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SNU Human Rights Center Conference on “Environmental Sustainability, the Right to a Healthy Environment, and Human Rights”
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The SNU Human Rights Center cordially invites you to a conference on Thursday, January 9, 2025 on the theme of “Environmental Sustainability, the Right to a Healthy Environment and Human Rights”. Please see the program below for details on how to participate.
Date & Time: 9 January 2025 (Thursday) 9:30∽17:00
A hybrid format, with both in-person and online options available
English-Korean simultaneous interpretation provided
Please register by 7 January (Tuesday), 2025: https://forms.gle/9NQDda51tLBvC5677
Seoul National University Human Rights Center
Environmental Sustainability, the Right to a Healthy Environment,
and Human Rights
Thursday, 9 January 2025
Room 206, Building 71-1, Seoul National University, South Korea
9:30-9:45 Registration
Moderator Hyo Won Kang, Research Fellow, SNU Human Rights Center
9:45-10:00 Opening Remarks
June-Jeong Lee, Director of SNU Human Rights Center
Sun-Jin Yun, Dean of SNU Graduate School of Environmental Studies
10:00-12:00 Human Rights and the Environment
Chair Tae-woo Ko, Professor of History, SNU
Ecological beings, human beings and human rights
- Kerri Woods, Associate Professor of Political Theory, University of Leeds, UK
The right to a healthy environment and climate justice: Challenges and opportunities
- Sumudu Atapattu, Teaching Professor, University of Wisconsin Law School / Executive Director, UW-Madison Human Rights Program, US (Online)
Economic, social and cultural rights, and environmental sustainability
- Michael Windfuhr, Member of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights / Deputy Director of the German Institute for Human Rights
The environment and extra-territorial human rights obligations
- Joo-Young Lee, Research Professor, SNU Human Rights Center / Member of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Discussant: Jiewuh Song, Professor, Political Science and International Relations, SNU
*Floor Discussion
13:30-15:15 Climate Change Litigation in East Asia
Chair Hyeyoung Lee, Professor, SNU Graduate School of International Studies
Korean youth climate litigation: A rights-based response to a political failure
- Sejong Youn, Program Director/Attorney at Law, Plan 1.5
Overview and challenge of youth climate case in Japan
- Mie Asaoka, Attorney at Law, President of Kiko Network
Overview and challenge of Taiwan’s climate litigation and policy
- Yan-Ting Lin, Former director, Climate Change & Just Transition, Environmental Rights Foundation (ERF), Taiwan
Discussant: Jaehong Lee, Professor of Law, Ewha Womans University, South Korea
*Floor Discussion
15:30- 17:00 Human Rights and a Just Transition
Chair Joo-Young Lee, Research Professor, SNU Human Rights Center
Post-growth approaches and human rights
- Judith Bueno de Mesquita, Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School, UK (Online)
State’s human rights obligations in response to climate change and human rights approaches to energy
- Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh, Associate Professor of Sustainability Law, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Online)
* Floor Discussion
The SNU Human Rights Center cordially invites you to a conference on Thursday, January 9, 2025 on the theme of “Environmental Sustainability, the Right to a Healthy Environment and Human Rights”. Please see the program below for details on how to participate.
Date & Time: 9 January 2025 (Thursday) 9:30∽17:00
A hybrid format, with both in-person and online options available
English-Korean simultaneous interpretation provided
Please register by 7 January (Tuesday), 2025: https://forms.gle/9NQDda51tLBvC5677
Seoul National University Human Rights Center
Environmental Sustainability, the Right to a Healthy Environment,
and Human Rights
Thursday, 9 January 2025
Room 206, Building 71-1, Seoul National University, South Korea
9:30-9:45 Registration
Moderator Hyo Won Kang, Research Fellow, SNU Human Rights Center
9:45-10:00 Opening Remarks
June-Jeong Lee, Director of SNU Human Rights Center
Sun-Jin Yun, Dean of SNU Graduate School of Environmental Studies
10:00-12:00 Human Rights and the Environment
Chair Tae-woo Ko, Professor of History, SNU
Ecological beings, human beings and human rights
- Kerri Woods, Associate Professor of Political Theory, University of Leeds, UK
The right to a healthy environment and climate justice: Challenges and opportunities
- Sumudu Atapattu, Teaching Professor, University of Wisconsin Law School / Executive Director, UW-Madison Human Rights Program, US (Online)
Economic, social and cultural rights, and environmental sustainability
- Michael Windfuhr, Member of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights / Deputy Director of the German Institute for Human Rights
The environment and extra-territorial human rights obligations
- Joo-Young Lee, Research Professor, SNU Human Rights Center / Member of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Discussant: Jiewuh Song, Professor, Political Science and International Relations, SNU
*Floor Discussion
13:30-15:15 Climate Change Litigation in East Asia
Chair Hyeyoung Lee, Professor, SNU Graduate School of International Studies
Korean youth climate litigation: A rights-based response to a political failure
- Sejong Youn, Program Director/Attorney at Law, Plan 1.5
Overview and challenge of youth climate case in Japan
- Mie Asaoka, Attorney at Law, President of Kiko Network
Overview and challenge of Taiwan’s climate litigation and policy
- Yan-Ting Lin, Former director, Climate Change & Just Transition, Environmental Rights Foundation (ERF), Taiwan
Discussant: Jaehong Lee, Professor of Law, Ewha Womans University, South Korea
*Floor Discussion
15:30- 17:00 Human Rights and a Just Transition
Chair Joo-Young Lee, Research Professor, SNU Human Rights Center
Post-growth approaches and human rights
- Judith Bueno de Mesquita, Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School, UK (Online)
