JavaScript is Disabled
Your browser's JavaScript functionality is disabled. It has to be enabled to use this function of ConfTool.
Here you can find information on how to enable JavaScript
If you have any problems, please contact the organizers at landconference@worldbank.org.

Conference Agenda

The conference agenda provides an overview and details of sessions. In order to view sessions on a specific day or for a certain room, please select an appropriate date or room link. You may also select a session to explore available abstracts and download papers and presentations.

Session Overview

Session

10-12: Large investments: Protecting human rights & environment

Time:

Thursday, 28/Mar/2019:

10:30am - 12:00pm

Session Chair: Ward Anseeuw, International Land Coalition, Italy

Location: MC C1-200

Presentations

ID: 970 / 10-12: 2
Individual Papers
Topics: Large scale land acquisition: Agriculture, extractives, infrastructure
Keywords: Southeast Asia, responsible investment, agriculture, guidelines

The ASEAN guidelines on promoting responsible investment in food, agriculture and forestry

Sarah Brewin, Francine Picard Mukazi, Carin Smaller

International Institute for Sustainable Development, Switzerland

ID: 1108 / 10-12: 3
Individual Papers
Topics: Large scale land acquisition: Agriculture, extractives, infrastructure
Keywords: agricultural land investment contracts, impact assessments, land tenure, responsible agricultural investment, safeguards

Private law and agricultural development – Improving agricultural land investment contracts and making them consistent with the VGGT and CFS-RAI Principles

Ignacio Tirado¹, Neale Bergman¹, Margret Vidar²

¹UNIDROIT, Italy; ²FAO, Italy

ID: 986 / 10-12: 4
Individual Papers
Topics: Large scale land acquisition: Agriculture, extractives, infrastructure
Keywords: agriculture; governance; investment; law; sustainable development

Agricultural investments under international investment law

Jesse Coleman¹, Sarah Brewin², Thierry Berger³

¹Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, United States of America; ²International Institute for Sustainable Development, Canada; ³International Institute for Environment and Development, United Kingdom

ID: 988 / 10-12: 5
Individual Papers
Topics: Land and human rights, gender, indigenous peoples
Keywords: access to justice; human rights; inequality; investor protections; land investments

Undermining justice: The investment treaty regime and affected third parties

Jesse Coleman, Lise Johnson, Kaitlin Cordes

Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, United States of America