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SUMMARY:Curiae Virides Stakeholder Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The ERC Curiae Virides project is organizing a stakeholder workshop to discuss the empirical insights of the project in a roundtable format with practitioners\, organisations and non-academic experts. \nThe Workshop will take place on 27-28 August 2026 in Brussels\, on VUB Campus (LIC Building) . This will be a closed event (participation upon invitation) for mostly non-academic stakeholders\, with seats limited for those invited. We invite diverse stakeholders – organisations\, practitioners\, lawyers\, other experts who have expressed interest in the Curiae Virides project and whose opinion counts for us! This will be an opportunity to share experiences\, express ideas and give us reflections. The Workshop will not produce a formal outcome document as such\, but the discussions and your input will be invaluable not only for our research outcomes but also in shaping how our research findings can best serve you and other stakeholders in the future. \nFollowing the discussion of day 1\, a  reception dinner  (17:30-20:00) at the U-Square \, will be organised together with a pop-up art exhibition titled “Roots and Connections” – linking the environment with human rights. \nThe exhibition brings together work by printmakers Eszter Sziksz\, DA (Ringling College in Florida\, US) and Justyna Mazur-Kiwer (Kraków\, Poland)\, as well as sculptural installations created by Lexilex.be\, a Brussels-based organisation working with people living with disabilities. The exhibition is open to the public. Date: 27 August 2026 – Opening with introduction: 17:00 – Closing: 20:00 \nCuriae Virides Stakeholder Workshop 27-28.8_full program(14.07)
URL:https://curiaevirides.eu/calendar/curiae-virides-stakeholder-workshop/
LOCATION:VUB campus\, Bd de la Plaine 2\, 1050 Bruxelles\, Ixelles\, 1050\, Belgium
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:The shadows of “Green”
DESCRIPTION:Time & Location\n21 April 2026\, 12:00-14:00h – Hybrid event. Registrations will open soon \nBrussels School of Governance-Lisbon/Rome. Bd de la Plaine 5/1st floor\, 1050 Bruxelles\, Belgium \nAbout the Event\nBiodiversa+ Defendbio project and the ERC Curiae Virides project\, hosted by the Brussels School of Governance together with the Law Faculty and the Water and Climate Department\, all from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel\, are organising this workshop that focuses on Nature Based Solutions (NBS) seeking to address global warming and to a certain extent\, biodiversity loss. The objective is to explore how these ‘‘green interventions’’ when misused or poorly implemented give rise to conflicts contesting the ecological benefits of these projects and the respect for human rights of local communities. By examining how these projects are conceptualised\, we want to ask: who is really deciding? whose knowledge are being used? who bears their burden? Are these conflicts merely the result of poor implementation\, or do they reflect deeper structural tensions within prevailing models? \nThe workshop focuses on how land tenure\, community rights and governance shape both the implementation and contestation of these interventions. We will look into the role of public participation and Free\, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) are effective mechanisms or whether they are limited by structural factors. We will also explore the underlying causes of these limitations. \nThe workshop explores how judicial decisions adopted in Colombia and Kenya unfold on the ground\, particularly for local and Indigenous communities whose territories are often affected by these projects. We want to offer a space for debate\, exchange and critical reflection on what those universally beneficial ‘‘green interventions’’ should look like\, and how they can be shaped in ways that center the experiences\, rights and agency of those most directly affected. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme\n12h: Introduction \nChair: Liliana Lizarazo Rodríguez\, Research professor\, Brussels School of Governance (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) \n12h05: Green Without Consent? Community Land and the Limits of Participation  \nXanne Bekaert\, PhD Researcher\, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)-Vakgroep Publiek Recht \nIn her intervention\, Xanne examines the case of Osman & 164 Others v Northern Rangelands Trust & 8 Others (2025) as an entry point inro the promises and tensions of ‘green’ interventions. In dialogue with the Colombian Constitutional Court’s decision (T-248-24)\, she explores how NBS are governed\, contested and experienced locally. The Kenyan case found that wildlife conservancies on community land were implemented without adequate public participation. Building on this\, the workshop considers the role of FPIC and participation. It asks whether their shortcomings reflect implementation failures or deeper structural tensions. The case shows how legal ambiguity and unequal power relations can lead to exclusion and dispossession; situated within broader debates on land tenure\, conservation governance and carbon markets in Eastern Africa. Placing it in conversations with the Colombian case enables a comparative reflection on who defines\, governs and