The Rights of Future Generations after the Summit of the Future

The Human Rights Law Centre is delighted to be co-hosting this upcoming seminar on 'The Rights of Future Generations after the Summit of the Future' with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development, World Future Council and Child Rights Connect. It will take place online on 24 October at 17:00 - 18:00 (BST). 

On 22-23 September 2024, the United Nations Secretary General hosted a Summit of the Future, bringing world leaders together to forge a new international consensus on how we deliver a better present and safeguard the future. The Summit took place against a backdrop of growing global concern about inter-generational justice and future generations’ rights. A key outcome of the Summit was the adoption of a Pact for the Future, including a Declaration on Future Generations.

This timely event, featuring experts drawn from different world regions, explores the prospects for future generations’ rights and international inter-generational justice following the Summit and the Special Rapporteur on the right to development’s recent report on “Right to development of children and future generations” (A/HRC/57/43). It will explore questions including: to what extent do the Pact/Declaration move forward protection of future generations’ right in terms of international human rights law and international law more generally? How can the progress made at the Summit be embedded in rights-related decision-making processes at international and national levels? What is left to be done? 

Speakers will include:

• Surya Deva - UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development
• Neshan Gunasekera - WIJA, Councillor, World Future Council; Visiting Fellow, Raoul Wallenberg Institute; Co-Chair, Earth Trusteeship Working Group
• Sandra Liebenberg - H.F. Oppenheimer Chair in Human Rights Law, University of Stellenbosch Law Faculty; Chair of the Drafting Group, Maastricht Principles
• Aoife Nolan- Professor of International Human Rights Law and Director of the Human Rights Law Centre, University of Nottingham
• Nicole "Cole"- a Child Advocate from Zimbabwe

To attend, please register here.