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ILA Canada is pleased to collaborate with the Human Rights Research and Education Centre of the University of Ottawa on a webinar series on Business & Human Rights, a multidisciplinary field of research that examines the human rights and environmental implications of business activity and considers how to prevent and redress such harm. It is also an area of social advocacy, legal practice, and consultancy.
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This first webinar will consider the recent ground-breaking advisory opinions on climate change rendered by the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea, (ITLOS), the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR), and their implications for business and human rights. Experts will discuss the genesis of these cases, the issues before each of the courts, and aspects of the rulings that have implications for the business and human rights normative framework.
With Professor Sara Seck, Schulich School of Law, MELAW, Dalhousie University
Salvador Herencia Carrasco, Director of the Human Rights Clinic, HRREC, University of Ottawa
Assistant Professor Chiara Macchi, Law Group, Wageningen University
Moderated by Professor Penelope Simons, Director of HRREC, University of Ottawa
Introduction by Dr. Oonagh Fitzgerald, president of ILA Canada
More information follows below
Business & human rights: The international advisory opinions on climate change
Date & Time
Feb 12, 2026 11:00 in
Description
Webinaire en anglais.
Le CREDP et ILA Canada sont heureux de collaborer à une série de webinaires sur les entreprises & les droits de la personne (EDP), un domaine de recherche multidisciplinaire qui examine les implications des activités commerciales sur les droits de la personne l'environnement et qui réfléchit à la manière de prévenir et de réparer ces préjudices. Il s'agit également d'un domaine de mobilisation sociale, de pratique juridique et de consultation.
Ce webinaire examinera les récents avis consultatifs novateurs sur les changements climatiques rendus par le Tribunal international du droit de la mer (TIDM), la Cour internationale de justice (CIJ) et la Cour interaméricaine des droits de l'homme (CIDH), ainsi que leurs implications pour les entreprises et les droits de la personne. Des experts discuteront de la genèse de ces affaires, des questions soumises à chacun des tribunaux et des aspects des décisions qui ont des implications pour le cadre normatif des entreprises et des droits de la personne.
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HRREC and ILA Canada are pleased to be collaborating on a webinar series on Business & Human Rights, a multidisciplinary field of research that examines the human rights and environmental implications of business activity and considers how to prevent and redress such harm. It is also an area of social advocacy, legal practice, and consultancy.
This webinar in this series will consider the recent ground-breaking advisory opinions on climate change rendered by the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea, (ITLOS), the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR), and their implications for business and human rights. Experts will discuss the genesis of these cases, the issues before each of the courts, and aspects of the rulings that have implications for the business and human rights normative framework.
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