30 May
This seminar is organized within the framework of the postdoctoral project led by Laura Íñigo Álvarez funded by FCT through CEDIS (UIDP/00714/2020).
This project aims at analyzing the legal frameworks applicable to companies operating in conflict scenarios, including hard and soft law instruments within human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law, as well as highlight examples of good practices and recommendations on how to better implement human rights due diligence by businesses in conflict and post-conflict situations. In this session, speakers will tackle, among others, issues such as human rights red flags for companies in Ukraine, the challenges posed by private military and security companies and the extractive industry, the planning of a responsible exit for business in conflict, as well as transitional justice approaches and the role of businesses in these settings.
Programme
30 May | 3:00-6:00 pm
NOVA School of Law | Amphitheatre A
3:00 – 3:15 pm | Opening speeches
- Margarida Lima Rego, Dean of NOVA School of Law
- Claire Bright, Vice-Dean of NOVA School of Law
3:10 – 3:30 | Business operating in conflict scenarios: setting the scene
- Laura Íñigo Álvarez, Lecturer and Researcher, NOVA School of Law and CEDIS
3:30 – 4:00 pm| Human rights red flags for companies in Ukraine during the war and after: a tool of prioritization?
- Olena Uvarova, Associate Professor Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University and Visiting Researcher at Wageningen University & Research
4:00 – 4:30 pm | Private military and security companies and extractive industry: challenges for international law order
- Jelena Aparac, Lecturer and Independent Expert, UN Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries
16h30 – 16h45 | Coffee break
4:45 – 5:15 pm | The role of business in conflict and post-conflict settings: transitional justice approaches
- Jeremy Sarkin, Principal Researcher, NOVA School of Law and CEDIS
5:15 – 5:30 | Towards a responsible exit for business in conflict
- Riccardo Riva, Research assistant, NOVA Centre on Business, Human Rights and the Environment
5:30 – 6:00 pm | Concluding remarks
- Laura Íñigo Álvarez, Lecturer and Researcher, NOVA School of Law and CEDIS
- Felipe Pathé Duarte, Lecturer and Researcher, NOVA School of Law and CEDIS
