Modern states recognise justice as the most important mechanism and guarantee for the protection and implementation of human rights. The relevant provisions are enshrined to varying degrees in the constitutions of modern states.
The combination of national and international mechanisms for the protection of human rights is a distinctive feature of the Latin American region. In this regard, the discussion of the effectiveness of these mechanisms, ways to improve them and disseminate best practices seems timely and in demand. The session participants are going to analyse the impact of the SDGs on social transformations, sustainable urban development, improving the quality of life, ensuring equality and social justice. Special attention will be paid to successful practices in implementing sustainable solutions at the state, corporate and public levels, as well as the possibilities of international cooperation to achieve global sustainable development goals.
Facts and figures
4.5 billion people in the world do not have access to the opportunities offered by the law.
More than 1 billion people in the world do not have access to justice.
The proportion of people who do not trust the judicial system exceeds 50% in many countries of the world.
Questions for discussion
Sustainable Development Goals in Latin American countries: analysis of national legislation.
Pathway to achieving SDG 16: experience of individual Latin American countries.
Access to justice as the most important guarantee of human rights protection.
Relationship between national and international mechanisms for the protection of human rights in Latin American countries.
Political and legal institutions and their roles in achieving social progress.
International legal cooperation between Russia and Latin American countries in context of achieving the SDGs.
AA
Aslan Abashidze
Vice-Chairman, UN Committee on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights; Professor, Head of Department, Law Institute, RUDN University
ERCA
Ena Rosio Carnero Arroyo
Professor, National University of Trujillo
EK
Evgeniy Komlev
Head of Department, Law Institute, RUDN University
YK
Yuriy Korchagin
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Colombia, Argentina, Paraguay, Spain, Andorra; Permanent Representative of Russia to the World Tourism Organization
Key speakers
Topic of the report
Rights to Natural Resources of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Latin American Countries and Development Goals
Elena Gulyaeva
Associate Professor, Department of International Law, Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia
Topic of the report
Sustainable Development Goals for Future Generations Using the Example of Latin American Countries
Abril Uscanga Barradas (Mexico)
Director of the Seminar on Philosophy of Law, Faculty of Law, National Autonomous University of Mexico
Topic of the report
Legal recognition of Sustainable Development in the Constitutions of Latin American countries
Favio Farinella (Argentina)
Professor, National University of Mardel Plata
Topic of the report
SDG 16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions in Brazilian Context
Deilton Ribeiro Brasil (Brazil)
Professor, University of Itauna
Topic of the report
Experience of International Legal Cooperation between Russia and Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua: History and Modernity
Gennadiy Nebratenko
Professor, Department of State and Legal Disciplines, Academy of Management of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia
Topic of the report
Access to Justice and Legal Security as the Most Important Prerequisites for Sustainable Development in Latin America
Costa Cevallos Marcelo Armando (Ecuador)
Professor of the Department of Legal Sciences, Technical University of Loja
Topic of the report
Strategy for Aligning Sustainable Development Goals with the National Development Plan in Guatemala
Maynor Roberto Berganza Betancourt (Guatemala)
Professor, University of San Carlos
Topic of the report
Environmental Law in Argentina: Subtle and Necessary Symbiosis between Development and Sustainability in Argentine Law
Silvio Dall'Ara (Argentina)
Professor, National University of Tucuman
Topic of the report
The philosophy of liberation by August Salazar Bondi and its connection with the sovereign model of economic development in Peru and Latin America
Federico Guerrero Bohorquez Oscar (Peru)
Senior Lecturer, Department of Foreign Languages and Communication Technologies, The National University of Science and Technology MISIS
Topic of the report
SDG 16 on peace, justice and strong institutions: an opportunity for global security
David F. Puyana (Costa Rica)
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the University for Peace to the United Nations Office in Geneva and Vienna and Permanent Representative of UPEACE to UNESCO in Paris
