The Private Side of Transforming our World
UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and the Role of Private International Law
Enabling all citizens of the world to live in dignity while preserving our natural resources is one of the greatest global challenges of our time. This challenge is reflected in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which have been set out by the United Nations. The project “The Private Side of Transforming our World – UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and the Role of Private International Law” aims to raise an awareness of how PIL – with its methods and institutions – is also capable of making a significant contribution in the quest for sustainable development.
The project has been initiated by Institute Director Ralf Michaels together with Verónica Ruiz Abou-Nigm (University of Edinburgh) and Hans van Loon (former Secretary General Hague Conference on Private International Law). The 19 researchers who are participating represent all of the world’s continents and are intent upon studying the relationship between the SDGs and PIL. They draw upon their own personal backgrounds and academic experiences, thus offering, for example, the perspective of the Global South.
The resulting findings constitute the basis of an edited volume that was published in November 2021 by Intersentia, in which each of the 17 SDGs is the subject of its own individual chapter. The work has been made accessible online at no cost (open access) in order to ensure its availability to a maximum number of readers around the world.
Ralf Michaels, Verónica Ruiz Abou-Nigm, Hans van Loon (eds.), The Private Side of Transforming our World, Intersentia, Cambridge 2021, XIV + 574 pp.
The project and its results were presented and discussed in the framework of a conference held from 9 to 11 November 2021 at the Hamburg Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law. The hybrid conference was simultaneously translated into Spanish and featured the digital and live participation of scholars from around the world.
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The role of private law and of private international law (PIL) in implementing the sustainable development goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda has long received little attention. Institute Director Ralf Michaels is co-initiator of an international research project that looks to fill this gap. In a just-released edited volume, each of the Agenda’s 17 sustainable development goals is for the first time analysed with a view towards assessing the contribution that PIL can make to their achievement.
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An international conference entitled “The Private Side of Transforming Our World – UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and the Role of Private International Law” took place at the Institute from 9–11 September 2021. It drew 32 speakers and guests from Europe, the United States, and Africa. More than four hundred practising lawyers and legal scholars participated online.
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Cluster VI – Rights, Law and Cooperation and Closing Comments
Watch here the talks of Cluster VI - Rights, Law and Cooperation and the closing comments of the conference “The Private Side of Transforming our World – UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and the Role of Private International Law”: Sabine Corneloup and Jinske Verhellen on “SDG 16: Peace Justice and Strong Institutions.” and Hans van Loon (for Fabricio B. Pasquot Polido) on “SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals”. Discussant: Marta Pertegás.
The closing comments are delivered by the organizers Ralf Michaels, Verónica Ruiz Abou-Nigm and Hans van Loon.
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Cluster V – Living Conditions
Watch here the talks of Cluster V - Living Conditions of the conference “The Private Side of Transforming our World – UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and the Role of Private International Law”: Klaas Hendrik Eller on “SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities.”, Geneviève Saumier on “SDG 12: Sustainable Consumption and Production” and Richard Frimpong Oppong on “SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation”. Discussant: Ralf Michaels.
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Keynote – The Private Side of Transforming our World
Watch here Anita Ramasastry’s Keynote lecture at the conference “The Private Side of Transforming our World – UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and the Role of Private International Law”.
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The role of private law and of private international law (PIL) in implementing the sustainable development goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda has long received little attention. Institute Director Ralf Michaels is co-initiator of an international research project that looks to fill this gap. In a just-released edited volume, each of the Agenda’s 17 sustainable development goals is for the first time analysed with a view towards assessing the contribution that PIL can make to their achievement.
more
An international conference entitled “The Private Side of Transforming Our World – UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and the Role of Private International Law” took place at the Institute from 9–11 September 2021. It drew 32 speakers and guests from Europe, the United States, and Africa. More than four hundred practising lawyers and legal scholars participated online.
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Allowing all people to live in dignity while at the same time protecting our natural environment is one of the globe’s greatest challenges. This aim is expressed in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals set out in the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda. The law stands as an important vehicle for their implementation. In cooperation with Veronica Ruiz Abou-Nigm and Hans van Loon, Institute Director Ralf Michaels has launched a research project that examines the role of private international law in realizing the UN goals.
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From September 9-11, 2021, the conference "The Private Side of Transforming the World" was held at the Max Planck Institute for Private Law in Hamburg. The videos of the contributions can be found here for streaming.
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Cluster VI – Rights, Law and Cooperation and Closing Comments
Watch here the talks of Cluster VI - Rights, Law and Cooperation and the closing comments of the conference “The Private Side of Transforming our World – UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and the Role of Private International Law”: Sabine Corneloup and Jinske Verhellen on “SDG 16: Peace Justice and Strong Institutions.” and Hans van Loon (for Fabricio B. Pasquot Polido) on “SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals”. Discussant: Marta Pertegás.
The closing comments are delivered by the organizers Ralf Michaels, Verónica Ruiz Abou-Nigm and Hans van Loon.
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Cluster V – Living Conditions
Watch here the talks of Cluster V - Living Conditions of the conference “The Private Side of Transforming our World – UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and the Role of Private International Law”: Klaas Hendrik Eller on “SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities.”, Geneviève Saumier on “SDG 12: Sustainable Consumption and Production” and Richard Frimpong Oppong on “SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation”. Discussant: Ralf Michaels.
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Keynote – The Private Side of Transforming our World
Watch here Anita Ramasastry’s Keynote lecture at the conference “The Private Side of Transforming our World – UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and the Role of Private International Law”.
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Cluster IV – Climate and Planet
Watch here the talks of Cluster IV - Climate and Planet of the conference “The Private Side of Transforming our World – UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and the Role of Private International Law”: Eduardo Álvarez-Armas on “SDG 13: Climate Action”, Tajudeen Sanni on “SDG 14: Life Below Water” and Jay Sanderson and Drossos Stamboulakison on “SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities”. Discussant: Duncan French.
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Book Launch
Book launch of the publication “The Private Side of Transforming our World - UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and the Role of Private International Law”, edited by Ralf Michaels, Verónica Ruiz Abou-Nigm and Hans van Loon as part of the same-titled conference in September 2021.
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