November 14-15, 2020
Negotiating Institutional Transformation: International and Comparative Approaches to Justice in Environmental Protection
Supported by The Graciela Chichilnisky Environmental Fund
in Honor of Natasha Chichilnisky-Heal
Panel
Role of Justice in UN institutions
The United Nations, especially in domestic U.S. politics, has come in for some heavy scrutiny. As the forum for states to engage one another on the level playing field of sovereignty, it is sometimes possible to succumb to the illusion that power is placed in the closet in the service of reasoned discourse. While power still has a significant background role, norms of equality and relative transparency yield access to engaged discussions about justice. How is the idea of justice constructed in this uniquely global discourse? How is it manifested in the work of UN institutions?
Presenter

Daniel Bodansky
Professor
Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
Discussant

Dan Esty
Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, Yale School of the Environment and Yale Law School; and Director, Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy
Discussant

Michaela Foster
Ph.D. Candidate in the School of the Environment at Yale University