Workshop Programme
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Scarman House, University of Warwick
11 – 13 September 2013
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7.30pm Le Gusta Restaurant, Warwick Arts Centre
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Pre-Conference Dinner |
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Thursday, 12 September 2013
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8.00am – 9.15am
Scarman House Lobby
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Registration and Coffee |
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9.15am – 9.30am
Meeting Room 4
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Introductory Remarks by Julio Faundez and Celine Tan |
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9.30am – 11.15am
Meeting Room 4
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Opening Plenary: Dimensions of International Law and Natural Resources
Chair: Peter Muchlinksi, School of Law, School of African and Oriental Studies (SOAS), London
Yao Graham, Third World Network Africa, Accra:
Escaping the Winner’s Curse: The Africa Mining Vision and the Challenges of the International Trade and Investment Regime
Rachel Sieder, Centre for Research and Higher Studies in Social Anthropology (CIESAS), Mexico City:
Indigenous Peoples’ Rights, Judicialization and Natural Resources
Marcos Orellana, Centre for International Environmental Law, Washington DC:
A Comparison of Sustainable Development and the New International Economic Order: Implications for Investment Disputes concerning Natural Resources |
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11.15am – 11.30am
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Coffee Break |
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11.30am – 1.00pm |
Parallel Sessions 1
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Session 1A: International Investment Law and Natural Resources
Chair: Barnali Choudhury, School of Law, Queen Mary, London
Federico Ortino and Emily Lydgate, School of Law, Kings College, London:
Incorporating Sustainable Development: Applying Lessons Learned From WTO Law to International Investment Law
Lorenzo Cotula, International Institute for Environment and Development:
Commercial Pressures and Legal Rights: International Law, State Sovereignty and the Global Land Rush
Lise Johnson, Vale Columbia Centre for Sustainable International Investment, Columbia University, New York City:
Freezing Sustainable Development: A Critical Look at the Use of Investment Treaties to Protect ‘Specific Commitments’ in the Use and Management of Natural Resources |
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Chair: John Snape, School of Law, University of Warwick
Sol Picciotto, School of Law, University of Lancaster:
Unitary Taxation of TNCs and its Relevance for Natural Resources Industries
Alex Cobham, Centre for Global Development:
Swiss-ploitation? The Swiss Role in Commodity Trading (co-authored with Alex Prats)
Savior Mwambwa, Centre for Trade Policy and Development, Lusaka:
Holding Multinational Companies Accountable in the Midst of State Fragilities: Towards a Global Legal Framework |
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Session 1C: Natural Resources and the World Trade Organisation
Chair: Mary Footer, School of Law, University of Nottingham
Fiona Smith, School of Law, University College, London:
Natural Resources in the Global Value Chain: the Public/Private Divide as a Challenge to the WTO
Elena Blanco, School of Law, University of West England:
Addressing Bribery and Corruption in Natural Resources Trade
Priscilla Schwartz, School of Law, University of East London:
The WTO, Sustainable Development and Developing Countries Natural Resources: New Wine in Old Skins
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1.00pm – 2.30pm
Scarman House Restaurant
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Lunch |
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2.30pm – 4.00pm
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Parallel Sessions 2 |
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Session 2A: International Trade, Agriculture and Commodities
Chair: Fiona Smith, School of Law, University College, London
Mary Footer, School of Law, University of Nottingham:
Permanent Sovereignty over Whose Natural Resources? Sovereignty, Natural Resource Exploitation and New Forms of Dependency Chinese-Style
Michael Fakhri, School of Law, University of Oregon, Eugene:
Historically Situating Agriculture at the Centre of Trade Law
Dwijen Rangnekar, School of Law, University of Warwick:
The ‘Cunning State’ of Farmers’ Rights in India: Aligning with Global Law or Emancipating Farmers? |
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Session 2B: Litigation and Corporate Accountability
Chair: Lorraine Talbot, School of Law, University of Warwick
Richard Meeran, Leigh, Day and Co, London:
Access to Remedy: The United Kingdom Experience of MNC Tort Litigation for Human Rights Violations
Liesbeth Enneking, Faculty of Law, University of Utrecht:
The Future of Foreign Direct Liability? Exploring the International Relevance of the Dutch Shell Nigeria Case
Bill O’Brian, School of Law, University of Warwick:
Comments on the Kiobel Case |
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Session 2C: Public and Private Partnerships in Natural Resource Regulation
Chair: David Szablowski, Department of Social Science, York University, Toronto
Juliane Reinecke, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick:
The Construction of Private Responsibility for Human Rights in Conflict Zones: The Case of Conflict Minerals
Patrícia Galvão Ferreira, Centre for Latin American Studies, Stanford University:
EITI: How a Transnational Public-Private Partnership was Designed to Improve Domestic Governance in Resource-Rich Developing Countries
Deval Desai, School of Law, School of African and African Studies (SOAS), London and Amelia Evans, Institute for Multi-stakeholder Initiatives, Harvard University, Boston:
The Stakes of Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives: Thinking Critically about MSIs as a Tool of Global Governance in the Extractive Industries
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4.00pm – 4.15pm
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Coffee Break |
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4.15pm – 5.45pm
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Parallel Sessions 3 |
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Session 3A: Sustainable Development and International Law
Margot Salomon, School of Law, London School of Economics:
The Articulation and Fate of Development Claims under International Law Koen De Feyter, Faculty of Law, University of Antwerp: A Right to Development Approach to the Exploitation of Natural Resources John McEldowney, School of Law, University of Warwick:
International Environmental Law and Natural Resources
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Session 3B: Financing Natural Resource Projects
Chair: Deval Desai, School of Law, SOAS
Christiana Ochoa, School of Law, University of Indiana:
Exploring The Impacts of International Climate Finance on Natural Resources Policies and Laws in Developing Countries
Celine Tan, School of Law, University of Warwick: Risky Rewards: Political Risk Insurance and the Law and Governance of Natural ResourcesDiane Desierto, William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii, Manoa: |
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7.00pm
Scarman House Restaurant
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Conference Dinner |
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Friday, 13 September 2013
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9.30am – 11.00am
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Parallel Sessions 4 |
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Session 4A: Rights and Responsibilities in Natural Resources Projects
Chair: Michael Fakhri, School of Law, University of Oregon, Eugene
Janet Dine, School of Law, Queen Mary, London: Ronald Janse, Faculty of Law, University of Amsterdam: David Ong, School of Law, Nottingham Trent University: |
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Session 4B: Human Rights, Corporate Responsibility and Natural Resources
Chair: Koen De Feyter, Faculty of Law, University of Antwerp
David Szablowski, Department of Social Science, York University, Toronto:
Implementing the UN ‘Protect, Respect and Remedy’ Framework: A Transformation of International Human Rights Law?
