Human Rights and Small States: Challenges, Resilience, and Advocacy
12 & 13 November 2020
Online and at: WilmerHale
49 Park Lane London, W1K 1PS
Programme
Thursday, November 12, 2020
10:00–10:45 a.m. Keynote Fireside Chat on Poverty/Austerity and Human Rights [video]
Chair: Dr. Petra Butler, Director, Institute of Small and Micro States
Margarette Macaulay, Commissioner, Inter-American Human Rights Commission; former Justice of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Imrana Jalal, Chair, World Bank Inspection Panel, (International Accountability Mechanism)
11:00 a.m.–2:30 p.m. Panel 1: Austerity and Human Rights and Discussion [video]
Chair: Santiago Bejarano, Counsel, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Susie Alegre, Island Rights and Doughty Street Chambers
Malene Alleyne, Jamaican Human Rights Lawyer, Outstanding Lawyer of the Year award from the International Bar Association (IBA)
Bugalo Maripe, Associate Professor, University of Botswana
6:00–9:00 p.m. Panel 2: Migration and Discussion [video]
Chair: Daniel Costelloe, Counsel, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Dr. Jean-Pierre Gauci, Arthur Watts Senior Research Fellow in Public International Law, BIICL—Migration and Malta
François Crépeau, former UN Special Rapporteur on Rights of Migrants, Hans & Tamar Oppenheimer Professor for Public International Law, McGill University—The Rights of Migrants
Ms Nisha, Director of the Office and UNESCO Representative to the Pacific States—Culture and Migration
Alberto Costi, Professor, Victoria University of Wellington—Small States, Migration and Statehood
Friday, November 13, 2020
9:30–10:30 a.m. Keynote Panel: Small States—Big Cases
Chair: Dr. Jean-Pierre Gauci
Philippe Sands QC, Barrister and Professor of Laws and Director of the Centre for International Courts and Tribunals at University College London—Chagos Islands: The Right to Self-Determination
Simon Mount QC, Barrister & Attorney-General of Pitcairn Islands—Pitcairn: The Search for Justice
10:30–11:30 a.m.
Q & A Keynote Panel [video]
2:00–4.00 p.m. Panel 3: Freedom of Expression With Discussion [video]
Chair: Steven Finizio, Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Caroline Muscat, Investigative Journalist, Malta (tbc)
Junkung Jobarthe, Head of the Legal Department, Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, The Gambia
Jovo Martinovic, Journalist, Montenegro
Representative from the Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI)
4:00–6:00 p.m.
Kaffeehaus Debate on Freedom of Expression [video]
6:00–8:30 p.m. Panel 4: Access to Justice With Discussion [video]
Chair: Dr. Sara Migliorini, Research Fellow in Private International Law, BIICL
Dr. Maxi Scherer, Professor, Queen Mary University of London and Special Counsel, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP—Technology
Dr. Julinda Beqiraj, Maurice Wohl Senior Research Fellow in European Law, BIICL—SDGs and Access to Justice
Chiann Bao, Independent Arbitrator, Arbitration Chambers and BIICL Senior Honorary Fellow
Dr. Janine Ubink, Professor of Law, Governance and Development, University of Leiden—Customary Dispute Resolution and Traditional Leadership in Times of Global Capitalism - Lessons from Namibia and Beyond
The Conference Report can be viewed here.