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IUCN CONGRESS Side Event Thursday, September 1, 2016 Venue: Hawai i Supreme Court 417 South King Street Honolulu, Hawai i * * * Who should attend the Moot Court? All IUCN participants, members of the World Commission on Environmental


  1. IUCN CONGRESS Side Event Thursday, September 1, 2016 Venue: Hawai ʻ i Supreme Court 417 South King Street Honolulu, Hawai ʻ i * * * Who should attend the Moot Court? All IUCN participants, members of the World Commission on Environmental Law, Hawai ʻ i State Bar Association, Richardson Law School ʻ Ohana, and Sponsoring Organizations No registration or fee required for the Moot Court program at the Supreme Court. * * * 10:00 am: IUCN Congress Opening Ceremony at Neal Blaisdell Center begins (2 hours appx). 12:00 noon: Opening Ceremony ends 12:15 pm: WCEL Bus departs from NBC Concert Hall for Hawai ʻ i Supreme Court (see map) (Priority seating for up to 50 ICJ4ICJ participants and WCEL members) (Attendees may also walk to the Court along Queen Street or South King - 14 minutes) 12:30 pm: WCEL Bus arrives at the Hawai ʻ i Supreme Court 12:45 pm: Light Lunch at Hawai ʻ i Supreme Court, 2d floor (Priority for ICJ4ICJ participants and WCEL members on bus) 1:15 pm: Hawai ʻ i State Bar Association and Richardson ʻ Ohana Guests requested to arrive at the Court 1:30 pm: INTER-GENERATIONAL CLIMATE JUSTICE MOOT COURT (“ICJ4ICJ”) “TONY OPOSA INTERGENERATIONAL MOOT COURT” Presentation begins, 2d Floor Courtroom

  2. Description : Oral submissions by law students from around the world to distinguished judges and academics sitting as a mock panel of the International Court of Justice. The Court will hear a request for an advisory opinion on the question of the responsibility of states under international law to address the global climate crisis for the benefit of present and future generations. Oral arguments will be video-taped and edited for presentation and discussion at the “ICJ4ICJ Workshop” #9695, scheduled at the IUCN Congress on Monday, September 5, 8:30 am – 10:30 am, Room 310 (all registered IUCN Congress participants are encouraged to attend this Workshop). The September 1 Oral Argument and the September 5 Workshop will feature a panel of international environmental academics and jurists, and the voices of future generations as represented by law students and their faculty coaches from the Philippines, France, Brazil, South Korea, and the United States (New York & Hawai ʻ i). 1:30: Welcome & Introduction: David Forman (Director, Environmental Law Program, William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai ʻ i at M ā noa) 1:35: Opening Remarks & Convening of the Court: Mark Recktenwald (Chief Justice, Hawai ʻ i Supreme Court) PANELISTS/JUDGES: Mr. President, Mark Recktenwald (Chief Justice, Hawai ʻ i Supreme Court) Her Excellency, Christina Voigt (Professor, University of Oslo, Norway) Her Excellency, Irina Krasnova (Professor, Russian State University of Justice) Her Excellency, Emilie Gaillard (Professor, UNIVERSITY OF Caen, France) Her Excellency, Maxine Burkett (Professor, William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai ʻ i at M ā noa) LAW STUDENT ORALISTS France – Science Po, Rennes: Léa Le Cam (representing the European Parliament) Brazil – Faculdade de Direito Milton Campus: Helena Sette Camara (representing the Organization of American States) South Korea – Seoul National University : So-Hyun Park (representing the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) USA – Hawai ʻ i, William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai ʻ i: Alyssa-Marie Y. H. Kau (Representing the Alliance of Small Island States) USA – New York, Pace University – Elisabeth Haub School of Law: Joseph D. Moravec (representing the Arab League) Philippines – University of Cebu – College of Law: Kristine Joy Argallon (representing the Association of Southeast Asian Nations)

  3. * * * 15:00: Recess of the Court, Reconvening for Discussion, Q&A with Attendees 15:15: Tribute to Tony Oposa by Nick Robinson (University Professor for the Environment, Elisabeth Haub School of Law, Pace University, WCEL Chair Emeritus) 15:30: Recognition of the Law Students, Faculty Coaches & Judges with Certificates of Appreciation by Chief Justice Recktenwald, David Forman, Nick Robinson [ Group photo in front of the Supreme Court will be taken before or after the program] OUP 16:00: Bus will pick up ICJ4ICJ and WCEL Participants for return to Hawai ʻ i Convention Center, Waik ī k ī , and University of Hawai ʻ i ICJ4ICJ/TONY OPOSA INTERGENERATIONAL MOOT COURT Law School Teams Representing Regional Intergovernmental Organizations (Including Faculty Coaches and Law Students serving as alternate oralists or contributing to the written submissions) The European Parliament (Sciences Po Rennes, France) Lead Oralist: Léa Le Cam Team Advisor: Prof. Emilie Gaillard, University of Caen The Organization of American States (Milton Campos Law School, Brazil) Lead Oralist: Helena Sette Camara Also on the memorial: Nikolas Fan, Giorgia Costa Val, Lucas Alcici Team Advisor: Professor David França de Ribeiro Carvalho The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (Seoul National University, South Korea) Lead Oralist: So-Hyun Park Also on the memorial: Hooshin Kim Team Advisor: Professor Jae-Hyup Lee The Alliance of Small Island States (William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai ʻ i, Honolulu, USA) Lead Oralist: Alyssa Y. H. Kau Also on the memorial: Arielle Kramer, Kaily Wakefield, Sean Aronson, Claire Colegrove, Lisa Engebretsen, Rio Kwon Team Advisor: Loren A. Seehase, Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert The Arab League (Elizabeth Haub School of Law, Pace University, New York, USA) Lead Oralist: Joseph D. Moravec Also on the memorial: Casandia Bellevue, Sarah J. Cinquemani, Suzanne T. S. Englot, Norah Bin Hamad, Jullee Kim, Jeshica N. Patel, Conor Strong Team Advisor(s): Prof. Nick Robinson Alix Cotummacio, Associate Director of Environmental Law Programs The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (University of Cebu, Philippines) Lead Oralist: Kristine Joy Argallon Also on the memorial: Carla Colaljo, Reyna Angeli Pesquira Team Advisors: Prof. Rose-Liza Eisma-Osorio, Atty. Kara Mae Noveda

  4. We also thank the following sponsors of the ICJ4ICJ/Tony Oposa Intergenerational Moot Court: The William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawai ʻ i The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University World Commission on Environmental Law IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy (CEESP) IUCN Environmental Law Centre Foundation for the Philippine Environment Australian Network of Environmental Defenders Officers (ANEDO) Kinetic Productions, James Sereno (video production) Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert (lunch sponsor) Moot Court web page: https://www.facebook.com/icj4icj/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel Follow us on Facebook and Twitter: https://www.facebook.com/HawaiiELP/ https://twitter.com/UHrichardsonELP #IUCNCongress #IUCN_ELP #IUCN_UHLaw #ICJ4ICJ #IUCN_Law Also go to http://blog.hawaii.edu/ELP and http://blog.hawaii.edu/elp/iucncongress/ For further information, contact David Forman at (808) 956-5298

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