Programme
Globalization and Law: Theory and Practice
Joint Seminar by the Warwick Law School and the Third World Network
15th - 16th November 2002, University of Warwick.
Friday 15th November 2002
11.00 - 1.45: First Plenary: Globalization and International Governance: How Global Institutions are Reshaping the Development Order
[Arts Centre Conference Room]
11.00 - 11.05: Welcome Address - Lee Bridges
11.05 - 11.15: Opening Remarks/Overview - Upendra Baxi
11.15 - 12.30: Presentations (Chair: Andy Clark)
Globalization - Not an Unfinished Project: The Realities of the Global Economic System and the Crisis of Development
- Martin Khor
From Dunkel to Doha: A Critical Assessment of the WTO as the Basis for Multilateral Trade
- Bhagirath Lal Das
Our Rights and Livelihoods: Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in the Critique of Current Development Models
- Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
12.30 - 12.45: Break
12.45 - 1.45: Discussion
1.45 - 3.00 : Lunch
3.00 - 5.00 : Parallel Workshops: Challenging Concepts
PS1 The Road to Cancun: The WTO New Issues
- Martin Khor (Facilitator: Upendra Baxi)
[SO.10]
PS2 The Post-Doha Work Programme of the WTO:
Critical Aspects
- Bhagirath Lal Das (Facilitator: Abdul Paliwala)
[SO.11]
PS3 Emerging Human Rights Approaches to
Globalization
- Victoria Tauli-Corpuz (Facilitator: Alex Magaisa)
[S0.13]
PS5 Unholy Trinity: The Converging Agenda of the
International Trade and Financial
Institutions- GATS and the Essential Services
Case Study
- Goh Chien Yen/ Celine Tan (Facilitator: TBA)
[SO.20]
5.00 - 6.00 : Reception for the Participants - Panorama Room
7.00 - 9.00 : Dinner for Speakers and Faculty Members
Saturday 16th November 2002
10.00 - 12.00: Second Plenary Session: Towards Sustainable
Development, Global Justice and the Realisation
of Human Rights
[Arts Centre Conference Room]
Presentations (Chair: Abdul Paliwala)
Disciplining the Global Casino: Can the Global
Financial System Be Reoriented Towards Genuine
Social Needs?
- Martin Khor
Making Trade Work for Development: Changes in
Rules, Principles and Processes
- Bhagirath Lal Das
Paradigm Change? Changing Concepts in
Intellectual Property Rights and the Impacts on
Society and Community Development
- Cecilia Oh
12.00 - 2.00: Lunch
(TWN members and Law School staff meet for working lunch
strategy meeting on future collaborative endeavours
[SO.212])
2.00 - 4.00 : Parallel Workshops: Making Reform a Reality
PS6 Research, Advocacy and Making an Impact on
National and International Policymaking:
A Sharing of Experiences
- Martin Khor (Facilitator: Shaheen Sardar Ali)
[SO.11]
PS7 Citizenry Action and Movement for Change:
TRIPS and the Access to Medicines Campaign
- Cecilia Oh (Facilitator: Andy Clark)
[SO.13]
PS8 Organising for Change: The Developing
Movement of Indigenous Peoples from
Local to Global
- Victoria Tauli-Corpuz (Facilitator: Ambreena Manji)
[SO.18]
PS9 Empirical Evidence: Using Science as an
Advocacy Tool to Create Regulatory
Mechanisms for Biosafety: The Case of the
UN Protocol on Biosafety
- Lim Li Ching (Facilitator: TBA)
[SO.19]
4.00 - 5.00: Concluding Session
Presentations by Martin Khor and Upendra Baxi
7.00 onwards: Party for Participants organised by Law Postgraduate Students