DAY ONE
Monday, 4 July 2011
07:30 – 08:30 - Registration / tea / coffee
Venue | Ben Macala |
SESSION 1 | Plenary Session Chair: Loretta Feris |
08:30-09:15 | Welcome Rob Fowler (Chair: IUCN Academy of Environmental Law); Alejandro Iza (Director: IUCN Environmental Law Centre, Bonn Germany); Heather McLeod-Kilmurray (Secretariat: IUCN Academy of Environmental Law); Welcomes on behalf of the dignitaries of the organising universities |
09:15-09:45 | Keynote address: Dr Peter Ashton (CSIR - Natural Resources and the Environment) Too thick to drink or too thin to plough? Strategic water quality issues facing South Africa |
09:45-10:30 | Senior IUCNAEL Prize 2010 Winner: Prof Jamie Benidickson (University of Ottawa, Canada) Less water than you might think: a review of Canadian responses to water shortages |
10:30-11:00 | Dr Alejandro Iza (IUCN Environmental Law Centre, Germany) Water governance capacity |
11:00-11:30 TEA
VENUE | Ben Macala | Oystercatcher 1 | Oystercatcher 2 |
SESSION 2 | Governance and Water management: Substantive Water Rights Chair: Ben Richardson | Pollution and Waste: Mining and water pollution Chair: Olawale Ajai | Ecosystems and natural environment Chair: Alejandro Iza |
11:30-11:45 | Bugalo Maripe (University of Botswana, Botswana) Rights to water and indigenous peoples in Botswana | Tracy-Lynn Humby (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa) Applying the polluter pays principle to acid mine drainage on the Witwatersrand | Margaret Okorodudu-Fubara (Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria) |
11:45-12:00 | Elmarie van der Schyff (North-West University, South Africa) One for all, and all for water – public trusteeship and cooperative governance in South Africa | Carolina Dutra, Vladimir Garcia Magalhaes, José Carlos Loureiro da Silva (Catholic University of Santos – Unisantos, Brazil) and Mauricio Duarte dos Santos (University Center Monte Serrat - Unimonte, Brazil) | |
12:00-12:15 | Heline Sivini Ferreira (Catholic University of Paraná, Brazil) Maria Leonor Paes Cavalcanti Ferreira (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina) and Patryck de Araújo Ayala (Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso) The right to water and to hydric sustainability in the Brazilian legal system | Tobias van Reenen (University of the Western Cape, South Africa) (presented by Louis Kotzé) | Maria Luiza Machado Granziera and Edson Ricardo Saleme (UNISANTOS, Brazil) |
12:15-12:45 | Discussion | Discussion | Discussion |
12:45-13:45 LUNCH
VENUE | Ben Macala | Oystercatcher 1 | Oystercatcher 2 |
SESSION 3 | Climate change and water resources Chair: Rob Percival | Governance and water: Traditional communities and water resources Chair: Gilberto Rincon | Governance and water management Chair: Douglas Fisher |
13:45-14:00 | Linda Malone (William and Mary Law School, United States) Climate change, inundation of military bases, and national security | Nikki Funke (CSIR, South Africa) | Trevor Daya-Winterbottom (University of Waikato, New Zealand) Sustainability, governance and water management in New Zealand |
14:00-14:15 | Lee Godden and Anita Foerster (University of Melbourne, Australia) | Poh Ling Tan (Griffith Law School, Australia) Water matters: an interdisciplinary approach to water planning in Australia | Nicola Lugaresi (Universita' di Trento, Italy) Right to water and privatisation of water services in developed countries: perspective |
14:15-14:30 | Jose Juan Gonzalez (Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico) Mexico´s dependence on fossil fuels and climate change policy | Mulu Hadush Weldemariam (Mekelle University, Ethiopia) | Melissa Powers (Lewis and Clark Law School, United States) Permitting integrity and improved governance in the United States Clean Water Act |
14:30-14:45 | Rob Fowler (University of South Australia, Australia) Coastal waters as carbon sinks – matching science and policy | Discussion | Erkki Hollo (University of Helsinki, Finland) (presented by Louis Kotzé) |
14:45-15:15 | Discussion | Discussion |
15:15-15:30 TEA
VENUE | Ben Macala | Oystercatcher 1 | Oystercatcher 2 |
SESSION 4 | Governance and water management Chair: Patricia Wouters | Pollution and waste Chair: Emmanuel Kasimbazi | Governance and Water management: Perspectives from developed and developing countries Chair: Louis Kotzé |
15:30-15:45 | Olawale Ajai (Pan African University, Nigeria) Law, water and sustainable development: framework of Nigerian law | Reece Alberts (North-West University, South Africa) | Linda Nowlan (Pacific Conservation, WWF-Canada, Canada) Flowing into the future - environmental flow protection in water law in Canada |
