Closing ceremony for the Normandy Chair for Peace #D2

2nd september 2023

MRSH Amphitheatre University of Caen (in person and via distance learning)

Stage 2: a research of excellence with a systemic and transdisciplinary impact

9:30 – 10:15 am – Responsible legal research and innovation

Dir. Alexandra ARAGAO

• Presentation of the research line and the international context
• Videos available online
• International conference Innovation for sustainability, Coimbra, Portugal
• Deliverable: Book to be published by Mare & Martin, Normandy Chair for Peace in English.

10:15-10:50 pm – Book Behind the scenes in environmental legal diplomacy

Dir. E. GAILLARD, A. MEKOUAR & M. PRIEUR

• The aims of the book
• Methodology and interviews
• Deliverable: presentation of the book: table of contents
• Invite a few participants

10:50-11:10 am: Coffee break

11:10- 12:30 am – The Compass of possibilities

Dir. A. JACOD et E. GAILLARD

• Presentation of the research line
• Organisation of the conference
• Feedback from Edith Heurgon
• Speeches by participants
• Viewing of the film M . Sultan
• Proceedings to be published

12.30 pm Lunch break

2:00 – 3:00 pm Good Stories Movement

Dir. A. OPOSAJr., J. MAY, E. DALY

• Video Tony Oposa Good Stories
• Mapping Good Stories
• Focus: Good Legal Stories, James MAY & Erin DALY

Stage 3: highlights of the chair: action research, scientific diplomacy and transnational educational approaches

3:00 – 3:30 pm: Mid-term highlight (large audience : pre-conference IUCN World Congress at the MUCEM Marseille

C. Voigt, K. Bosselman et autres participants.

3:30-4 pm Strategic orientation highlights at the end of the course: MOHONK Moutains House

4:00 pm: Break

4:15 – 5:00 pm: Scientific diplomacy highlights

• Stockholm +50 and partnership under discussion with UPEACE
• Permanent Mission of France to the UN: 2 highlights

5-5:15 pm: Educational highlights from Normandy to transnational E. GAILLARD

• Intervention in high schools
• Courses at UPEACE, J.C. SAINZ BORGO & N. KAKAR
• Future prospects? An Erasmus Mundus course on the rights of future generations

5:15-6:30 pm: Scientific and training highlights for professionals

• Monaco Declaration of French-speaking human rights defenders (guest)
• Training and motion National Bar Council (Conseil National des Barreaux), S. FERRY and Commission prospective of the Council (guests
• Presentation to the Global Judicial Institute (Stockholm + 50), A. BENJAMIN, N. BRYNER & M.WILSON … (guests)
• Work of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights: Soledad
• Taking legal action on behalf of future generations (dir. E. GAILLARD & D. FORMAN)