Stockholm+50 Symposium on the Law for Security and Sustainable Development

May 30, 2022 | Stockholm Environmental Law and Policy Centre, Stockholm University, Lund University, Environmental Law Institute, and Environmental Peacebuilding Association
Stockholm, Sweden and online
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The UN meeting Stockholm+50 provides a unique opportunity to reflect on the many advancements in law for security and sustainable development since the first UN Conference on the Human Environment, in Stockholm 1972, and chart a path forward. The Stockholm+50 Symposium on the Law for Security and Sustainable Development, associated with the UN meeting, addresses the protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts under international law, and the integration of the environment and security in the law. 

Please join us for this exciting symposium, which features presentations by leading academics, policymakers, and practitioners from four continents. 

The symposium will be held Monday, May 30, from 13:00 to 18:00 CET, at the Aula magna and via Zoom.

To register, please click here:  https://reg.akademikonferens.se/app/attendee/new_registration.asp?PROJECTID=18551&CLEAR=yes&REGLINEID=104224&REGLINENO=1&REGLINEPAGENO=1&MENUITEMID=

Symposium Program:

Opening and welcome

  • Welcome by Jonas Ebbesson, Professor and Director of Stockholm Environmental Law and Policy Centre, Stockholm University
  • Address by Astrid Söderbergh Widding, President, Stockholm University

Keynote Address

  • Michael Bothe, Professor Emeritus, Universität Frankfurt am Main

Panel 1: Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflicts under International Law

  • Moderator: Britta Sjöstedt, Senior Lecturer, Lund University
  • Marie Jacobsson, Ambassador, Principal Legal Adviser on International Law at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden, and Former ILC Special Rapporteur on Protection of the Environment 
  • Doug Weir, Research and Policy Director, Conflict and Environment Observatory
  • Richard Pearshouse, Director of Environment & Human Rights Division, Human Rights Watch
  • Antonio Martínez Miembro and Gisela Paredes, members of the Colombian Colectivo de GuardaParques Del Sistema de Parques Nacionales 

Panel 2: Integrating Environment and Security in the Law

  • Moderator: Jonas Ebbesson, Professor and Director of Stockholm Environmental Law and Policy Centre, Stockholm University
  • Carl Bruch, Director of International Programs, Environmental Law Institute and President, Environmental Peacebuilding Association, “Integrating Conflict and Conflict Sensitivity into Environmental Law”
  • Patricia Kameri-Mbote, Director, Law Division, United Nations Environment Programme
  • Daniella Dam-De Jong, Associate Professor, Leiden University

Closing