benefits from “green” interventions and calls for frameworks that centre community agency\, strengthen land rights\, and embed human rights due diligence at their core. \n12h25: Not all green is just: Rethinking Nature-Based Solutions through Judgement T-248/24 \nMartha Robles Ustariz\, PhD Researcher Brussels School of Governance (BSoG)-Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). Defend-Bio+Biodiversa \nIn her intervention\, Martha examines the judicial decision T-248/24 of the Colombia Constitutional Court as an example of what happens when the use of green labels as ‘‘nature-based solutions’’ appear to legitimise interventions that can reproduce power asymmetries and overlook communities’ rights. The case found that a carbon credit project was developed without transparency\, meaningful participation\, the respect for free\, prior and informed consent (FPIC)\, and in the absence of a regulatory framework incorporating an ethnic perspective. Building on this\, the intervention questions whether these flaws derived from implementation gaps or instead reflect a deeper structural tension. Placing this case in comparative perspective with the Kenyan case\, a space is open to reflect on what’s behind ‘‘green’’ initiatives and how climate governance plays a crucial role\, as well as the importance of schemes and frameworks with a human-rights based approach. \n12h55: Discussion \nTwo experts in nature-based solutions and carbon credits will discuss the presentations\, after which there will be an open discussion with the participants. \nDiscussants \nAfnan Agramont Akiyama\, Post-doctoral researcher\, Water and Climate Department\, Vrije Universiteit Brussel. \nDaniel Kofi Abu\, Programme Specialist\, Climate Change and Urban Resilience at UN-Habitat \n13h30 Lunch
URL:https://curiaevirides.eu/calendar/the-shadows-of-green/
LOCATION:Brussel School of Governance\, Bd de la Plaine 5/1st floor\, 1050 Bruxelles\, Brussels\, 1050\, Belgium
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SUMMARY:Litigating Ecological Conflicts in Asia:    Courts\, Remedies\, and Transnational Accountability
DESCRIPTION:Hybrid event  \nDate: 3 March 2026  \nTime: 12:00 – 14:00 CET (Brussels time)  \nLocation: Voltaire Room – Brussels School of Governance- Vrije Universiteit Brussel  \nThe emerging trajectories of ecological litigation across Asia show the growing influence of courts\, litigants and governance frameworks in shaping responses to global environmental damage and climate-related challenges. Drawing on perspectives from conservation governance\, socio-legal research and environmental law\, this webinar will assess the evolving approaches to assess the remedies obtained in these legal proceedings and the emerging role of value chain due diligence disputes\, as well as the role of courts in interpreting industrial policies in climate litigation.   \nThe event will facilitate discussions on how ecological conflicts are brought before the courts\, exploring various legal approaches ranging from the integration of science and law\, to state-driven judicial interpretations\, and transnational corporate accountability. These insights will provide a basis for reflections on how litigation has been used to respond to ecological conflicts in Asian contexts\, focusing on the types of remedies obtained from courts and by whom.  \nAbout the event\nModerator: Kata Dozsa Postdoctoral Researcher at the ERC curiae Virides project BSoG  \n12:00 First Part: Environmental Accountability in Practice: Remedies for Harm and the Rise of Value Chain Disputes  \n\nA Meaningful\, Practical Approach to Remedies in Litigation for Environmental Harm – Jacob Phelps\, Senior Lecturer in Conservation Governance at Lancaster Environment Center\, Lancaster University\, and Executive Director of Conservation-Litigation.org \n\n\nEnvironmental Value Chain Due Diligence Disputes in Asia – A Preliminary Mapping of Dispute Morphology – PhD Researcher João De Freitas\, Brussels School of Governance (BSoG)\, ERC Curiae Virides project \n\nDiscussant: Claudia Ituarte-Lima Senior Researcher\, Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI)\, Director of the Global Network of Human Rights and the Environment.  \n12:45 Second part: Judicial Pathways in Asian Environmental Litigation  \n\nClimate Litigation in China: Judicial Interpretations of Industrial Policies – Mingzhe Zhu\, Senior Lecturer in Just Transition\, School of Law\, University of Glasgow \n\n\nEvolution of Remedies in A Decade of Indonesia Environmental Litigation – Rika Fajrini\,  PhD Candidate at the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies (GSGES)\, Kyoto University\, Japan\, and Senior Legal Researcher at Conservation-Litigation.org \n\nDiscussant: Francesca Leucci\, Postdoc researcher at ETL – Institute for European Tort Law under the Austrian Academy of Sciences and at ZEP – Zentrum für Europäisches Privatrecht (Universität Graz). Associate Researcher at the Brussels School of Governance and at the Law Group of Wageningen University in the Netherlands.  \nConcluding remarks and lunch  
URL:https://curiaevirides.eu/calendar/litigating-ecological-conflicts-in-asia-courts-remedies-and-transnational-accountability/
LOCATION:Brussel School of Governance\, Bd de la Plaine 5/1st floor\, 1050 Bruxelles\, Brussels\, 1050\, Belgium