15:45-16:00 | Edson Ricardo Saleme (Catholic University of Santos, Brazil) and Silvia Elena Barreto Saborita (Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado, Brazil) | Svitlana Romanko (Prykarpatsky National University, Ukrain) The legal mechanism of providing drinking water of quality in Ukraine and the EU | Wang Mingyuan (Tsinghua University, China) The right to develop and utilize water energy resources in China |
16:00-16:15 | Irene Lin-Heng Lye (National University of Singapore) Sustainable water governance and management in Singapore - innovation, application and laws | Mingde Cao and Mingming Liu (China University of Political Science and Law, China) Analysis of urban wastewater management in China: from law and policy dimension | Discussion |
16:15-17:30 | Discussion | Discussion |
17:30-17:45 COMFORT BREAK
VENUE | Ben Macala | Oystercatcher 1 | Oystercatcher 2 |
SESSION 5 | Water governance Chair: Jose Juan Gonzalez | Water Jurisprudence Chair: Tracy Humby | Coastal and marine issues: Marine pollution Chair: Nilufer Oral |
17:45-18:00 | Jimena Murillo Chavarro (Ghent University, Belgium) | Jennifer Mckay (University of South Australia, Australia) The justiciability of the sustainability objective in Australian regional water allocation plans | Nengye Liu (Ghent University, Belgium) Prevention of vessel-source marine pollution: international law and Chinese practice |
18:00-18:15 | Deng Haifeng (Tsinghua University, People's Republic of China) Research on the marine environmental capacity governance system in China | Kolawole Olusola Odeku (University of Limpopo, South Africa) and Edson L Meyer (University of Fort Hare, South Africa) Eulogising The Human Right To Safe, Clean Water And Sanitation: Enough Of 'The Talk'-There Is Need To 'Walk The Talk' | David VanderZwaag (Dalhousie University, Canada) The international control of ocean dumping: precautionary currents, sea of challenges |
18:15-18:30 | Discussion | Discussion | Discussion |
19:00 - Ben Macala: Book Launches: Edward Elgar Enforcement and Compliance & IUCN Environmental Law Centre Governance of Shared Waters
- Wine Tasting (registered participants – foyer Oystercatcher A) (directly following on book launch)
20:00 - Dinner and Address by Dr Stanley Liphadzi (Chair of the Water Research Commission)
DAY TWO
Tuesday – 5 July 2011
06:00–8:00 - Bird walk – Pat Jennings
Venue | Ben Macala |
SESSION 6 | Plenary session Chair: Michael Kidd |
08:15-09:15 | Distinguished Scholar Prof Patricia Wouters (Director, Dundee UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science, University of Dundee, UK) |
09:15-09:45 | Douglas Fisher (Queensland University, Australia) A jurisprudential model for sustainable water resources governance |
09:45-10:15 | Mekete Bekele Tekle (Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia) |
10:15-10:30 TEA
VENUE | Ben Macala | Oystercatcher 1 | Oystercatcher 2 |
SESSION 7 | Water Jurisprudence Chair: Rob Fowler | Governance and Water management: Water and ownership (property) issues Chair: Ann Powers | Shared International Watercourses Chair: Werner Scholtz |
10:30-10:45 | Keri Ellis (University of Cape Town, South Africa) A critical assessment of South Africa's water tribunal and its emerging jurisprudence | Germarie Viljoen presented by Elmarie van der Schyff (North-West University, South Africa) Water as public property: South Africa and Germany | William Onzivu (Bradford University, United Kingdom) |
10:45-11:00 | Louis Snyman (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa) Exposing the cracks in the armour: structural deficiencies of environmental litigation | Cheri Young (University of Cape Town, South Africa) | Takele Soboka Bulto (Australian National University, Australia) Towards Rights-Duties Congruence: Extraterritorial Application of the Human Right to Water in the African Human Rights System |
11:00-11:15 | Karin Lehmann (University of Cape Town) Balancing human rights and human responsibility: operationalising sustainable development | Elmarie van der Schyff (North-West University, South Africa) and Tharien van der Walt (University of Venda, South Africa) | Kheng-Lian Koh (National University of Singapore, Singapore) An analysis of the ASEAN strategic plan of action on water resources management: how sustainable and the way forward |
11:15-12:00 | Loretta Feris and Louis Kotzé (University of Cape Town and North-West University, South Africa) A sour mess - the crisis of acid mine drainage in South Africa - lessons in liability | Cebile Ntombela (University of Cape Town, South Africa) Tradable water rights in the implementation of water allocation reform in South Africa | Nathalie Herve-Fournereau (Western Institute of Law and European Studies, France) |
