Prof. Elisa Fornalé appointed as Co-Rapporteur of the ILA Committee focusing on the Protection of Affected Persons in the Context of Sea Level Rise

Prof. Elisa Fornalé hosted the Virtual Meeting of the International Law Association (ILA) on 22 November 2021.
Prof. Fornalé as co-rapporteur of the ILA Committee together with Prof. Davor Vidas (chair) and Prof. David Freestone (co-rapporteur), introduced and discussed with members of the Committee the first draft Report that will be presented at the Lisbon ILA Conference in June 2022.
Two new members who joined the Committee were officially welcomed: Prof. Frida Armas-Pfirter (of the Argentine ILA branch) and Prof. Giuseppe Nesi (of the Italian ILA branch). Prof. Nesi has recently also been appointed as new member of the International Law Commission
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Dalla non discriminazione alle pari opportunità

8 March 2023

Un itinerario di confronto, di ricerca e di sperimentazione di buone prassi a UNISA

SNSF Professor Dr. Elisa Fornalé, spoke at the international study conference on the occasion of International Women's Day on 8 March 2023, held in the "Aula Magna Vincenzo Buonocore", edificio A2 campus di Fisciano, Università degli Studi di Salerno.
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Riconoscimento e protezione dei migranti ambientali: una sfida per l’Europa

3 March 2023

SNSF Professor Dr. Elisa Fornalé, spoke at the III lecture in the series "Migrazioni forzate e cambiamenti climatici" organised by "Gruppo Volontari per i Rifugiati della MCLI di Berna" and titled: "Riconoscimento e protezione dei migranti ambientali: una sfida per l’Europa", held on Friday 3 March 2023 at 19.30 at the "Sala Teatro della Missione cattolica di lingua italiana", Bovetstrasse 1, 3007 Bern.

Equal and inclusive representation of women in decision-making systems

23 February 2023

SNSF Professor Dr. Elisa Fornalé and The GQUAL Campaign, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, invite you to attend the upcoming conference titled "Equal and inclusive representation of women in decision-making systems"to be held on 23 February 2023 from 13.00 to 14.30 at Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights (Cassese Room), Villa Moynier, Rue de Lausanne 120B, 1211 Geneva. The conference intends to highlight the importance of the process initiated by the Committee with a broad audience of stakeholders and contribute to the discussion by engaging experts on a dynamic conversation addressing key issues. The event will consist of a dynamic conversation in which the panelists will answer a question introduced by the moderator and will then have the opportunity to react to the presentations of the other panel participants. Each panelist will have an initial 7 minutes to answer the question and another 3 minutes for closing remarks. The event will have opening and closing remarks and will be followed by a reception.
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Conference "Migration and Rights at the time of the Anthropocene"

15 - 16 December 2022

SNSF Professor Dr. Elisa Fornalé, spoke at a conference in Naples (Italy) part of the research project "Anthropocene/Capitalocene and international migration. A critical reading." The event is co-organized by the University of Naples L'Orientale and the World Trade Institute, CLIMCO2 Project.
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Expert Meeting/Workshop "Cooperative Duties, Human Rights and Climate Change"

8 December 2022

SNSF Professor Dr. Elisa Fornalé (University of Bern) and Professor De Vido Sara (University Cà Foscari) organized the Expert Meeting/Workshop titled ‘Cooperative Duties, Human Rights and Climate Change’ to be held on 8 December 2022, at the World Trade Institute, University of Bern.
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World Trade Congress on Gender: "Gender Equality for Sustainable Trade and Recovery"

5 - 7 December 2022

Under the theme “Gender Equality for Sustainable Trade and Recovery”, the World Trade Congress on Gender took place at the WTO from 5 to 7 December to explore how gender equality can foster sustainable trade and how trade can support women in times of crisis. During the conference, SNSF Professor Dr. Elisa Fornalé spoke at the book launch: Women’s Empowerment and its Limits, held on 7 december at the Atrium.
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Slow violence, gender, climate agency

5 December 2022

New global crisis such as the COVID­19 pandemic, wars, economic crisis and climate disasters are ‘produced and mediated by existing gender inequalities and discriminatory gender norms across societies’ (EGM, 2021). This presentation explored the gendered dimension of climate change and, more generally, of slow violence. Some attention has been paid to the inclusion of a gender perspective in climate change issues. However, much less attention has been paid to women’s invisibility in the legal and political debate on climate change combined with other situations falling within the definition of slow violence. Slow violence may or may not lead to major disasters but has a disproportionate impact on women and girls. This has been largely overlooked by existing legal debates.

The conference was held at 18:15 in lecture room Raum A022, UniS, University of Bern.

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The proposed EU directive on combating gender-based violence: towards greater protection of women in Europe? (event in Italian)

28 November 2022

On the occasion of the international day against violence against women, WTI's SNSF Professor Dr. Elisa Fornalé spoke at the conference "The proposed EU directive on combating gender-based violence: towards greater protection of women in Europe?". The conference took place from 9.30 to 13.30 at Dipartimento di Economia, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia(Italy) or online (Zoom).
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Confini, Migrazioni e Diritti Umani

22 November 2022

SNSF Professor Dr. Elisa Fornalé co-organised with the Italian Embassy in Berne the presentation of the book entitled "Confini, Migrazioni e Diritti Umani", curated by Maurizio Ambrosini, Marilisa D’Amico and Emilia Perassi, Milano University Press, Milan 2022.The presentation was held on 22 November 2022 at the lecture hall Silva Casa, World Trade Institute, Bern University, Bern. Download the full program

Preparing for sea level rise

18 November 2022

SNSF Professor Dr. Elisa Fornalé spoke at the conference titled "Preparing for sea level rise" which took place from 18 November at the Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon in Lisbon, Portugal.
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