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SUMMARY:On the Frontlines: Environmental Defenders in a Turbulent World
DESCRIPTION:Time & Location\n\n\n26 Sept 2025\, 10:00 – 12:00 \nBrussels S. of Governance – Lisbon Room.\, Bd de la Plaine 5/1st floor\, 1050 Bruxelles\, Belgium \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Event\n\n\n\n10h00: On the Frontlines: Environmental Defenders in a Turbulent World \nClaudia Ituarte-Lima -Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law \n \nIn turbulent times\, biosphere defenders stand at the frontlines of protecting ecosystems and communities’ wellbeing\, often at great personal risk. Drawing on insights from the Defendbio project “Biosphere Defenders Leveraging Legal and Governance Tools for Just Sustainability Transformations” and beyond\, Claudia explores what it means to be a defender today\, with a particular focus on law as both a tool for positive change and a weapon of silencing—through abusive lawsuits and other legal threats. She will highlight strategies of scaling-out through cross-border solidarity and scaling-up by ensuring that frontline legal insights reach decision-making spaces such as the Conference of the Parties of Multilateral Environmental Agreements and the EU Parliament. She will also refer to the report commissioned by the European Parliament that she co-authored with Maria Andrea Nardi and Britta Sjosterdt: Environmental human rights defenders: new developments and their implications for the European Union and the European Parliament . Finally\, she will reflect on how legal empowerment\, transnational collaboration\, and awareness-raising can strengthen the realization of defenders’ rights and amplify their voices in shaping our shared future in which the law is leveraged to advance sustainability and justice.  \n  \n10h30 Roundtable: What It Means to Be a Defender: Voices from the Frontlines \nChair: Liliana Lizarazo-Rodriguez\, Brussels School of Governance\, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium) \n \n\n\n Beyond Allyship? Activist Scholarship and Indigenous Environmental Defenders \nLieselotte Viaene\, Human Rights Center\, University of Ghent (Belgium) \n\n\nChildren as Defenders of the Planet \nKata Dozsa\, Brussels School of Governance\, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium) \n\n\nNGOS as Human Rights and Environmental Defenders \nWies Willems\, Broederlijk Delen\,  (Belgium)  \n\n\n \n11h00 Open Discussion \n12h00 Lunch \n  \nSpeakers \nClaudia Ituarte-Lima is an international public lawyer and scholar on human rights\, biodiversity\, and climate change law and policy. She is Thematic Lead and Senior Researcher at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute and Director of the Global Network for Human Rights and the Environment. She holds a MPhil from the University of Cambridge and a PhD from University College London. Her contributions have shaped global policy\, including the adoption of guidelines on human rights safeguards by the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity\, and she has served as an expert for the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). She has also led capacity-strengthening initiatives for judges\, prosecutors\, and environmental defenders\, bringing a global yet contextually grounded perspective to environmental justice. \n  \nLieselotte Viaene is a Belgian-Flemish legal and environmental anthropologist with a PhD in Law (2011) and a Senior Fellowship at the Human Rights Centre\, Ghent University. For nearly two decades\, Lieselotte has collaborated with Indigenous communities in Latin America (Guatemala\, Colombia\, Ecuador\, Perú) and Nepal—ranging from genocide survivors to networks of Indigenous lawyers. Her research spans legal pluralism\, Indigenous rights\, transitional justice\, the decolonization of human rights\, and natural resource governance. She is the Principal Investigator of the European Research Council Starting Grant project RIVERS – Water/Human Rights Beyond the Human?\, a six-year interdisciplinary project (2019–2026)\, which explores Indigenous water ontologies\, plurilegal encounters\, and interlegal translation through fieldwork in Nepal\, Guatemala\, Colombia\, and at the UN. \n \nKata Dozsa is a postdoctoral researcher at the Brussels School of Governance where she conducts empirical research in the ERC Curiae Virides project on transnational ecological litigation. She holds a PhD in law from University of Antwerp. Between 2011 and 2018\, she worked for the European Commission in various posts\, such as press officer for Climate Action and later as policy officer for the rights of the child. Kata Dozsa is the author of the book “Children as Climate Citizens” (Routledge\, 2023)\, and she has numerous publications about children’s rights\, the rights of future generations and climate change\, including in the 2020 and 2023 editions of the European Yearbook on Human Rights. She was awarded the 2022 Sustainability Research Award for my contribution to climate change policy-development in Belgium. \n  \nWies Willems: is a senior policy advisor at the Belgian NGO Broederlijk Delen. His areas of expertise are natural resources and environmental justice\, human rights\, and corporate accountability. Wies conducts research and advocacy work at the Belgian and EU levels\, in close collaboration with partner organisations\, mainly from Latin America.