Andrea Saldariagga and Andrea Shemberg, Investment and Human Rights Project, London School of Economics:
The Guiding Principles and the Extractive Industry: What has Happened to the State Duty to Protect?
James Harrison, School of Law, University of Warwick:
Establishing a Meaningful Human Rights Due Diligence Process for Corporations: Learning From Experience of Human Rights Impact Assessment
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Session 4C: Law and Politics of Biofuels
Chair: Lorenzo Cotula, International Institute for Environment and Development
Elizabeth Fortin, School of Law, University of Bristol:
New Agriculture for Sustainable Development? Biofues and Agrarian Change in Post-War Sierra Leone (co-authored with Roy Maconachie)
Ben Richardson, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick:
From Carbon Markets to Sustainability Markets: The Curious Case of Certified Palm Oil
Patricia Urteaga, School of Law, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Lima:
Between Water Abundance and Scarcity: The Cultural Politics of Biofuels in Piura, Northern Peru |
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11.00am – 11.15am
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Coffee Break |
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11.15am – 12.45pm
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Parallel Sessions 5 |
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Session 5A: Natural Resource Extraction, Local Communities and the State
Chair: Illan rua Wall, School of Law, University of Warwick
Julio Faundez, School of Law, University of Warwick:
Reflections on the Origins and Proposals to Reform of the International Legal Framework Governing Natural Resources
Marcus Colchester, Forest Peoples Programme:
Collective Rights and Customary Use: Securing Sustainable Livelihoods in Law and in Practice
Domnique Hervé, Diego Protales University, Santiago:
Environmental Justice and Natural Resources: The Identification of Principles and Rules that Should Be Applied to Fairly Distribute Environmental Benefits and Burdens Related to Access, Use and Enjoyment of Natural Resources |
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Session 5B: Water and Environmental Security
Chair: Elena Blanco, School of Law, University of West England
Sharron McEldowney, School of Life Sciences, University of Westminster:
Sustainable Development, Chemicals and the Protection of Natural Resources in the Developing World
Liber Martin, School of Law, National University of Cuyo, Mendoza:
The State Duty to Protect from Business-Related Human Rights Violations in Water and Sanitation Services: Regulatory and BITs Implications (co-authored with Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky and Juan Justo)
Daria Davitti, School of Law, University of Keele:
Away from the Spotlight: Bilateral Investment Treaties, Natural Resources and the Right to Water in Afghanistan |
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Session 5C: Law of the Sea
Chair: Richard Barnes, School of Law, University of Hull
Jill Wakefield, School of Law, University of Warwick:
Shifting Responsibility for the Sustainability of the Living Marine Resource
Charles Sheppard, School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick:
Nothing Natural about Man-made Environmental Law
Junfeng Gu, School of Law, Shantou University:
Resources Development and Environmental Protection in the South China Sea |
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12.45pm – 2.00pm
Scarman House Restaurant
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Lunch |
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2.00pm – 3.30pm |
Parallel Sessions 6
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Session 6A: Public and Private Interests in Resource Management
Chair: Lise Johnson, Vale Columbia Centre for Sustainable International Investment, Columbia University, New York
Ximena Fuentes, School of Law, Adolfo Ibanex University, Santiago:
International Investment Law and the Right of States to Control and Manage their Natural Resources
Claire Buggenhoudt, Faculty of Law, University of Antwerp:
Natural Resource Disputes and ICSID Arbitration: What Role for the Public Interest
Richard Barnes, School of Law, University of Hull:
Control of the Sea: Privatisation or Protecting Public Interests ? |
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Session 6B: Climate Change, Environment and International Law
Chair: David Ong, School of Law, Nottingham Trent University
Environment and International Law in the Arab Uprisings
Sam Adelman, School of Law, University of Warwick:
Sovereignty, Sustainability and Natural Resources: The Limits of the Law
Ambreena Manji, School of Law, University of Cardiff and British Institute in Eastern Africa, Nairobi:
Constitutional Transformation, Privatisation and the Struggle for Karura Forest, Nairobi
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3.30pm – 3.45pm
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Coffee Break |
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3.45pm – 4.30 pm
Meeting Room 4
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Closing Plenary: Future Plans and Networks |
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5.30pm |
Outing to Stratford-upon-Avon |
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7.30pm
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Dinner in Stratford-upon-Avon |
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Workshop funded by:
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