The Global Economy, the Sustainable Development Goals & the Law: Online International Law and Governance Symposium

Please Register Here Now for The Global Economy, the Sustainable Development Goals & the Law: Online International Symposium on 15 July 2022, while places remain available for professors, law and policy leaders, practitioners, judges, researchers, students and any who are interested - please register by 12 July 2022 by clicking here, free tickets are available for any who need them.

We are delighted to announce the Full Programme for this special Symposium HERE. Highlights include:

* Brilliant keynote speakers from diverse countries and a wide range of experience across law, policy and sustainability research and practice

* World-class Hon Justice CD Gonthier Memorial Lecture by Sir Christopher Greenwood, Master of Magdalene College, University of Cambridge & former Judge, International Court of Justice

* Engaging experts plenaries on cutting-edge topics with renowned chairs and speakers from around the world, opening opportunities for dialogue and questions 

Law has the potential to play a critical role in achieving the SDGs, facilitating a global economy which addresses poverty, human rights and environmental targets of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Trade, investment and financial law and cooperation can help or hinder efforts to achieve the SDGs. New legal research and practice knowledge can identify innovative provisions and rules, incentivising efforts for sustainability, and resolving disputes. Informed dialogue between expert jurists, decision-makers, advocates, practitioners and students offers opportunities for new knowledge, learning and impact.

The international symposium on the Global Economy, the Sustainable Development Goals and the Law will be held on July 15, 2022, co-hosted online by the World Trade Institute and the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL), in cooperation with the McGill University, the University of Montreal, the University of Cambridge, the University of Costa Rica, the University of Nairobi, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, and the Swiss Italian University, together with the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development and the Balsillie School of International Affairs at the University of Waterloo, the International Law Association, the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law, the McGill Journal of Sustainable Development Law (MJSDL), the Cambridge International Law Journal, Canada's Sustainable Development Solutions Network and other partners. 

The mid-conference plenary features the biennial Hon Justice CD Gonthier Memorial Lectures, which after brief opening remarks by representatives of the Canadian judiciary and the Hon CD Gonthier Memorial Committee, are given by eminent international leaders with global insights, experience and impact. Confirmed Speakers include:

Prof. James Bacchus, the Distinguished University Professor of Global Affairs and director of the Center for Global Economic and Environmental Opportunity at the University of Central Florida, he served as a founding judge and twice the chairman—the chief judge—of the highest court of world trade, the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, and has recently authored the bestselling Trade Links: New Rules for a New World (CUP, 2022). 

Dr. Shavana Haythornthwaite is Head of Human Rights at the Commonwealth Secretariat and a Visiting Professor at the China-EU School of Law at the China University of Political Science. She was previously a Fulbright Fellow in Cyber Security at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington D.C.

Adv Douglas Leys, QC is the Green Climate Fund’s General Counsel. He has accumulated extensive experience in the public and private sectors, including several decades of service with the Solicitor-General’s Office in Jamaica. This culminated in his appointment as Jamaica’s Solicitor General, before moving to GCF. He holds the rank of Queen’s Counsel, a position reserved for persons who have distinguished themselves at the bar in the Commonwealth.

If interested, please Register Now at this link, ideally before 30 June 2022. Free places remain available for students and any who need them - by clicking here, and certificates will be provided on request for learners who complete the day.