Summer school in Riga, Latvia

French, Latvian and Finnish students from the three partner universities participated in two courses that were created within the project:

• "Business and Natural Resources Rights" and
• "Global Environment Litigation"

Programme:

Sunday, 26 May
Arrival to Riga

Monday, 27 May
09:00 - 09:30
Introduction & Project Overview

09:30 - 11:30
Rights to Land and Natural Resources: Indigenous Peoples' Rights (Definitions of Terms, UNDRIP, ILO 169, ICCPR, CRC and other relevant International Standards and Case Law). Lecturer: Gudmundur Alfredsson (RGSL)

11:30 - 11:45
Break

11:45 - 13:00
Seminar: Shell/Ogoni case study. Presentations by: Patrick Jacob (UVSQ), Sandrine Clavel (UVSQ), Gudmundur Alfredsson (RGSL), Ilze Dubava (RGSL), Ilari Hovila (UL) and Prof. Joshua Castellino (guest speaker)

13:00 - 14:00
Lunch

14:00 - 16:00
Seminar cont.: Shell/Ogoni case: Business Law confronted with Environmental Law and Human Rights

Tuesday, 28 May
09:00 - 10:45
Environmental Litigation, Indigenous Peoples and Multinational Corporations: Overview of the Available Procedural Options. Lecturers: Patrick Jacob (UVSQ) and Sandrine Clavel (UVSQ)

10:45 - 11:00
Break

11:00 - 13:00
Contribution of the Regional Human Rights Courts. Lecturer: Ineta Ziemele (RGSL)

13:00 - 14:00
Lunch

14:00 - 16:00
Seminar: Human Rights in support of the protection of the Environment? The case of Indigenous Peoples. Presentations by: Gudmundur Alfredsson (RGSL), Patrick Jacob/Sandrine Clavel (UVSQ) and Ilari Hovila (UL)

Wednesday, 29 May
09:00 - 10:45
Indigenous Peoples facing MNC: How can NGOs contribute? What Other Means Can Be Employed? Lecturers: Gudmundur Alfredsson (RGSL), Patrick Jacob (UVSQ), Sandrine Clavel (UVSQ) and Prof. Joshua Castellino (guest speaker).

10:45 - 11:00
Break

11:00 - 13:00
Jurisdiction and admissibility issues. Lecturer: Patrick Jacob (UVSQ)

13:00 - 14:00
Lunch

14:00 - 16:00
Interaction between Investment Laws, Business and Access to Natural Resources. Lecturer: Ilze Dubava (RGSL)

Thursday, 30 May
09:00 - 10:45
Human Rights and Business (Global Compact, UN Guiding Principles), with a focus on Extractive Industries and Indigenous Peoples' Rights. Lecturer: George Ulrich (RGSL)

10:45 - 11:00
Break

11:00 - 13:00
Procedure-Related Issues: Claims and Counter-Claims, Taking and Administration of Evidence, Amicus Curiae, Publicity v. Confidentiality, etc. Lecturer: Sandrine Clavel (UVSQ)

13:00 - 14:00
Lunch

14:00 - 15:30
Seminar: Sami rights in Finland: Challenges Faced by the Traditional Livelihoods practiced by the Saami. Presentations by: Tanja Joona (UL), Patrick Jacob (UVSQ), Sandrine Clavel (UVSQ) and Gudmundur Alfredsson (RGSL)

Friday, 31 May
09:00 - 10:45
Rights to Land and Natural Resources: Free, Prior and Inofrmed Consent and Environmental Concerns. Lecturer: Gudmundur Alfredsson (RGSL)

10:45 - 11:00
Break

11:00 - 13:00
Settlements and decisions: available remedies, review procedures, effectiveness, implementation. Lecturers: Patrick Jacob (UVSQ) and Sandrine Clavel (UVSQ)

13:00 - 14:00
Lunch

14:00 - 16:00
Visit to the Livonian Institute

Saturday, 1 June
10:00 - 12:00
Conclusions

12:00 - 13:00
Lunch

13:00 - 16:00
Evaluations: short paper presentations

Sunday, 2 June
Free day

Monday, 3 June
Departure from the Riga airport