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SUMMARY:Documentary Film Screening: The Tribunal and Post-Screening Talk 
 with Malcolm Rogge (Producer) and Johanna Lorenzo (Discussant)
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DESCRIPTION:About the Event: Join us for a screening of The Tribunal\, a 
 powerful documentary by Dr Malcolm Rogge in partnership with the Columbi
 a Centre on Sustainable Investment (CCSI)\, that shines a light on a sig
 nificant environmental and social justice battle in the Ecuadorian Amazo
 n. The documentary tracks the experiences of community members in the In
 tag Valley who were directly impacted by a potential mining project\, a 
 dispute that erupted as a result of the project\, and the eventual arbit
 ration proceedings in which the Canadian mining company sued the Ecuador
 ian government under the Canada-Ecuador bilateral investment treaty (BIT
 ). Filmed in the megadiverse Ecuadorian cloud forest\, the film brings t
 o light the troubling human rights impacts on local nature defenders of 
 the international investment arbitration system. The screening will be f
 ollowed by a discussion with Dr Rogge and Dr Johanna Lorenzo to reflect 
 on the intersections of law\, activism\, and film and the ongoing strugg
 le to confront corporate impunity and environmental destruction. About t
 he Speakers: Dr Malcolm Rogge is lecturer in law at Exeter Law School\, 
 University of Exeter. He is business and human rights scholar and practi
 tioner\, as well as an international award-winning documentary filmmaker
 . Dr Rogge is also senior advisor to Ecoforensic\, a community interest 
 company that supports rights of nature advocacy through citizen-science 
 initiatives. Dr Johanna Lorenzo is an Assistant Professor in Public Inte
 rnational Law at the University of Amsterdam and the Amsterdam Center fo
 r International Law (ACIL). She is currently a Visiting Research fellow 
 at the GLOBE Centre. She specialises in international law and developmen
 t\, international trade law\, and the law of international financial ins
 titutions (IFIs). This event is followed by a drinks reception. Please e
 mail globe@warwick.ac.uk if you have any dietary or access requirements.
  Image: Malcom Rogge filming Julio Espinoza in Ecuador The Tribunal revi
 ews: Dr Lorenzo Cotula\, International Institute for Environment and Dev
 elopment\; University of Strathclyde\, UK This beautifully filmed docume
 ntary sheds light on asymmetries and exclusions in arrangements to settl
 e investment disputes – whose interests are protected\, and whose voices
  are marginalised. Through their powerful testimonies\, the participants
  lucidly expose the limitations of the system and highlight the need for
  a different model that does justice to their rights and to the complexi
 ties of investment disputes. Professor David R Boyd\, UN Special Rapport
 eur on Human Rights and the Environment A powerful and moving film - the
  people interviewed radiate integrity\, and the natural beauty of the re
 gion is stunning. Directed by Malcolm Rogge and produced in association 
 with the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment\, The Tribunal should
  be widely viewed. This film will help people to understand more clearly
  the injustices perpetuated by investor-state dispute resolution mechani
 sms. Professor Catherine Kessedijan\, Professeur émérite de l’Université
  Panthéon-Assas The Tribunal is a “tour de force” which shows all of the
  important points about investment law and human rights in only thirty m
 inutes. Movies of this kind are great tools to help our students underst
 and the challenges that we are facing in trying to reconcile investment 
 law and human rights. Dr Anil Yilmaz Vastardis and Dr Tara Van Ho\, Co-d
 irectors of the Essex Business and Human Rights Project. This documentar
 y film is essential viewing for anyone working in the fields of internat
 ional investment law and business and human rights\, but most importantl
 y for arbitrators and practitioners of investment law and arbitration. T
 he Tribunal brings to light powerfully two themes: (1) the physical dist
 ance of investment arbitration from the lived realities of impacted comm
 unities\; and (2) the erasure of human rights and environmental impacts 
 in the investment arbitration process. Professor Peter Muchlinski\, auth
 or of Multinational Enterprises and the Law\, Oxford University Press. M
 alcolm Rogge’s The Tribunal/El tribunal\, produced in association with t
 he Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment\, is a clear and impactful 
 documentary film that conveys the real injustice of investor-state dispu
 te settlement (ISDS) and the absurdity of an investor being able\, in ef
 fect\, to buy the right to violate human rights albeit with some reducti
 on of damages for contributory fault. The film offers a strong argument 
 for tribunals being more open to human rights issues and to gather relev
 ant evidence from local witnesses and also from site visits. With some n
 oble and laudable exceptions of individuals who are already doing this\,
  arbitrators and legal counsel must wake up to their responsibilities as
  international lawyers and integrate human rights properly into ISDS to 
