How Would the Unprecedented Nicaraguan Canal Impact International Law?

How Would the Unprecedented Nicaraguan Canal Impact International Law? [1]

Date:

Friday, March 18, 2016 - 12:00pm to 5:00pm

Description:

ASIL's Latin America Interest Group (LAIG) invites you to the interest group's inaugural event, which will consider international legal implications of the controversial Nicaraguan Canal.

Speakers:

Maria Luisa Acosta, Nicaraguan indigenous rights attorney, Director of Centro de Asistencia Legal a Pueblos Indígenas
Fergus Mackay, Senior Counsel at Forest Peoples Programme
Jorge Huete, Senior Vice President of the Central American University, former President of the Nicaraguan Academy of Sciences
Daniel Magraw, Fellow at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and President Emeritus of the Center for International Environmental Law
Dinah Shelton, Manatt/Ahn Professor of International Law Emeritus, George Washington University Law School

The speakers will examine how this $50 billion inter-ocean megaproject could impact indigenous and Afro-Caribbean rights, and how international environmental law should regulate this initiative.

This event is sponsored by the LAIG, the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, Seattle University, and George Washington University Law School. A free lunch will be included.

Location:

The George Washington University Law School

Address 1:

2000 H Street, NW

City:

Washington

State:

Zip Code:

20052

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For More Information:

Contact ASIL Services at 202-939-6001 or services@asil.org [2]

Venue:

George Washington University Law School

Room L202

2000 H Street NW

Washington, DC 20052

Registration Fees:

Registration is free and open to the public, but registration is required.

Groups audience:

Latin America [3]

Group content visibility:

Public - accessible to all site users

Event Group:

Latin America