Event Conference
Precaution in environmental policy-making
16 May 2002
14:00–17:15
Venue: International Environment House I | Room 3
Organization: Geneva Environment Network
Agenda
Welcome and introduction, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
The Precautionary Principle and Rio
- Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Professor of international law and Director of the Department of Public International Law and International Organization, Law Faculty, University of Geneva
The Precautionary Principle since Rio
- Biotechnology and the Cartagena Protocol, Carolina Lasén Diaz, Staff Lawyer, Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD)
- Precaution and the Stockholm Convention, UNEP Chemicals
- International trade, Gabriele Marceau, Counsellor, World Trade Organization (WTO)
- International decisions, Philippe Sands, Professor of Laws and Director, Centre for International Courts and Tribunals, University College London; Global Professor of Law, New York University
Johannesburg and beyond
- Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Professor of international law and Director of the Department of Public International Law and International Organization, Law Faculty, University of Geneva
Discussion with panelists and participants & wrap-up by Dr. Franz Perrez, Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape (SAEFL)