24 Years of Texaco/Chevron and Ecuador : What Happened in Lago Agrio and What Legal Action Has Accomplished

Jeudi 14 septembre 2017
16:00 - 18:00
Institut suisse de droit comparé
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Conférence organisée sur "24 Years of Texaco/Chevron and Ecuador : What Happened in Lago Agrio and What Legal Action Has Accomplished"

Programme

16h00: Welcome

16h10: What Happened in Lago Agrio: Protecting the Environmental Rights of the Indigenous Populations

17h00: What Happened in Lago Agrio: The Ecuadorian Courts’

17h10: What Happened in Lago Agrio: The US Courts’

17h20: What Happened in Lago Agrio: Investor State Arbitral Decisions

17h30: Open Discussion

Intervenants

Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer
Head of Legal Division, Swiss Institute of Comparative Law

Judith Kimerling
Professor of Environmental Law, City University of New York, Queens College,

Rodrigo Polanco
Senior Research Fellow, World Trade Institute and Assistant Professor of International Economic Law, Universidad de Chile

Karen Topaz Druckman
Legal Adviser, Swiss Institute of Comparative Law

Domaine(s) d'activité

  • Droit commercial
  • Droit des contrats
  • Droit international
  • Droit de l'environnement
  • Droit des personnes, des associations et des fondations