Events

Asia Pacific Judicial Colloquium on Climate Change: Using Constitutions to Advance Environmental Rights and Achieve Climate Justice

26 February 2018 to 27 February 2018

Lahore

Pakistan

Senior judges from across Asia Pacific and other legal stakeholders (i.e., government, prosecutors, civil society, and academicians) in this judicial colloquium discussed the role of the judiciary in advancing environmental rights and climate justice. The objective of the colloquium is to assist and build capacity of judges in Asia Pacific in applying environmental constitutionalism to achieve climate justice and advance human dignity.

This event was co-sponsored by and organized in partnership with Punjab Judicial Academy, United Nations Environment Programme, ADB, Asian Judges Network on Environment, Raoul Wallenberg Institute, World Commission on Environmental Law, Global Judicial Institute on the Environment, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment, and the Widener University Delaware Law School (USA).

Program and Learning Materials:

26 Feb 2018
27 Feb 2018

Date	Session / Activity	Presentation Material	Speaker(s)
26 Feb 2018	Inaugural Session	Welcome Address	Muhammad Yawar Ali
26 Feb 2018	Inaugural Session	Opening Remarks	Elizabeth Mrema
26 Feb 2018	Inaugural Session	Opening Remarks	Sunil Mitra
26 Feb 2018	Inaugural Session	Video Remarks from the Global Judicial Institute on Environment	Antonio Benjamin
26 Feb 2018	Inaugural Session	Environmental and Climate Justice: A Perspective from Pakistan	Syed Mansoor Ali Shah
26 Feb 2018	Session 1 - Evolution and Innovations in Environmental Constitutionalism and Rights	Evolution and Innovations in Environmental Constitutionalism: Introduction and Overview Global environmental constitutionalism is the study and implementation of ways to advance positive environmental outcomes through constitutional means...	James May
26 Feb 2018	Session 1 - Evolution and Innovations in Environmental Constitutionalism and Rights	The Interdependence of Human Rights and the Environment	John Knox
26 Feb 2018	Session 1 - Evolution and Innovations in Environmental Constitutionalism and Rights	The Role of Constitutional Courts in Rendering Environmental Justice	Ayesha Malik
26 Feb 2018	Session 1 - Evolution and Innovations in Environmental Constitutionalism and Rights	Judicial Commissions and Climate Justice in Pakistan	Parvez Hassan
26 Feb 2018	Session 1 - Evolution and Innovations in Environmental Constitutionalism and Rights	Climate Justice for Future Generations Restoring the vital organs of life on earth requires adhering to the law of life by conserving, protecting, and restoring. Environment is about life and...	Antonio Oposa
26 Feb 2018	Session 2 - Global and Regional Developments in Climate Justice	Climate Justice and the Global Pact	Robert Carnwath
26 Feb 2018	Session 2 - Global and Regional Developments in Climate Justice	Presentation	Tassaduq Jillani
26 Feb 2018	Session 2 - Global and Regional Developments in Climate Justice	Recent Climate Litigation Concerning Environmental Rights An emerging feature of more recent climate change litigation is the use of some type of environmental right as the basis of the claim. The environmental...	Brian Preston
26 Feb 2018	Session 2 - Global and Regional Developments in Climate Justice	Climate Change and Vulnerable Groups: Global and Regional Developments Climate change brings different meaning for different people. It is unjust, unfair, and a threat to global peace, security, and prosperity. This presentation...	Irum Ahsan
26 Feb 2018	Session 3 - The Convergence of Environmental Constitutionalism, Rights, and Climate Justice	Climate Change, Environmental Threats, and Human Rights in Pakistan	Ali Baqar Najafi
26 Feb 2018	Session 3 - The Convergence of Environmental Constitutionalism, Rights, and Climate Justice	Constitutionalism and Climate Justice	James R. May
26 Feb 2018	Session 3 - The Convergence of Environmental Constitutionalism, Rights, and Climate Justice	Climate-induced Migration, Justice, and the Courts	Ben Boer
26 Feb 2018	Session 3 - The Convergence of Environmental Constitutionalism, Rights, and Climate Justice	Intersections of Climate Justice and Human Rights: Lessons from South Asia South Asia’s jurisprudence relating to environmental rights and sustainable development is a good example to the rest of the world. For instance, judiciaries...	Sumudu Anopama Atapattu

Date	Session / Activity	Presentation Material	Speaker(s)
27 Feb 2018	Session 4 - Special Issues in Judicial Implementation of Environmental Constitutionalism, Rights, and Climate Justice	Dignity Rights and Climate Justice While courts are necessary, they are not sufficient in the struggle for climate justice. Courts must recognize not only the limitations of the political...	Erin Daly
27 Feb 2018	Session 5 - Judges, the Environment, and Access to Justice in Asia Pacific		Jawad Hassan, Fleur Kingham, Marlene Oliver, YA Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Azahar bin Mohamed
27 Feb 2018	Session 6 - Judicial Remedies and Enforcement	Evolution of Law and Judicial Remedies in Environmental and Climate Change Matters: Pakistan View Point In Pakistan, the court focused the goals of the National Climate Change Policy 2010 to ensure that climate change is mainstreamed in the economically ...	Saima Amin Khawaja
27 Feb 2018	Session 6 - Judicial Remedies and Enforcement	Climate Litigation: A Suitable Discourse for China’s Green Courts? The value of environmental justice is becoming increasingly prominent in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). As climate litigation is a more recent ...	Tianbao Qin
27 Feb 2018	Session 7 - Next Steps, Conclusions, and Recommendations		Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, John Knox, Andy Raine, Irum Ahsan
27 Feb 2018	Closing Ceremony	Closing Address	Muhammad Anawaarul Haq
27 Feb 2018	Closing Ceremony	Closing Remarks	Nils Henrik Rolf Ring
27 Feb 2018	Closing Ceremony	Closing Remarks	Elizabeth Mrema