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Futures Lab: Looking at the Law - Window of Opportunity
10 minsIntroduction by event MC, Joana Setzer, followed by Screening of video-edited clip carrying messages from Supreme Court judges from around the world. The judges are the following:Judge Noer (Norway)Judge Dambuza (South Africa)Judge Benjamin (Brazil)Judge Mansoor Ali Shah (Pakistan)Judge Lavrysen (Belgium)Judge Preston (Australia)Lord Carnwath (UK)20 minutes Part 1: A judicial dialogue on the potential of future decision making20 Minute: Dialogue between Lord Carnwath and Justice Rafaela Santons Marins da Rosa, moderated by Christina Voigt (with Joana Setzer to act as back up should Christina be caught in negotiations)35 minutesPart 2: Case Scenario Analysis, Race to Resilience - LEAD: Mark Odaga, Natural JusticeFocus on: movement lawyering/community led approaches to strategy, litigation and negotiationLimits and opportunities of legal empowermentCommunity perspective on movement lawyeringLinking and scaling for impact beyond legal processes SpeakersModerator: Pooven MoodleySpeaker: Raaya Famau Speaker: Cesar Rodriguez-GaravitoSpeaker: Kanchi Koli20 minutes Part 3: Race to Zero Discussion - LEAD: Margherita Cornaglia, Climate ChampionsFocus on: corporates and race to zero (emissions reductions obligations)From soft to hard law: the future bite of instruments such as the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the UN Global Compact and OECD GuidelinesThe importance of changing governance from within: the key role played by corporate / commercial lawyersThe future of voluntary commitmentsSpeakersModerator: Wendy Miles QCSpeaker: Surya Deva Speaker: Tessa Khan5 minutes MC to give brief closing remarks and introduce Mark’s “goodbye” / call of action video (2 mins)Mark McVeigh pre-recorded clip: a call for action. How can each one of us take action via the law to bring about change? (3 mins)
