation with Prof. Srikrishna Deva Rao, Registrar, National Law University, Delhi. His areas of research interest include Criminal Law, Human Rights and Access to Justice.
28 January 2014, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, L101, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PMLITIGATING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE - Climate Change and Recent Developments in Emissions Trading
MJ Mace
MOVIE SCREENING: The story of Cap & Trade
DISCUSSANT: Ms. MJ Mace (Senior Teaching Fellow, SOAS)
MJ Mace is an international lawyer and advisor to the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) in the international climate change negotiations.
22 January 2014, Russell Square: College Buildings, G3, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMLEDC - Litigation for BHOPAL - Movie Screening
Tim Edwards
4 December 2013, 21/22 Russell Square, G3, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PMDr Suerie Moon
Ensuring Innovation and Equitable Access to Medicines: Challenges and Possibilities for a New Global Framework for R&D
Dr Suerie Moon (Harvard University, Global Health Institute, School of Public Health, Kennedy
School of Government)
Ms Chee Yoke Ling (Third World Network)
20 March 2013, Russell Square: College Buildings, 4421, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMThe REDD+ Safeguards: A Rights-Based Approach to Improving Forest Governance
Joshua Roberts (ClientEarth)
13 March 2013, Russell Square: College Buildings, 4421, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMMs Audrey Gaughran (Amnesty International)
6 March 2013, Russell Square: College Buildings, 4421, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMSeeds of Freedom and Food Sovereignty
Ms Teresa Anderson (The Gaia Foundation)
27 February 2013, Russell Square: College Buildings, 4421, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMThe Australian Emissions Trading Scheme: An Implementation Story
Dr Gary Cox
25 October 2012, 21/22 Russell Square, T102, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMThe Australian Emissions Trading Scheme: An Implementation Story
Dr Gary Cox
25 October 2012, 21/22 Russell Square, T102, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMTowards Rio+20: Business, Natural Resources and Human Rights
Keren Adams (Leigh Day & Co)
Holding the giants to account: transnational human rights litigation in practice
For further information contact Virginie Rouas: ledc@soas.ac.uk
21 March 2012, Russell Square: College Buildings, 4421, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMTowards Rio+20: Business, Natural Resources and Human Rights
Krystyna Swiderska (Int'l Institute for Environment and Development)
Implementing the Nagoya Protocol's provisions on community protocols and prior informed consent: lessons and challenges.
For further information contact Virginie Rouas: ledc@soas.ac.uk
14 March 2012, Russell Square: College Buildings, 4421, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMState responsibility, corporate complicity and conflicts over land
Dr Usha Ramanathan (Independent Law Researcher, Delhi)
8 March 2012, Brunei Gallery, B104, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PMTowards Rio+20: Business, Natural Resources and Human Rights
Salil Tripathi (Institute for Human Rights and Business)
Ending complicity in conflict: how international efforts have attempted to break the link between extractive industries and human rights abuses.
For further information contact Virginie Rouas: ledc@soas.ac.uk
21 February 2012, Russell Square: College Buildings, 4421, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMTowards Rio+20: Business, Natural Resources and Human Rights
Peter Frankental (Amnesty International)
Holding transnational corporations accountable for human rights - is the tide beginning to turn?
For further information contact Virginie Rouas: ledc@soas.ac.uk
8 February 2012, Russell Square: College Buildings, 4421, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMWhither International Environmental Governance? Rio+20 and Beyond
Professor Bharat Desai (Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi)
14 December 2011, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Room L101, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PMDr Emma Wilson (IIED, London)
10 March 2011, Russell Square: College Buildings, 4418, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMHarro Van Asselt (University of Oxford)
24 February 2011, Russell Square: College Buildings, 4418, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PMMulticultural choices and indigenous rights to natural resources
Dr Alexandra Xanthaki (Brunel University)
10 February 2011, Russell Square: College Buildings, 4418, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM“Do All Roads Lead to Mexico?” International Climate Negotiations post-Copenhagen
Panel: Saleem Huq (IIED), M.J Mace (Independent Legal Consultant), Linda Siegele (FIELD), Phillipe Cullet (SOAS)
15 March 2010, Russell Square: College Buildings, Khalili Lecture Theatre, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PMFeja Lesniewska (SOAS)
1 March 2010, Russell Square: College Buildings, 4418, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PMGlobal Environmental Justice and Neoliberal Environmental Governance
Dr Chukwumerije Okereke (Oxford University)
22 February 2010, Russell Square: College Buildings, 4418, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PMCarbon Trading, Political Struggle and the Rule of Law
Larry Lohmann (The Corner House)
8 February 2010, Russell Square: College Buildings, 4418, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PMGlobal Justice and the (Ir)relevance of Indeterminacy
Professor Duncan French (Sheffield University)
1 February 2010, Russell Square: College Buildings, 4418, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PMHealth in International Environmental Law
Dr William Onzivu (Bradford University)
18 January 2010, Russell Square: College Buildings, 4418, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PMNew Developments in Indian Environmental law
Professor Upendra Baxi, Professor of Law in Development, University of Warwick
Chair: Dr Philippe Cullet, LEDC, SOAS
26 February 2009, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, The Council Chamber, Charles Clore House, 17 Russe, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PMInternational Environmental Governance - Where From Here?
Joy Hyrvarinen, Director, Foundation for International and Environmental Law (FIELD)
Chair: Feja Lesniewska, LEDC, SOAS
19 February 2009, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, The Council Chamber, Charles Clore House, 17 Russe, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PMWater and Electricity privatisations: an international review of Court cases and political processes
David Hall, Director, Public Services International Research Unit, University of Greenwich
Chair: Feja Lesniewska, LEDC, SOAS
10 February 2009, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, The Council Chamber, Charles Clore House, 17 Russe, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PMIndigenous Peoples and Natural Resources in the Artic
Professor Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Queen Mary College, University of London
Chair: Kristin Hausler, Research Fellow, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
5 February 2009, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, The Council Chamber, Charles Clore House, 17 Russe, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PMAgency in Regime Changes: Dams, Development and Movements for Water Justice
Dr Radha D'Souza, Unisversity of Westminster
Chair: Dr Philippe Cullet, Law, Environment and Development Centre, SOAS
29 January 2009, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, The Council Chamber, Charles Clore House, 17 Russe, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PMDeveloping Justice within the International Climate Change Framework
Dr Angela Williams, University of Sussex
Chair: Sarah Williams, Dorset Fellow, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
22 January 2009, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, The Council Chamber, Charles Clore House, 17 Russe, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PMBiofuels, Security and Unintended Consequences
Professor Patricia Sparks, Southampton Solent Univerisity
21 February 2008, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PMWater Law Reform, Poverty and Development: The Case of India
Dr Philippe Cullet, SOAS
14 February 2008, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, The Council Chamber, Charles Clore House, 17 Russe, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PMHow Many Roads? Negotiating an International Access and Benefit Sharing Regime
Linda Siegele, FIELD
31 January 2008, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, The Council Chamber, Charles Clore House, 17 Russe, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PMThere's No Place Like Home: Human Displacement and Climate Change
M J Mace and Ilona Miller, FIELD
24 January 2008, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, The Council Chamber, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PMInternational Policy Solutions to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation