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Winter school in Rovaniemi, Finland

This intensive study program took place from the 19th to the 26th of January 2020 in Rovaniemi, the capital of Lapland, the northern most region in Finland. The winter school involved the testing and evaluation of courses and associated instructional materials. French, Latvian and Finnish students from the three partner universities participated in two courses that were created within the project: "Multilevel Governance of Natural Resources in the Arctic" and "Arctic Indigenous Peoples Law."

from January 19, 2020 to January 26, 2020

From the 19th to the 26th of January 2020
Rovaniemi, Finland
French, Latvian and Finnish students from the three partner universities participated in two courses that were created within the project:
  • "Multilevel Governance of Natural Resources in the Arctic" and
  • "Arctic Indigenous Peoples Law"
 

Programme:

Sunday, 19 January
Arrival to Rovaniemi

Monday, 20 January
09:00 - 10:00
Orientation and introduction for the students, practical information, program of the week - Senior researcher Tanja Joona and Researcher Olga Pushina

10:15 - 10:30
Welcoming words by Vice-Rector of the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Professor Jan Borm, and Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lapland, Professor Soili Nysten-Haarala

10:30 - 12:00
Professor Soili Nysten-Haarala and Researcher Maria Tysiachniouk
"Multilevel governance of natural ressources in Russia - CSR or regulation"

12:00 - 13:00
Lunch break

13:00 - 15:00
Seminar / Professor Soili Nysten-Haarala -
Associate Professor Elena Cirkovic, University of Helsinki (Canadian perspective), Senior Researcher Yanan Zhang, Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, and Professor Matti Nojonen, University of Lapland (from Chinese perspective)

15:00 - 16:00
Professor Gudmundur Alfredsson, University of Akureyri, Greenlandic Self-determination

18:00
Get together for the students

Tuesday, 21 January
09:00 - 11:00
Senior researcher Tanja Joona, ILO169, UNDRIP "Indigenous Law"
Indigenous peoples' rights to land in the Arctic with Comparative approach, including Finland, Sweden and Norway - Legal cases from Sweden and a different model (Finnmark Act) in Norway

11:00 - 11:15
Break

11:15 - 12:30
Lecture: Indigenous and minorities' Rights in Russia
Professor Soili Nysten-Haarala, Researcher Maria Tysiachniouk and Postdoctoral researcher Minna Pappila (University of Turku); Russian Legislation (federal and regional level) and practice based on empirical findings

Discussion:
Researcher Olga Pushina, University of Lapland, Hierarchy of legal sources regulating minorities' rights in Russia
PhD Candidate Karolina Sikora, University of Lapland, Cultural Rights of the Komi people

12:30 - 13:30
Lunch break

13:30 - 14:30
Associate Professor Elena Cirkovic, University of Helsinki; Indigenous Rights in Canada

14:30 - 14:45
Break

14:45 - 16:00
Professor Lara Johannsdottir, University of Iceland, The Arctic and Risks - transportation and oil spills

Wednesday, 22 January
10:00 - 11:15
Professor Soili Nysten-Haarala: Land Rights in Alaska compared to the 48 lower states of the U.S.A.
Autonomy / susistence economy / fishing and hunting rights
Discussion comaring Arctic countries

11:15 - 11:30
Break

11:30 - 13:00
Senior researcher Tanja Joona, "Presentation of the Arctic Centre and Guided Excursion to Arktium exhibitions"

11:30 - 13:00
Senior researcher Tanja Joona, "Presentation of the Arctic Centre and Guided Excursion to Arktikum exhibitions"

13:00 - 14:00
Lunch break

14:00 - 16:00
Visit to Reindeer herding cooperative of Palojärvi (60km from Rovaniemi) where students are introduced to the everyday life of reindeer herding by the Chief of District Tapio Vuolo

16:00 - 16:30
Coffee and discussion

16:30 - 17:30
Senior researcher Juha Joona "Reindeer herding right in Finland and Sweden - administration and the right to use land"

17:30
Departure to Rovaniemi

Thursday, 23 January
09:00 - 12:00
Senior Lecturer Ilari Hovila and Researcher Anssi Kärki "Compensation of environmental damages in bankrupt companies"

12:00 - 13:00
Lunch break

13:00 - 14:00
Postdoctoral researcher Minna Pappila, Environmental Law in Russia
Discussant Researcher Olga Pushina, University of Lapland

14:00 - 15:00
Dr. Ilze Dubava, Riga Graduate School of Law, Investment treaty arbitration and indigenous peoples' rights, case examples

15:00 - 16:00
Markku Kiikeri, Senior Lectures, University of Lapland, "Interpretation of collective rights. The "overall consideration" and criteria of "Sami way of life" in the case law of the Finnish Supreme Administrative Court 2011-2019"

Friday, 24 January
09:00 - 10:00
Orientation session for group work

10:00 - 12:00
Group Work: Professor Soili Nysten-Haarala, "Multilevel governance of natural resources in the Arctic" and Senior researcher Tanja Joona "Indigenous Law and Indigenous Rights"

12:00 - 13:00
Lunch break

13:00 - 16:00
Excursion "Stepping across the Arctic Circle" (Santa Claus Village)

Saturday, 25 January
09:00 - 12:00
Students' presentations and evaluation

12:00 - 13:00
Lunch break

13:00 - 15:00
Students' presentations and evaluation

15:00 - 16:00
Closing - Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lapland, Professor Soili Nysten-Haarala

Sunday, 2 June
Departure from Rovaniemi