 ensure justice for those adversely affected by irresponsible and illegal
  corporate behaviour. A good starting point would be to watch this film 
 and listen to the voices of the people thus heard. Professor Nicolas Per
 rone\, Universidad Andrés Bello\, Chile Who are the real losers of inter
 national investment agreements (IIAs) and investor-state dispute settlem
 ent (ISDS)? The states that are sued by foreign investors and sometimes 
 lose ISDS disputes\, having to pay compensation? Or those living near th
 e investment site\, regardless of the outcome of ISDS disputes? This doc
 umentary shows that the real losers in extractive ISDS disputes are the 
 local communities struggling to defend their territory from governments 
 and foreign investors alike. Through interviews with local residents and
  activists\, the Tribunal takes the viewer through the intricacies of on
 e of the most infamous ISDS cases: Copper Mesa v Ecuador. The locals suf
 fered Copper Mesa misconduct and the absence of government control\, and
  later saw how the state\, the investor and the arbitral tribunal made l
 ocal suffering invisible when the case was heard in Washington. Copper M
 esa is one of the many disputes that illustrate how IIAs and ISDS are co
 nstitutive parts of extractivism in the Global South\, not just an impos
 ition from the outside. The Tribunal adds to the growing academic litera
 ture that since the early 2010s has uncovered the perils of ISDS for loc
 al communities\, taking the debate beyond the traditional private (inves
 tor) - public (state) framework. Dr Andrea Shemberg\, Former Legal Advis
 or to the UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights Rogge’s
  new film\, The Tribunal\, produced in association with the Columbia Cen
 ter on Sustainable Investment\, offers the viewer a unique opportunity t
 o observe the profoundly personal experiences of one set of community me
 mbers in Ecuador\, relative to the development of a copper mine in the I
 ntag Valley. It documents a perspective that literally never gets heard.
  For those who work in international investment and ISDS\, this film wil
 l undoubtedly arouse the urge to counter the story being told with techn
 ical and legal arguments about how investment arbitration is not the app
 ropriate venue to hear claims about human rights abuses. But the film is
  an invitation to grapple with whether those technical counter-arguments
  are actually on point. Shin Imai\, Professor Emeritus\, Osgoode Hall La
 w School\, Member of the Board\, Justice and Corporate Accountability Pr
 oject Rogge’s 2023 follow up to his 2008 film\, Under Rich Earth\, is a 
 powerful affirmation of the strength of affected communities and a blist
 ering critique of the international investor protection system. Rogge do
 es not hit you over the head with his message\; instead\, he communicate
 s through the words of local farmers\, activists\, and educators\; and t
 hrough his stunning photography. The most poignant sequence in The Tribu
 nal comes after the international arbitration panel orders Ecuador to co
 mpensate the Canadian mining company for revoking its licence. Three wit
 nesses from the Intag valley had been flown to Washington to give their 
 testimony at the arbitration hearing. They were left waiting around for 
 days\, and finally\, they were told to go home and that their testimony 
 was not needed. Back in Ecuador\, Rogge shows the lengthy written decisi
 on of the arbitration panel to a community member – she starts to flip t
 hrough the document and realizes that many of the sections describing th
 e violent assaults on the communities by the mining company’s paramilita
 ries are redacted. This was not a symbolic disregard of the community by
  international law – it was a literal erasing of history. I loved Rogge’
 s 2008 film\, Under Rich Earth\, and I have screened excerpts in my clas
 ses at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto. At about half an hour\, its 2
 023 sequel\, The Tribunal\, is perfect as an educational tool for the cl
 assroom. ‪Professor Gus Van Harten\, author of The Trouble with Foreign 
 Investor Protection‬\, Oxford University Press‬‬‬‬‬‬ The Tribunal is a p
 owerful indictment of the arbitrations conducted under investment treati
 es over the last 25 years. It documents the experiences of members of a 
 besieged community in Ecuador’s highlands — a community caught between a
 n aggressive Canadian mining company and a complicit national government
 . The arbitrators appointed to hear the dispute in Washington\, DC\, fin
 d in favour of the company without even hearing from those most directly
  affected\, the local community. ‪In this documentary\, people who survi
 ved brutal events - experiences redacted by the arbitration process - ca
 n have their story heard by a wider audience. It is a story of gross unf
 airness suffered in an opaque and exclusive system of foreign investor p
 rotection. Background Reading: Investment treaty News (ITN) Special Issu
 e: The Tribunal How a documentary film can help UNCITRAL Working Group I
 II think through ISDS reform by Lorenzo Cotula and Ladan Mehranva\, 10 A
 pril 2024
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