With funding from the United States Embassy in Suriname and the sponsorship of the Youth Education and Leadership Foundation and Global Americans, we are pleased to present “Indigenous Rights and Extractive Industries in the Amazon,” a two-day virtual conference on human rights and environmental issues in the Amazon.
You can watch part two of the conference via the video link above, which specifically focuses on extractive industries in the Amazon and includes discussion and commentary from:
Speakers:
– Mark Pieth, Professor at the Basel Institute of Governance, former Chair of both UN Illegal Drug Trafficking and OECD Anti-Bribery Working Groups
– Luz Nagle, Professor at Stetson University Law School and former Judge in Medellín
– Bruce Zagaris, Partner with Berliner Corcoran & Rowe LLP & Founder of the International Enforcement Law Reporter
– Julia Marisa Sekula, Climate Security Program Coordinator at Instituto Igarapé
Moderator: Guy Mentel, Executive Director, Global Americans
Click here to watch part one, which centers around indigenous rights in the Amazon.