12:00-12:15 | Alexander Paterson (University of Cape Town, South Africa) | Warren Freedman (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) | Remy Kinna (Oxfam University, Australia) |
12:15-13:00 | Discussion | Discussion | Discussion |
13:00-14:00 LUNCH
Venue | Ben Macala |
SESSION 8 | Annual Meeting of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law |
14:00-15:30 | Chair: Rob Fowler |
15:30-16:00 TEA
VENUE | Ben Macala | Oystercatcher 1 | Oystercatcher 2 |
SESSION 9 | Water governance Chair: Heather Mcleod-Kilmurray | Coastal and Marine issues: Marine pollution Chair: Frank Maes | Governance and water management: Water rights Chair: Solange de Teles da Silva |
16:00-16:15 | Niko Soininen (University of Eastern Finland, Finland) General characteristics of the permit procedure in the Finnish Water Act | Ann Powers (Pace Law School, United States) Coastal and ocean resources: protection for the most vulnerable states | Marleen van Rijswick (University of Utrecht) |
16:15-16:30 | Josefin Gooch (Lund University, Sweden) | Jan Glazewski (University of Cape Town, South Africa) | Asim Jaffry (National University Ireland & Bahria University, Pakistan The Human Right to water; nexus to water poverty |
16:30-16:45 | Rafael Gonzalez Ballar (University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica) Access to justice and water rights: an Interamerican court resolution Comunidad Indígena Yakye Axa vs Paraguay. | Marie Parramon (Warburton Attorneys and North-West University, South Africa) The regulation of land-based marine pollution in South Africa | Rowena Maguire (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) Developing legal framework to address human displacement arising from water scarcity |
16:45-17:15 | Discussion | Discussion | Discussion |
17:30-18:30 - Meetings of sub-committees of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law (open for interested members)
18:30-20:00 - Meetings of sub-committees continue (for committee members only)
19:00 - Informal dinner (meetings continue)
20:00 - Local film on public participation: Finding the Fable
- Presented by Clara Bocchino (North-West University, South Africa)
DAY THREE
Wednesday 6 July 2011
Venue | Ben Macala |
SESSION 10 | Plenary Session Chair: Alexander Paterson |
08:00-08:30 | Junior IUNAEL Prize 2010 Winner: Dr Tim Stephens (University of Sydney, Australia) Reimagining international water law |
08:30 -09:00 | Emmanuel Kasimbazi (Makerere University, Uganda) |
09:00-09:30 | Robert Kibugi (University of Nairobi, Kenya/University of Ottawa, Canada) |
09:30-10:00 | Frank Maes (Ghent University, Belgium) The emerging concept of marine spatial planning as a governance tool for oceans. A legal and policy perspective from the European Union |
10:00-10:30 TEA
VENUE | Ben Macala | Oystercatcher 1 | Oystercatcher 2 |
SESSION 11 | Transboundary and international issues: Water conflicts Chair: Wang Xi | Pollution and waste: Water and agriculture Chair: Mekete Bekele Tekle | Pollution and waste: Hydraulic fracturing and water pollution Chair: Jan Glazewski |
10:30-10:45 | Werner Scholtz (North-West University, South Africa) Water security: the need for extraterritorial obligations via custodial sovereignty? | Andrew Allan (University of Dundee, United Kingdom) Balancing effective water governance with agricultural monoculture in a global context: case studies from Costa Rica and India | Panel Discussion Nicola Franklin (University of Sydney, Australia) Coal seam gas extraction: the Australian experience Carin Bosman (CBSS, South Africa) |
10:45-11:00 | Alistair Rieu-Clarke (University of Dundee, United Kingdom) | Helle Tegner Anker (Copenhagen University, Denmark) | |
11:00-11:15 | Robert Percival (University of Maryland, United States) Transboundary water management and the emergence of global water law | Carmen Gonzalez (Seattle University, United States) Foreign investment in agricultural lands and the human right to water | |
Water governance and rights: Australia and New Zealand Chair: Tim Stephens | |||
11:15-11:30 | Simesh Alebachew Habtamu (Mekelle University, Ethiopia) | Gwendolyn Wellmann (Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa) The National Water Act: constraints to the empowerment of small-scale farmers | Sophie Riley (University of Technology Sydney, Australia) |
11:30-11:45 | Adrien Bodart (Institut de l'Ouest: Droit et Europe, France) | Ilze Keevy and Surina Esterhuyse (University of the Free State) | Bradford Morse (University of Waikato, New Zealand) The right to 'clean' water as a human right or an indigenous right? |
