RSVP by Friday 24 June 2022, including any dietary and accessibility requirements.

Please register early as the venue has limited capacity. 

The panels and speakers for this event are:

Oil extraction in Nigeria | Discussion of the legal cases against Shell, parent company liability and developments in the law, and the impact on the Okpabi community.

• Dan Leader, Leigh Day, UK
• King Okpabi, Okpabi Community, Nigeria
• Channa Samkalden, Prakken D’Oliveira, Netherlands
• Mark Dummett, Amnesty International, UK

Cobalt mining in the DRC | The booming demand for cobalt is raising crucial questions about responsible sourcing, supply chain due diligence, child labour, workers’ rights abuses, environmental harm and corruption.

• Anneke Van Woudenberg, RAID, UK
• Richard Kent, Amnesty International, UK
• Josué Kashal, Legal Aid Centre Centre d’Aide Juridico-Judiciaire, DRC
• Fiona Lloyd Davis, Journalist and Film-maker, UK

Lead mining in Kabwe | Discussion of the legal case from legal and business human rights perspectives as well as the impact on the communities in Kabwe.

• Richard Meeran, Leigh Day / Clean Trade, UK
• Barry Mulimba, Community Facilitator, Kabwe, Zambia
• Peter Frankental, Amnesty International, UK
• Stephan Bose-O´Reilly, University Hospital Munich

Deforestation in the Amazon | Discussion of deforestation and environmental harm in the Amazon and how agri-business impacts the local land and communities; key players in the supply chain and the impacts and options for affected communities.

• Octavio Ferraz, Transnational Law Institute / Clean Trade, UK
• Caio Borges, Instituto Clima e Sociedade, Brazil
• Elisângela Mendonça, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism / Rainforest Investigations Network, Pulitzer Center, UK

General session | A general session at the end to discuss themes and issues which are relevant across each of the four case studies.

• Leif Wenar, Stanford University / Clean Trade, USA
• Marcos Orellana, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Toxics and Human Rights, USA
• Edward Craven, Matrix Chambers, UK
• David Kinley, University of Sydney, Australia