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Media advisory /
Invitation
International Conference on Environmental
Rights and Human Rights
WHEN:
September 16-18th
2003
WHERE:
hotel Caribe, Cartagena -
Colombia
Friends of the Earth International (FOEI),
Transnational Institute (TNI),
Oilwatch and Friends of the Earth Colombia
(CENSAT Agua Viva) are inviting you to attend
a three- day conference on Environmental
Rights and Human Rights in Cartagena,
Colombia, September 16-18, 2003.
International experts on environmental issues
and human rights issues will speak about:
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the impact of war on environmental
rights and human rights
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human right violations of environmental
activists
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impunity for environmental crimes
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biodiversity, public property or
merchandise?
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accountability for transnational
corporations
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land rights and territories
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environmental justice
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ecological debt from northern countries
to the south.
Among the invited speakers:
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Sara Larrain, Cono Sur Sustentable,
ex-presidential candidate Chile
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Gustavo Petro, Member of Congress,
Colombia
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Joan Martínez Alier, economist,
Barcelona
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Duduzile Mphenyeke, Khanya College,
South Africa
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Folabi K. Olagbaju, Amnesty
International, USA
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Carlos Gaviria, senator, Colombia
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Francisca Rodríguez, Anamuri, Vía
Campesina, Chile
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Ricardo Carrere, World Rainforest
Movement, Uruguay
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Kenny Bruno, Earth Rights
International, USA
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Nnimmo Bassey, Environmental Rights
Action, Nigeria
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Tony Juniper, Friends of the Earth
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Floro Tunubala, head of regional
government Cauca, Colombia
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Pipog Udommittipong, Kalayanamitra
Council, Thailand
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Berito Cobaría, Cabildo Mayor U`wa,
Colombia
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Alirio Uribe, Vice president, Int.
Federation for Human Rights, FIDH,
Colombia
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Ricardo Navarro, president Friends of
the Earth International, El Salvador
Friends of the Earth International is the
world's largest grassroots
environmental federation with 68 national
member groups in as many countries and around
one million individual members
More information:
Telephone in Colombia +571 244 2465 fax
tel +571 3377709
Websites:
www.censat.org
,
www.foei.org
Email:
Entrance fee: free for press, registration
required with letter
Languages: spanish and english
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