11:45-12:30 | Discussion | Discussion | Discussion |
12:30-14:00 - LUNCH
14:00 - Buses depart on fieldtrips
- Beach walk
- Pre-booked tours (arranged by delegates at own expense)
18:00 - Meeting of post-graduate students
19:30 - Prize giving and conference dinner
- Guest Speaker Judge Dennis Davis (Cape High Court)
- Senior and Junior Research Awards
- Jazz Band entertainment
DAY FOUR
Thursday 7 July
Venue | Ben Macala |
SESSION 12 | PLENARY SESSION Chair: Anél du Plessis |
08:30-09:00 | Student Prize winner: Michelle Lim (University of New England, Australia) Mountains and integrated water resource management (IWRM) in the Transboundary water basins of Central Asia: Making Transboundary IWRM more integrated and more effective |
09:00-09:30 | Michael Kidd (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) The legal challenges of integrated water resources management |
09:30-10:00 | Marjan Peeters (Maastricht University, Netherlands) |
10:00-10:30 TEA
VENUE | Ben Macala | Oystercatcher 1 | Oystercatcher 2 |
SESSION 13 | Pollution and water: Groundwater management and mining Chair: Antonio Benjamin | Climate change and energy: Impact on water resources Chair: Tumai Murombo | Workshop: Creating a direction for water law scholarship Facilitated by Paul Martin et al |
10:30-10:45 | Adebola Ogunba (University of Ottawa, Canada) Nigeria's new environmental laws: what implications for groundwater protection and sustainability? | David Hodas (Widener University School of Law, United States) Rethinking law in a complex system: energy, water and climate change | Panel: Solange Teles da Silva and Fernanda Salgueiro Borges (State University of Amazonas/ Mackenzie University, Brazil) Environmental and social issues, Brazilian water jurisprudence and dam projects Paul Martin and Jacqueline Williams (University of New England, Australia) Hubris and human failings in Australian water law? Janice Gray (University of New South Wales, Australia) Groundwater and property: a site of contestation Discussion and decision-making |
10:45-11:00 | Eric Stoch (The Stoch Group, South Africa), Leslie Stoch (North-West University, South Africa) and Tracey McKay (University of Johannesburg, South Africa) The water bomb: pollution of the Wonderfonteinspruit 1967 to 2011 | Elaine Hsiao (Makerere University, Uganda and Pace University United States) | |
11:00-11:15 | Derick du Toit, Ramin Pejan, Sharon Pollard and Hubert Thompson (AWARD, South Africa) | John Gibson (University of Cape Town, South Africa) Legal liabilities for coastal erosion and flooding in the United Kingdom due to climate change | |
11:15-12:30 | Discussion | Discussion | |
Workshop: Breakaway groups |
12:30-13:30 LUNCH
VENUE | Ben Macala | Oystercatcher 1 | Oystercatcher 2 |
SESSION 14 | Governance and water management: Integrated water resource management Chair: Marie Parramon | Governance and water management: Economic instruments and water regulation Chair: Carmen Gonzalez | Workshop: Creating a direction for water law scholarship Facilitated by Paul Martin et al (continued) |
13:30-13:45 | Wang Xi and Fu Lu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai) | Susan Lea Smith (Willamette University, United States) | Feedback and way forward |
13:45-14:00 | Derick du Toit (AWARD, South Africa) The language of sustainability: a missing piece of the IWRM puzzle?h | Patricia Hania (Osgoode Law School, Canada) Localised modes of governance and water legislation: are we sacrificing long-term sustainability? | |
14:00-14:15 | Ramin Pejan and Tracy Humby (AWARD & University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa) Integrated water resource management in South Africa: Where are the law suits? | Ana Maria Daza Vargas (University of Dundee, United Kingdom) Resilient and flexible water regulation vs predictable rules for international investment protection | |
14:15-15:00 | Discussion | Discussion |
TEA 15:00-15:30
Venue | Ben Macala |
SESSION 16 | Plenary Session Chair: Tumai Murombo |
15:30-16:00 | |
16:00-16:30 | Rob Percival (University of Maryland); Heather McLeod-Kilmurray (Secretariat: IUCN Academy of Environmental Law) Presentation on Next Conference |
16:30-17:00 | Closing address: Rob Fowler (Chair of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law) |
17:00- | Farewell: Conference Organising Committee |
Bus/es will leave during the course of the afternoon – departure times flexible.
19:00 Informal dinner
DAY FIVE
Friday 8 July 2011
05:00 - Flexible departure times for buses leaving for Port Elizabeth Airport
07:30 - Bus leaves for Addo Elephant Park. Delegates will be taken directly to Port Elizabeth Airport afterwards