When: November 23, 2015, 4 - 6pm, followed by a light reception
Where: Right Livelihood Award Geneva Office,Maison de la Paix, Chemin Eugène-Rigot 2E, 1202 Geneva
Organisers: The Right Livelihood Award, The World Future Council, CIVICUS, IBFAN
Register: RSVP before 20 November to
“The dramatic increase in demand for natural resources has brought with it a plethora of concerns relating to the sustainability of economic growth and its impact on the climate, the environment, and, more generally, on human rights.” – Maina Kiai, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association, April 2015 report to the UN Human Rights Council
The event will consist of a panel discussion with Laureates of the “Alternative Nobel Prize" on the topic of a human rights based approach to indispensable natural resources.
Panellists
Jumanda Gakelebone is spokesperson of the First People of the Kalahari, a grassroots organization representing the Bushmen of Botswana, which received the Right Livelihood Award in 2005.
Maude Barlow is a Canadian activist, former Senior Advisor on Water to the 63rd President of the UN General assembly, Councillor of the World Future Council, Chairperson of the Council of Canadians and 2005 Right Livelihood Award Laureate.
Camille Selleger serves as Human Rights Programme Officer at the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN), which received the Right Livelihood Award in 1998 for its committed and effective campaigning in support of breastfeeding.
Moderator
Renate Bloem, Head of CIVICUS UN Office Geneva