Futures Lab: Looking at the Law - Window of Opportunity
10 mins
Introduction by event MC, Joana Setzer, followed by Screening of video-edited clip carrying messages from Supreme Court judges from around the world. The judges are the following:
- Judge Noer (Norway)
- Judge Dambuza (South Africa)
- Judge Benjamin (Brazil)
- Judge Mansoor Ali Shah (Pakistan)
- Judge Lavrysen (Belgium)
- Judge Preston (Australia)
- Lord Carnwath (UK)
20 minutes
Part 1: A judicial dialogue on the potential of future decision making
- 20 Minute: Dialogue between Lord Carnwath and Justice Rafaela Santons Marins da Rosa, moderated by Christina Voigt (with Joana Setzer to act as back up should Christina be caught in negotiations)
35 minutes
Part 2: Case Scenario Analysis, Race to Resilience - LEAD: Mark Odaga, Natural Justice
- Focus on: movement lawyering/community led approaches to strategy, litigation and negotiation
- Limits and opportunities of legal empowerment
- Community perspective on movement lawyering
- Linking and scaling for impact beyond legal processes
Speakers
- Moderator: Pooven Moodley
- Speaker: Raaya Famau
- Speaker: Cesar Rodriguez-Garavito
- Speaker: Kanchi Koli
20 minutes
Part 3: Race to Zero Discussion - LEAD: Margherita Cornaglia, Climate Champions
- Focus on: corporates and race to zero (emissions reductions obligations)
- From soft to hard law: the future bite of instruments such as the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the UN Global Compact and OECD Guidelines
- The importance of changing governance from within: the key role played by corporate / commercial lawyers
- The future of voluntary commitments
Speakers
- Moderator: Wendy Miles QC
- Speaker: Surya Deva
- Speaker: Tessa Khan
5 minutes
MC to give brief closing remarks and introduce Mark’s “goodbye” / call of action video (2 mins)
Mark McVeigh pre-recorded clip: a call for action. How can each one of us take action via the law to bring about change? (3 mins)