Conference & book launch: The right to a healthy environment
'The right to a healthy environment in the hot-tempered Anthropocene: necessity or fiction?' - book launch
Organised by Centre for Environmental and Energy Law, Prof Dr Hendrik Schoukens and VVOR.
Programme
- 14h30: Registration and welcoming participants
- 15h00: Introduction - an internationally recognised right to a healthy environment - by Hendrik Schoukens and Isabelle Larmuseau
- 15h10: The right to a healthy environment as a lever in climate cases: New insights from Norway, Montana and Strasbourg - by Farah Bouquelle & Hendrik Schoukens
- 15h30: Critical reflections and public debate - by Luc Lavrysen and Carole Billiet
- 16h00: The right to a healthy environment as a lever in court cases on air quality, nature restoration and animal welfare: new insights from Belgium and the European Union - by Ann Carette, An Cliquet, Geert Van Hoorick and Delphine Misonne
- 16h30: Critical reflections and public debate - by Luc Lavrysen and Carole Billiet
- 17h30: Conclusion
- 17h35: Reception
Practical
Ghent, 17 May 2024
14h30- 19h30
IGO will bear the costs for magistrates
Location
Academy Council Room
Voldersstraat 9
9000 Ghent