Dr Eghosa Ekhator (University of Derby): The enforcement of transnational climate litigation cases in Africa: Any role for Private International Law?
Internationales Privatrecht in Afrika
- Datum: 10.07.2023
- Uhrzeit: 14:00
- Ort: Online-Veranstaltung
About the speaker:
Dr Eghosa Ekhator is a senior lecturer in law at the University of Derby, United Kingdom. His main research areas include International Environmental Law, African International Legal History, and Natural Resources Governance. Dr Ekhator has published extensively on his research areas and his academic papers have been cited by a plethora of organisations and international agencies including the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Swiss Refugee Council, and the United Kingdom Parliament's International Trade Committee's inquiry - UK trade approach towards developing countries.
About the topic:
The use of climate change litigation is soaring globally, and it has become key slant of the emergent transnational litigation. Thus, in the last decade, climate change litigation has gone beyond the walls of scholarly discourse and has gained traction in different countries or jurisdictions (Wegener, 2020). Dr Eghosa Ekhator will reflect on how the various transnational climate litigation cases can be enforced in African countries and the potential of private international law as one of the tools to aid in the implementation of climate cases.
Zur Vortragsreihe:
Das Interesse an der Forschung zum internationalen Privatrecht in Afrika nimmt zu: Angesichts wachsender internationaler Verflechtungen im Zivil- und Wirtschaftsrecht kann das internationale Privatrecht in Afrika bei Fragen im Zusammenhang von Handlungsfeldern wie etwa Globalisierung, regionale wirtschaftliche Integration oder Einwanderung eine bedeutende Rolle einnehmen. Die Workshop-Reihe gibt dieser Entwicklung ein wissenschaftliches Forum, in dem einzelne Themen näher beleuchtet und neue Diskurse angestoßen werden. Die Teilnahme ist für alle interessierten Studierenden und Forschenden offen.
Dr Eghosa Ekhator is a senior lecturer in law at the University of Derby, United Kingdom. His main research areas include International Environmental Law, African International Legal History, and Natural Resources Governance. Dr Ekhator has published extensively on his research areas and his academic papers have been cited by a plethora of organisations and international agencies including the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Swiss Refugee Council, and the United Kingdom Parliament's International Trade Committee's inquiry - UK trade approach towards developing countries.
About the topic:
The use of climate change litigation is soaring globally, and it has become key slant of the emergent transnational litigation. Thus, in the last decade, climate change litigation has gone beyond the walls of scholarly discourse and has gained traction in different countries or jurisdictions (Wegener, 2020). Dr Eghosa Ekhator will reflect on how the various transnational climate litigation cases can be enforced in African countries and the potential of private international law as one of the tools to aid in the implementation of climate cases.
Zur Vortragsreihe:
Das Interesse an der Forschung zum internationalen Privatrecht in Afrika nimmt zu: Angesichts wachsender internationaler Verflechtungen im Zivil- und Wirtschaftsrecht kann das internationale Privatrecht in Afrika bei Fragen im Zusammenhang von Handlungsfeldern wie etwa Globalisierung, regionale wirtschaftliche Integration oder Einwanderung eine bedeutende Rolle einnehmen. Die Workshop-Reihe gibt dieser Entwicklung ein wissenschaftliches Forum, in dem einzelne Themen näher beleuchtet und neue Diskurse angestoßen werden. Die Teilnahme ist für alle interessierten Studierenden und Forschenden offen.