State’s human rights obligations in response to climate change and human rights approaches to energy
- Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh, Associate Professor of Sustainability Law, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Online)
* Floor Discussion
Date & Time: 9 January 2025 (Thursday) 9:30∽17:00
A hybrid format, with both in-person and online options available
English-Korean simultaneous interpretation provided
Please register by 7 January (Tuesday), 2025: https://forms.gle/9NQDda51tLBvC5677
Seoul National University Human Rights Center
Environmental Sustainability, the Right to a Healthy Environment,
and Human Rights
Thursday, 9 January 2025
Room 206, Building 71-1, Seoul National University, South Korea
9:30-9:45 Registration
Moderator Hyo Won Kang, Research Fellow, SNU Human Rights Center
9:45-10:00 Opening Remarks
June-Jeong Lee, Director of SNU Human Rights Center
Sun-Jin Yun, Dean of SNU Graduate School of Environmental Studies
10:00-12:00 Human Rights and the Environment
Chair Tae-woo Ko, Professor of History, SNU
Ecological beings, human beings and human rights
- Kerri Woods, Associate Professor of Political Theory, University of Leeds, UK
The right to a healthy environment and climate justice: Challenges and opportunities
- Sumudu Atapattu, Teaching Professor, University of Wisconsin Law School / Executive Director, UW-Madison Human Rights Program, US (Online)
Economic, social and cultural rights, and environmental sustainability
- Michael Windfuhr, Member of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights / Deputy Director of the German Institute for Human Rights
The environment and extra-territorial human rights obligations
- Joo-Young Lee, Research Professor, SNU Human Rights Center / Member of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Discussant: Jiewuh Song, Professor, Political Science and International Relations, SNU
*Floor Discussion
13:30-15:15 Climate Change Litigation in East Asia
Chair Hyeyoung Lee, Professor, SNU Graduate School of International Studies
Korean youth climate litigation: A rights-based response to a political failure
- Sejong Youn, Program Director/Attorney at Law, Plan 1.5
Overview and challenge of youth climate case in Japan
- Mie Asaoka, Attorney at Law, President of Kiko Network
Overview and challenge of Taiwan’s climate litigation and policy
- Yan-Ting Lin, Former director, Climate Change & Just Transition, Environmental Rights Foundation (ERF), Taiwan
Discussant: Jaehong Lee, Professor of Law, Ewha Womans University, South Korea
*Floor Discussion
15:30- 17:00 Human Rights and a Just Transition
Chair Joo-Young Lee, Research Professor, SNU Human Rights Center
Post-growth approaches and human rights
- Judith Bueno de Mesquita, Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School, UK (Online)
State’s human rights obligations in response to climate change and human rights approaches to energy
- Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh, Associate Professor of Sustainability Law, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Online)
* Floor Discussion
The SNU Human Rights Center cordially invites you to a conference on Thursday, January 9, 2025 on the theme of “Environmental Sustainability, the Right to a Healthy Environment and Human Rights”. Please see the program below for details on how to participate.
Date & Time: 9 January 2025 (Thursday) 9:30∽17:00
A hybrid format, with both in-person and online options available
English-Korean simultaneous interpretation provided
Please register by 7 January (Tuesday), 2025: https://forms.gle/9NQDda51tLBvC5677
Seoul National University Human Rights Center
Environmental Sustainability, the Right to a Healthy Environment,
and Human Rights
Thursday, 9 January 2025
Room 206, Building 71-1, Seoul National University, South Korea
9:30-9:45 Registration
Moderator Hyo Won Kang, Research Fellow, SNU Human Rights Center
9:45-10:00 Opening Remarks
June-Jeong Lee, Director of SNU Human Rights Center
Sun-Jin Yun, Dean of SNU Graduate School of Environmental Studies
10:00-12:00 Human Rights and the Environment
Chair Tae-woo Ko, Professor of History, SNU
Ecological beings, human beings and human rights
- Kerri Woods, Associate Professor of Political Theory, University of Leeds, UK
The right to a healthy environment and climate justice: Challenges and opportunities
- Sumudu Atapattu, Teaching Professor, University of Wisconsin Law School / Executive Director, UW-Madison Human Rights Program, US (Online)
Economic, social and cultural rights, and environmental sustainability
- Michael Windfuhr, Member of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights / Deputy Director of the German Institute for Human Rights
The environment and extra-territorial human rights obligations
- Joo-Young Lee, Research Professor, SNU Human Rights Center / Member of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Discussant: Jiewuh Song, Professor, Political Science and International Relations, SNU
*Floor Discussion
13:30-15:15 Climate Change Litigation in East Asia
Chair Hyeyoung Lee, Professor, SNU Graduate School of International Studies
Korean youth climate litigation: A rights-based response to a political failure
- Sejong Youn, Program Director/Attorney at Law, Plan 1.5
Overview and challenge of youth climate case in Japan
- Mie Asaoka, Attorney at Law, President of Kiko Network
Overview and challenge of Taiwan’s climate litigation and policy
- Yan-Ting Lin, Former director, Climate Change & Just Transition, Environmental Rights Foundation (ERF), Taiwan
Discussant: Jaehong Lee, Professor of Law, Ewha Womans University, South Korea
*Floor Discussion
15:30- 17:00 Human Rights and a Just Transition
Chair Joo-Young Lee, Research Professor, SNU Human Rights Center
Post-growth approaches and human rights
- Judith Bueno de Mesquita, Senior Lecturer, Essex Law School, UK (Online)
State’s human rights obligations in response to climate change and human rights approaches to energy
- Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh, Associate Professor of Sustainability Law, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Online)
* Floor Discussion
