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GLOBALISATION AND JUSTICE
The ASF Globalisation and Justice programme aims to facilitate access to justice for those suffering from the negative dimensions of today’s globalised economy. Via an international network of lawyers, ASF connects those in need of legal services with legal practitioners offering their expertise to promote justice and human rights.
More about Globalisation and Justice
OUR ACTIVITIES
Mobile exhibition ROOM for JUSTICE
Mobile photo exhibition on Globalisation & Justice in European courthouse:
Until 2010, ROOM for JUSTICE will travel trough Europe (the Netherlands, France and the United Kingdom)
Amsterdam - read the Advocatenblad article
Charleroi- read the article on the opening (only in French) - see the video
Liège - read the article (only in French)
Bruges
Anvers
Bruxelles - See also Corpus Delicti
Read the booklet
©Kadir van Lohuizen/NOOR Images, Niger Delta
More info
Is your bar interested in hosting ROOM for JUSTICE?
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SEMINARS
Seminars on Globalisation and Justice for juridical actors
The next seminar will be held on 27th January 2010 in Amsterdam and will focus on social justice
Programme seminar Amsterdam
Application form
Previous Seminars:
Programme seminar in Charleroi 8.10.2009
Programme seminar in Antwerp 19.03.2009
Programme seminar in Bruges 26.05.2009
Programme seminar in Liège 3.06.2009
Programme seminar Brussels 27.11.2008
ROUND TABLES
Round table in Brussels in collaboration with Diakonia and Al-Haq
Programme of the round table
Round Table in Paris about "Access to water and Human Rights" 4.02.2010
CONFERENCE
Conference “Justice in a Globalised Economy: What can lawyers do?”
December 13-14 2007
Programme
Download the Conference report “Justice in a Globalised Economy: What can lawyers do?”
Supporting the « Globalisation and Justice » project
Becoming a member of the international ASF network
Contact
Avocats Sans Frontières awarded the « Law and Sustainability » prize from the Association of Flemish Jurists
for its initiative « Fair Trade and Public Procurement »
Brussels, December 7th, 2009 - On the 4th December, Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF) was awarded the “Law and Sustainability” prize from the Association of Flemish Jurists (Vlaamse Juristen Vereniging) for its initiative “Fair Trade and Public Procurement” (Regelrecht voor Fair Trade). By awarding the prize, the Association pays homage to the many different initiatives carried out to contribute to a sustainable society and laws promoting sustainability. This prize also constitutes a due recognition of ASF’s Globalization and Justice Program; which is aimed at promoting the social responsibility of lawyers within our globalised world
RESOURCE CENTRE
1. Corporate legal responsibility and accountability towards human rights violations
BREHAM J.,Power of Judges, a friend not a foe, May 2009, p.1-24.
RUGGIE J., Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, Business and human rights: towards operationalizing the “protect, respect and remedy” framework, A/HRC/11/13, 22 April 2009.
VUYELWA KUUYA, Corporate complicity in human rights violations, a discussion paper, pages 1-35.
2. Environmental justice
JADOT B., sous la direction scientifique de H. Dumont, P. Jadoul et S. van Drooghenbroeck, Protection juridictionnelle du citoyen face a l’administration et droit d’accès a la justice en matière d’environnement, L’incidence de la convention d’Aarhus et des textes de droit communautaire pris dans sa foulé, La Charte, 2007, pp. 405 à 484.
OXFAM INTERNATIONAL, Les injustices climatiques et les droits de l’homme, Les personnes au cœur de la politique sur le changement climatique, Septembre 2008, pp.1-40.
3. Class actions and collective actions
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, WHITE PAPER on damages actions for breach of the antitrust rules, COM (2008) 165. final.
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, GREEN PAPER on consumer collective redress, COM(2008) 794 final.
Sébastien Ryelandt, Class Actions et autres actions collectives devant les tribunaux civils belges, présentation lors du séminaire qui a eu lieu à Liège sur la pratique en matière environnementale
4. The Role of the Legal Profession
CCBE RSE, Corporate social responsibility and the role of the legal profession, a guide for European lawyers, update n.2, June 2008, pp 1-34.
5. Europe as a leader on corporate accountability?
6. Global Justice in Practice
6.1. Cases Regarding Public Interest (in general)
DE SCHUTTER O., Les affaires TOTAL et UNOCAL: complicité et extraterritorialité dans l'imposition aux entreprises d'obligations en matière des Droits de l'Homme, Annuaire Français de droit international, LII, 2006, CNRS Editions, Paris, pp.1-47.
6.2. Cases regarding environmental justice
CASE KEN SARO WIWA VS AGAINST SHELL (Unites States, New York)
COMPLAINTS
Wiwa v. Royal Dutch Shell
Original Complaint in Wiwa V.Royal Dutch/Shell, November 8, 1996.
Fifth Amended Complaint in Wiwa v. Royal Dutch/Shell, March 16, 2009.
Wiwa v. Anderson
Original Complaint in Wiwa v. Anderson, March 5, 2001.
Second Amended Complaint in Wiwa v.Anderson, June 16, 2003.
COURT ORDERS
Denial of Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss, April 23, 2009.
Dismissal of RICO claims, March 18, 2009.
Second Circuit Court of Appeal Decision, September 14, 2000.
METAFIL AS, Greenpeace, The Clemenceau case- potential hazardous materials assessments, Rapport nr. 2006-1010, p.1-24.
Compendium of Judicial Decisions on Matters Related to Environment, National Decisions, Volume III, October 2001, pp.1-342.
Additional documents
Peter Van der Auweraert, « Materieel Herstel voor Mensenrechtenschendingen Begaan onder het Nazisme : Een Overzicht van Recent Ontwikkelingen », Mensenrechten Jaarbooek van het Interuniversitair Centrum Mensenrechten 2001-2002, Maklu, Antwerpen-Apeldoorn, 2003, 81-114 (envoi sur demande)
Peter Van der Auweraert, “Dwangarbeid onder het Nationaal-Socialisme: de Lange Weg naar Materieel Herstel”, in Eva Brems en Pieter Vanden Heede (red.), Bedrijven en Mensenrechten. Verantwoordelijkheid en Aansprakelijkheid, Maklu, Antwerpen-Apeldoorn, 2003, 185-208 (envoi sur demande)
Clifford Chance LLP, Class actions make their way into Europe, Spring 2008 (envoi sur demande)
International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) Corporate Complicity & Legal Complicity, Tome 1,2 et 3 (envoi sur demande)
Useful links
Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
Coalition of the Flemish North South Movement
Colectivo de abogados José Alvear Restrepo
Council of Europe
Corporate Social Responsibility Forum
EarthRights International
European Coalition for Corporate Justice
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"Making Monitoring Work: Strategic Action" thursday December 17th 2009, 9.00 > 18.00
Workshop organised by ASF in cooperation with Diakonia and Al-Haq
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ROOM for JUSTICE - Amsterdam - 15/10 > 30/11/2009
A photo exhibition on Globalisation and Justice
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