3-part webinar series: Bridging the gap: A stronger Binding Treaty for all

In order to give civil society organisations a platform for discussion and to foster the debate around critical issues in the development of the Binding Treaty, the Resource Centre and its partners Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS), The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Justica Ambiental, Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) and the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) convened a series of three webinars in July, August and September 2023:

• Complementarity of the treaty, NAPs and mHREDD legislation (11 July)
• Regional perspectives on the treaty: What would a treaty mean around the world and what still needs to be resolved in the draft? (22 August)
• A treaty and access to justice for affected communities: Addressing the human rights commitment gap (19 September)

Webinar 1: Complementarity of the treaty, NAPs and mHREDD legislation

Speakers shared insights on:

• Perspectives of CSOs in Southeast Asia and any case studies that would show the usefulness and necessity of the treaty:
  • Joseph Purugganan, Focus on the Global South
    
• How domestic laws can also be shaped by the UN treaty process: the example of framework law to regulate TNCs in Brazil:
  • Andressa Oliveira Soares, Homa – Human Rights and Business Institute
    
• Overview of the EU CSDDD and complementarity with the treaty; why do we need both?:
  • Giuseppe Cioffo, CIDSE

Webinar 2: Regional perspectives on the treaty: What would a treaty mean around the world and what still needs to be resolved in the draft?

Keynote speaker: Lihle Mabuza, Department of International Relations and Cooperation, South Africa

Speakers: Ariella Scher, Centre for Applied Legal Studies; Sanyu Awori, Association for Women's Rights in Development; Jaybee Garganera, Alliance to Stop Mining; Rachmi Hertanti, Transnational Institute; Mai Taqueban, Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center/FoE Philippines; Ana Maria Suarez-Franco, FIAN International; Daniel Cerqueira, Due Process of Law Foundation; Soledad García Muñóz, Special Rapporteur on Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights - Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Moderated by: Sikho Luthango, Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung

Webinar 3: A binding treaty and access to justice for affected communities

Speakers: Surya Deva, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development; Sacha Feierabend, International Federation for Human Rights; Ruwan Subasinghe, International Transport Workers' Federation; Tony Salvador, Third World Network; Letícia Aleixo, ELAW; Sor.Rattanamanee Polkla, Community Resource Centre; Erika Mendes, Friends of the Earth Mozambique

Moderated by: Carlos Lopez, International Commission of Jurists