A virtual & in-person panel, 12 Oct 2023 from 6:00 PM AEDT
Macquarie University City Campus,
Level 24 123 Pitt Street Sydney, NSW 2000 Australia
In the second CEL Law and Nature Dialogue of 2023, a panel of experts will discuss the proposed crime of ecocide from Australian and global perspectives. The panel will speak to issues including reparative possibilities after ecocide, ecocide and Indigenous peoples, and the rights of nature, and will consider the prospects for ecocide laws in, and beyond, Australia.
Speakers:
Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Senator for New South Wales and Deputy Leader, Australian Greens
Dr Rachel Killean, Senior Lecturer, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
Dr Michelle Maloney, Co-Founder and National Convenor, Australian Earth Laws Alliance; Co-Founder, Stop Ecocide Australia (via Zoom)
Professor Anne Poelina, Chair, Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council; Co-Chair of Indigenous Studies, Nulungu Research Institute, University of Notre Dame
Chair: Justice Brian Preston, Chief Judge, Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
Convenor: Dr Daley Birkett, Senior Lecturer, Macquarie Law School