Bar Webinar Focuses Attention on Environmental Crimes in West Papua

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Friday, June 7, 2024
Author: 
Kaila Hall and Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
40
Issue: 
6
Abstract: 

           On May 28, 2024, the American Bar Association hosted a webinar[1] on “Addressing Gender-Based Violence and Environmental Crimes in West Papua.” This event was co-sponsored by the South Asia, Oceania, and India Committee in co-operation with the International Association of Genocide Scholars. The panel featured Szilvia Csevár, Lecturer and Researcher of Public International Law at The Hague University of Applied Sciences, as well as Fadjar Schouten-Korwa, a human rights lawyer in the Netherlands, and David Whyte, Professor of Climate Justice at Queen Mary University of London. Bruce Zagaris, Partner at Berliner Corcoran & Rowe LLP in Washington, D.C. moderated the event.