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Program > Saturday 18 November
WHAT FUTURE FOR LEGAL ACTION ON BEHALF OF FUTURE GENERATIONS?
08H30 - Registration(delivery of helmets for simultaneous translation)
09h00 - Opening the theoretical path: From Oposa vs Factoran to the protection of the ocean: a precedent in inter-generational equity by Tony OPOSA, lawyer in the Philippines (video)
09h15 - LEGAL ACTIONS TAKEN IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE COMMONS – PROSPECTS
I. Protection of the soil/pesticides:
Legal actions taken in Argentina in order to protect environmental health: what prospects are offered by the Argentinian right for the protection of future generations? by Juan Ignacio Pereyra, Lawyer, member of the RENAMA network, Argentina.
Speakers
Preemption of County Ordinances Regulating Pesticide Use by GE/GMO Seed Companies in Hawai`I by Professor David FORMAN, University of Hawai`i (Director of the Environmental Law Program, W.S. Richardson School of Law, Hawai`i)
The transgenerational effects of pesticides and pollutants: How and Why? by ProfessorGilles-Eric SERALINI, Professor in molecular biology, University of Caen-Normandy, co-director of the “Pôle Risques, Qualité et Environnement Durable” (Risks, Quality and Sustainable Environment Department), MRSH Caen.
10h35 - Questions and answers
10h55 - Coffee break
11h20 - II. What legal levers can be used to protect the Commons for future generations?
Taking legal action on behalf of Nature by Marie-Angèle HERMITTE, Honorary Research Director at the CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research), Director of Studies at the École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences sociales.
The project of an International Covenant on the Human Right to the Environment by Michel PRIEUR, Professor Emeritus of Law and President of the International Center for Comparative Environmental Law.
The European Union and Future Generations: what juridic tools to build a sustainable future? by Nathalie HERVE-FOURNEREAU, Head of Research CNRS, University Rennes 1, member of GIS Europe-Center of Excellence Jean Monnet in Rennes and Research Center of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law.
12h30 - Questions and answers
13h00 - Lunch (on registration)
14h30 - HOW CAN THE INTEGRITY OF THE HUMAN SPECIES BE PROTECTED IN A SUSTAINABLE WAY?
Taking legal action against Transhumanism: Why? How? by Gérard HAAS, Lawyer at the Paris Bar, specialised in legal issues related to new technologies.
Multi-disciplinary discussions
Law and the idea of human perfectibility by Christian BYK, magistrate, vice-president of the International Bioethics Commitee - UNESCO
Post-humanism or the abolition of the future of generations: whose rights? by Louise VANDELAC, tenured Professor, Department of Sociology and Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Quebec, Montréal, member of the “Pôle Risques, Qualité et Environnement Durable” (Risks, Quality and Sustainable Environment Department), MRSH Caen.
15h35 - Questions and answers
16h00 - Break
16h30 - SYNTHESIS AND CONCLUSION OF THE SYMPOSIUM
Valuing Our Past: Evolutionary Roots Nurturing Equity Across Generations by Nicholas A. ROBINSON, Professor of Environmental Law, Pace University, United States. (video)
What legal basis in order to protect Future Generations? by Émilie GAILLARD, Lecturer in private law, University of Caen-Normandy, co-director of the “Pôle Risques, Qualité et Environnement Durable” (Risks, Quality and Sustainable Environment Department), MRSH Caen.
17h10 - Questions and answers
17h30 - End of the symposium
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