Hernán Santa Cruz Dialogue: Promoting economic, social, cultural and environmental rights. Implications for development, sustainability and peace during COVID-19
San José, Costa Rica, December 3, 2021
We cordially invite you to the IV Hernán Santa Cruz Dialogue for Latin America and the Caribbean, which will take place on December 8, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. GMT-6 / Costa Rica (4:00 p.m. Geneva time). The event is organized by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), along with the University for Peace (UPEACE) and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. To register use this link: https://forms.gle/5VwGszBAQStBjSr98.
The event will focus on environmental rights and their interrelationship with development, sustainability, and peace in times of COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The Dialogue will support the promotion of the Declaration on the Right to Development, which provides a vision of people-centered development, anchored in international cooperation and solidarity, which are key to building more resilient and inclusive societies.
The event will feature the participation of:
- • Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
- • Francisco Rojas Aravena, Rector, UPEACE.
- • Judge Patricio Pazmiño Freire, Vice President of the Inter-American Court for Human Rights.
- • Todd Howland, Chief of Branch, Development, Economic and Social Rights, OHCHR.
- • Damaris Vargas Vásquez, Magistrate of the Supreme Court of Justice, Costa Rica.
- • Jordan Rodas, Ombudsman of Guatemala and President of the Ibero-American Federation of Ombudsmen.
- • Joenia Wapichana, Federal Deputy, Brazil.
- • Gladys Martinez, Executive Director, Interamerican Association for the Defense of the Environment (AIDA).
- • Mihir Kanade, Professor in International Law, Human Rights, and Development at UPEACE.
- • Roxie Hutchinson, Permanent Secretary (Ag.), Foreign Affairs Ministry, Granada.
- • Soledad García Muñoz, Special Rapporteur on Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).
- • Curllan Bhola, Caribbean Youth Environmental Network (CYEN).
- • Anida Yupari Aguado, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.