Enforcement of ESC Rights Judgments
International Symposium
Bogota, Colombia 6-7 May 2010
Day 1
Session 1: Opening – Auditorium A, Mario Laserna Building (9:00-10:30am)
Welcome
Rodrigo Uprimny, Director, Dejusticia
Background to workshop
Julieta Rossi, Director, International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net)
Malcolm Langford, Director, Socio-Economic Rights Programme, Norwegian Center for Human Rights, University of Oslo
César Rodríguez-Garavito, Director, Program on Global Justice, University of Los Andes; Founding Member, Dejusticia
Keynote Address:
Manuel José Cepeda, Former Colombian Constitutional Court Judge; Director, PODDRE, University of Los Andes.
Chair: César Rodríguez-Garavito, Director, Program on Global Justice, University of Los Andes; Founding Member, Dejusticia
Session 2: North America – Auditorium A, Mario Laserna Building (10:30-12:00pm)
Canada
Bruce Porter, Director, Social Rights Advocacy Centre, Canada
USA
Cathy Albisa, Executive Director, National Economic and Social Rights Initiative, USA and
Amanda Shanor, Researcher for Prof. David Cole, Georgetown Law School
Comment: Implementing Brown v. Board of Education: Lessons Learnt
Damon Hewitt, Director of the Education Project, NAACP Legal Defense, United States
Comment: Campaign for Fiscal Equality Litigation
Geri D. Palast, Executive Director, Campaign for Fiscal Equality, United States
Chair: Daniel Brinks, Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame
Coffee Break (12:00-12:30pm)
Session 3: Latin America – Auditorium A, Mario Laserna Building (12:30-2:00pm)
Colombia
César Rodríguez-Garavito, Director, Program on Global Justice, University of Los Andes; Founding Member, Dejusticia
Argentina
Martín Sigal, Director, Asociación Civil por la Igualdad y la Justicia (ACIJ)
(paper also written by Diego Morales, Legal Director, Centro de Derechos Legales y Sociales (CELS) and Julieta Rossi, Director, ESCR-Net)
Brazil
Octavio Ferraz, Assistant Professor, Warwick School of Law
Comment on Presentations and Costa Rican Perspectives
Bruce Wilson, Associate Professor, University of Central Florida
Chair: Alicia Yamin, Joseph H. Flom Global Health and Human Rights Fellow,
Harvard University and Chair of Board of Center for Economic and Social Rights, Spain
Lunch (2:00-3:30pm)
Session 4: Africa and South Asia – Auditorium, Lleras Building (3:30-5:00pm)
Judicial Allies and the Enforcement of Social and Economic Rights in India
Varun Gauri, Senior Economist in the Development Research Group, World Bank
South Africa
Malcolm Langford, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights
Steve Kahanovitz, Senior Lawyer, Legal Resources Centre, South Africa
Comment: Commissioner Harsh Mander, Supreme Court of India
Chair: Siri Gloppen, Director, Chr Michelsen Institute and Professor, University of Bergen
Coffee Break (5:00-6:00pm)
Evening Plenary and Public Session 5: Judicial Perspectives (6:00-7:30pm)
Introductions and Summaries of Day’s Proceeding
Julieta Rossi, Director, ESCR-Net and Malcolm Langford, University of Oslo
Panelists
Justice Hilda Kogan, Supreme Court, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Commissioner Harsh Mander, Supreme Court of India
Manuel José Cepeda, Former Colombian Constitutional Court Judge
Steve Kahanovitz, Legal Resources Center, South Africa
Chair: César Rodríguez-Garavito, Director, Program on Global Justice, University of Los Andes; Founding Member, Dejusticia
Day 2
Session 6: Middle East/North Africa, Auditorium A, Mario Laserna Building (9:00-10:30am)
Enforcement of Judgments in Egypt
Hossam Baghat, Director, Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights
Enforcement Under Fire: Israeli Supreme Court Decisions in Palestine and Israel
Sawsan Zaher, Advocate, Adalah, Israel
Comment: Khaled Ali, Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights
Chair: Ashfaq Khalfan, Coordinator – Enforcement Campaign, Amnesty International, UK
Coffee Break (10:30-11:00am)
Session 7: Regional and International Bodies (11:00-12:30pm)
Inter-American System of Human Rights
Victor Abramovich, former Member, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and Professor, University of Lanus, Argentina
Enforcing Civil and Political Rights Lessons from European Court of Human Rights
Anne Koch, Researcher, European Court of Human Rights Project (paper prepared in conjunction with Basak Cali, Principal Investigator, Professor, University College London)
Roma Rights in the European System
Andi Dobrushi, OSI Albania and Theo Alexandridis, Greek Helsinki Monitor
(paper presented by Malcolm Langford, NCHR)
Comment on CEJIL’s experience:
Viviana Krsticevic, Director, Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)
Chair: Aoife Nolan, Director of Postgraduate Programmes in Human Rights, Human Rights Centre, Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland
Lunch (12:30-2:00pm)
Session 8: Social Movements and Enforcement of Judgments (2:00-3:30pm)
Social Movement and Litigation Strategy in Kenya
Odindo Opiata, Director, Center for Economic and Social Rights (Hakijamii), Kenya
PanelDiscussion:
Louiza Kabiru, Kenya Human Rights Commission
Julia Cabello, Tierra Viva, Paraguay
Darci Frigo, Terra de Direitos, Brazil
Chair: Leticia Osorio, University of Essex and Center for Economic and Social Rights (Hakijamii)
Coffee Available
Session 9: Strategies for Compliance, Santo Domingo Building, Room SD716 (3:30-5:00pm)
Roles for Lawyers and Non-Lawyers: The Olivia Rd Settlement
Jackie Dugard, Socio-Economic Rights Institute, South Africa
Amnesty’s Campaign on Regional Judgment Enforcement
Ashfaq Khalfan, Coordinator - Enforcement Campaign
Fernanda dos Costa, Latin America Regional Coordinator, Amnesty International, UK
Reproductive Rights Litigation
Luisa Cabal, International Legal Director, Center for Reproductive Rights, United States
Chair: Diego Morales, Legal Director, Centro de Derechos Legales y Sociales (CELS), Argentina
Coffee Break (5:00-5:45pm)
Closing Session 10: Key Themes and Way Forward (5:45-7:00pm)
Solving the Problem of (non)Compliance in Economic and Social Rights Litigation
Daniel Brinks, Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame
Key Themes
Malcolm Langford, Director, Socio-Economic Rights Programme, NCHR, University of Oslo
César Rodríguez-Garavito, Director, Program on Global Justice, University of Los Andes; Founding Member, Dejusticia
Chair: Julieta Rossi, Director, ESCR-Net
Closing Dinner and Party – El Salto de Angel (9:00pm)
This event was made possible with the generous support of
The organizers would also like to thank the University of Los Andes Law School for its contribution to this event.
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