URL:https://curiaevirides.eu/calendar/on-the-frontlines-environmental-defenders-in-a-turbulent-world/
LOCATION:Brussel School of Governance\, Bd de la Plaine 5/1st floor\, 1050 Bruxelles\, Brussels\, 1050\, Belgium
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SUMMARY:Advisory Opinion 32 of 2025: Climate Emergency and Human Rights. What’s Next?
DESCRIPTION:Online Round Table \n\n\nThe Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) issued Advisory Opinion 32 of 2025 on the climate emergency and human rights. This decision marks a significant milestone in the development of international law. Join us on 15 July to discuss the implications of this decision. \n\n\n\nRegistration is closed\nSee other events \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTime & Location\n\n\n15 Jul 2025\, 15:00 – 16:30 \nOnline Round Table \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Event\n\n\n\nBackground & Rationale \nOn 3 July\, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) issued Advisory Opinion 32 of 2025 on the climate emergency and human rights. This decision marks a significant milestone in the development of international law. The IACtHR recognises the importance of a systemic and intersectional approach that connects climate action with the protection of ecosystems\, biodiversity\, and the rights of environmental and human rights defenders. \n \nThis Advisory Opinion\, requested by Chile and Colombia\, advances a comprehensive normative framework that builds on\, and interacts with\, earlier jurisprudence from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR)\, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)\, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) as well as the ongoing advisory proceedings before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Advisory Opinions are progressing the agenda on climate action more noticeably than contentious proceedings. It is important to reflect on how regional and national institutions – including courts\, national human rights institutions (NHRIs) and civil society – can support the agenda to advance climate justice and Earth stewardship. \n \nConveners \nThe Global Network for Human Rights and the Environment (GNHRE) is organizing this round table\, supported by the following partners:  The Biodiversa + Defend Bio project\, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI)\, the ERC Curiae Virides project (Brussels School of Governance – Vrije Universiteit Brussel)\, University of the West Indies\, Cave Hill (Barbados)\, Universidad del Rosario (Colombia)\, SEVEN (Universiteit van Amsterdam) and the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI). \n \nObjectives \nThe roundtable’s objective is to provide a forum for reflection on the various themes that have emerged in the wake of the adoption of AO 32 of 2025. Some of these themes are:  \n\n\nThe legal and practical implications of Advisory Opinion 32/25 for climate change but also for other environmental impacts such as biodiversity loss. \n\n\nThe potential of Advisory Opinions to transform the global governance of climate action and the regional perspectives\, particularly from Latin America and the Caribbean\, Africa\, and the Pacific. \n\n\nThe next steps that are needed to turn advisory opinions into meaningful action from states and international organizations. \n\n\nCollaboration across regions\, among institutions working toward climate justice\, healthy ecosystems\, and biodiversity protection. \n\n\nThe recognition of the crucial role of environmental and human rights defenders in addressing transnational environmental challenges. \n\n\n \nModerators: \n\n\nClaudia Ituarte‑Lima  \n\n\nDirector\, GNHRE & Senior Researcher\, Raoul Wallenberg Institute \n\n\nLiliana Lizarazo-Rodriguez  \n\n\nDeputy Director\, GNHRE & Research Professor\, Brussels School of Governance – Vrije Universiteit Brussel \n \nRoundtable Speakers \n\n\nMaría Teresa Infante Caffi \nJudge at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) and professor at the Faculty of Law and of the Institute of International Studies\, University of Chile. \n\n\nMargaretha Wewerinke‑Singh  \nAssociate Professor of Law at the University of Amsterdam\, Adjunct Professor at the University of Fiji and a Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration. She practices from Blue Ocean Law\, a boutique international law firm located in Guam. She is also the Deputy Director of Europe at the GNHRE. She served as lead counsel for Vanuatu in climate proceedings before the International Court of Justice and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights\, leading a diverse team alongside Julian Aguon.  \n\n\nRicardo Abello Galvis  \nProfessor at Universidad del Rosario (Colombia). Previously he was member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (2014 – 2019). \n\n\nAlana Lancaster  \nLecturer in International Environmental & Energy Law\, at the University of the West Indies\, Cave Hill and member of the Executive Team of the One Ocean Hub. She is the Director of the Caribbean at the GNHRE.  \n\n\nWycliffe Amakobe \nClimate Change/Climate Justice Lead at Network of Africa National Human Rights Institutions (Human Rights Commissions across African States) in Africa).   \n\n\n  \nConcluding remarks by the moderators \n  \nContact \nclaudia.ituarte-lima@rwi.lu.se and liliana.lizarazo.rodriguez@vub.be \n \n \nImage source: Inter-American Court of Human Rights. https://corteidh.or.cr/historia.cfm?lang=pt Used under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 Unported License
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