Annual Lecture on Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Date: 6 February 2019 Time: 16:30-20:30 Venue: Handelshøyskole BI (Kong Christian Frederiks plass 5) 16:30 Welcome – canteen 1st floor 17:00 Opening speeches and dinner 18:30 Performance “Risten & Ante” by Mikkel Gaup 19:15 Lecture and panel debate – auditorium 3, 3rd floor Per Selle (Professor of Comparative Politics, UiB) Urfolks rett til selvstyre: Sametinget i […]
Date: Monday 20 August Time: 14:40 – 16:00 Place: Bergen Resource Centre for International Development, Jekteviksbakken 31, Bergen We see a growing number of court cases where children challenge the state for not acting responsibly to secure their (and future generations’) rights to a healthy environment. Most of the cases have been lodged before courts […]
Date: Friday 24 August Time: 14:30 – 15:30 Place: Bergen Resource Centre for International Development, Jekteviksbakken 31, Bergen Water is an increasingly scarce resource with pressures from growing populations and industrial developments depleting and polluting water resources, and with changes in the climate exacerbating the situation. Some of the world’s largest cities- including Sao Paulo, […]
Date: Thursday 16 August Time: 15:30-17:00 Place: Bergen Resource Centre for International Development, Jekteviksbakken 31, Bergen In recent years, a catastrophic global bleaching event devastated many of the world’s precious coral reefs. Working on the front lines of ruin, today’s coral scientists are struggling to save these important coral reef ecosystems from the imminent threats […]
The Centre on Law and Social Transformation is happy to invite you to a seminar on graphs, diagrams and presenting complicated things in an easy manner. This morning we are joined by Elin Monstad who will give a talk on this exciting topic. Monstad is a PhD. candidate at the department of comparative politics (UiB). […]
When: Monday 16 April, 11:15am – 12:15pm Venue: Bergen Resource Centre for International Development (Jekteviksbakken 31, Bergen) The Colombian Supreme Court of Justice recently ordered the protection of the Colombian Amazon from deforestation, ruling in favor of a group of 25 children and youth, who sued the Colombian government for failing to protect their rights […]
15:30-17:00 – Lecture by Sven-Roald Nystø, Árran Lule Sami Centre, President of the Sami Parliament of Norway for two terms, from 1997 to 2005: “Developing Sami Rights in Norway in a Contemporary Perspective” The lecture will be followed by a panel moderated by Per Selle (Sampol/UiB), with the participation of Elin Monstad (FN-Sambandet), Aaron Spitzer (Sampol/UiB), and Petra Buergelt […]
Time: 2 December, at 6pm – 8pm Place: Rafto Foundation for Human Rights, Menneskerettighetenes plass 1, 5007 Bergen, Hordaland WELCOME TO PUBLIC PANEL DEBATE AT THE RAFTO HOUSE On December 2, 1984 an explosion occurred at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal in Central India, and thousands died within hours. Tens of thousands have been injured, maimed, […]
Time: 9:00 – 10:00 Climate change poses unique challenges for societies and the law. The governance architecture of the Paris Agreement allows for a prominent role of domestic courts in the global effort to stabilize greenhouse gases concentrations in the atmosphere and protect natural and human systems from the impacts of climate change. As part […]
Time: 18:00 – 20:30 LawTransform invites you to the screening of the documentary “Belo Monte: After the Flood” followed by a discussion moderated by Lara Côrtes. “Belo Monte: After the Flood” (2016), by Todd Southgate, explores the history and consequences of one of the world’s most controversial dam projects, built on the Xingu River in […]