2nd Meeting, Social Forum 2023

15h00-15h45       Roundtable on the Triple Planetary Crisis: The Contribution of STI and Science-Based Decision-Making to the Rights of Present and Future Generations

Moderator:  Mr. Bonny Ibhawoh, Member, Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development

       - Mr. Marcos Orellana, Special Rapporteur on Toxics and Human Rights, The Right to Science, the Triple Planetary Crisis, Justice and Equity, Democracy and Development

       - Ms. Racheal Nestor, Young Environmental Rights Defender and Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology, St. Lucia, Transformative Change Through STI in an Era of Climate Change and the Triple Planetary Crisis: Defending the Rights of Present and Future Generations with a Special Focus on Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

       - Ms. Neth Dano, Co-Executive Director, Coordinator and Asia Director, ETC Group, Biodiversity and the Science Policy Interface, The Importance of Scientific Freedom Including for Social Sciences, Anticipating the Risks of Science as an Element of the Right to Science, and the Right to Science-Based Decisions

        - Ms. Lena Yanina Estrada Añokazi, Citizen Science, Indigenous Science and Knowledge Systems

        - Ms. Ismahane Elouafi, Chief Scientist, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Transforming food and agriculture systems through STI in in the context of the Triple Planetary Crisis (TBC)

        - Mr. Peter Bille Larsen, Senior Lecturer, Université de Genève, The Right to Enjoy the Benefits of Scientific Progress and Its Applications: Recommendations from the 2022 Geneva Dialogue on the Right to Science  

15h45-16h30       Interactive Dialogue

16h30-17h15       The Contribution of STI to the Promotion of Human Rights in the Context of the Post-Pandemic Recovery

Moderator:  Mr. Mihir Kanade, Member of the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development

        - Mr. Jeremy Farrar, Chief Scientist, World Health Organization (WHO), Post- Pandemic Recovery, The Future of Global Public Health, STI and Human Rights

        - Mr. Xigen Wang, Dean, Law School, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, Challenges and Limitations in the Transfer of STI, International Cooperation, Global Partnerships and Capacity-Building for Sustainable Development and Resilience with a Focus on Vulnerable Countries and Peoples

        - Mr. Carlos Correa, Executive Director, South Centre, Health Systems and Economies, Intellectual Property Regimes and Other Challenges to Manufacturing and Distribution of Vaccines and Other Medical Products, and South-South Cooperation in Fighting COVID-19 and Sharing the Benefits of STI

        - Mr. Marumo Nkomo, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of South Africa to the World Trade Organization (WTO), The Case for a TRIPS (Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights) Waiver in the Response to COVID-19 and Post-Pandemic Recovery

        -  Ms. Nicoletta Dentico - Geneva Global Health Hub and Society for International Development, Building a Pandemics Instrument for Transformative Change

17h15-18h00       Interactive Dialogue