Human Rights in the Extractive Industries: Conflicts and Regulatory Responses
International Conference
20 – 22 July 2016
House of Finance, Room Paris (E.21)
Grüneburgplatz 1
60323 Frankfurt am Main
Programme (pdf): click here...
Thursday I 21 July 2016
III. REGULATORY RESPONSES: INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
Chair: Phillip Donath, Frankfurt
9.00 Bilateral and Multilateral Agreements on Natural Resources
Markus Krajewski, Erlangen
Trade Agreements Including Kimberley-Process
Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer, Basel
10.30 Coffee
11.00
Investment Agreements and Investment Guarantees
Tara van Ho, Aarhus
Investor-State-Contracts
Nora Götzmann, Lund
12.30 Lunch
14.00
The Crime of Pillage and Corporations
James G. Stewart, Vancouver
International Criminal Law as an Instrument of Transitional Justice
Larissa van den Herik, Leiden University
15.30 Coffee
16.00
YOUNG SCHOLARS‘ WORKSHOP 1
Accountability of Canadian Mining Corporations for their Overseas Conduct
Chilenye Nwapi, Calgary
Ending Violence Against Women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Mining Industry: What Role for International Law?
Jean-Claude Misenga, Leicester
Improving Tax Strategy Transparency in the Extractive Industries Sector for the Advancement of Human Rights
Wasima Khan, Rotterdam
17.30
YOUNG SCHOLARS‘ WORKSHOP 2
The Corporate Responsibility to Respect Consultation Rights in the Americas
Carlos Ignacio de Casas, Buenos Aires
Reimagening FPIC Using a Fourth World Approach to International Law
Armi Beatriz Bayot, Makati City
Extracting Natural Resources in Territories under Belligerent Occupation
Ka Lok Yip, Geneva
Friday I 22 July 2016
IV. REGULATORY RESPONSES: SOFT LAW AND CORPORATE STANDARDS
Chair: Karsten Nowrot, Hamburg
9.00
UN Guiding Principles and OECD Due Diligence Guidance
Melba Kapesa, Nairobi
Corporate Standards: Responsible Mining
Radu Mares, Lund
10.30 Coffee
11.00
Implementation of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)
Heidi Feldt, Berlin
Enhancing the Effectiveness of Soft Law Approaches
Melanie Coni-Zimmer, Frankfurt
12.30 Lunch
V. BEST AND WORST PRACTICES: LEARNING FROM CASE STUDIES
Chair: Richard Meeran, London
14.00
Mining and Confl icts in Sub-Saharan Africa
Melanie Müller, Berlin
14.30
Shell, Nigeria
Liesbeth Enneking, Utrecht
15.00
Coal mine Phulbari, Bangladesh
Heather Bedi, Carlisle
15.30
Chevron-Texaco, Ecuador
Judith Kimerling, New York
16.00
CONCLUDING REMARKS
Isabel Feichtner, Frankfurt
Markus Krajewski, Erlangen
Coffee and farewell
Venue
House of Finance, Room Paris (E.21)
Goethe-University Frankfurt
Grüneburgplatz 1
60323 Frankfurt am Main
Organisation
Centre for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg (CHREN),
Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
www.humanrights-transeconlaw.rw.uni-erlangen.org
House of Finance, Goethe-University of Frankfurt am Main
www.hof.uni-frankfurt.de/de/home.html
Contact
Ricarda Roesch
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Registration
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Tel +49 9131 85-29285
Fax +49 9131 85-26439
Registration Deadline 24 June 2016
Participation Fee (including coffee breaks and lunch)
- 100 EUR
- discounted fee: 50 EUR (for students and PhD students)
Presented by:
House of Finance in cooperation with the Cluster of Excellence "The Formation of Normative Orders" and partners
