Conference programme
(19th and 20th of June)
Lisbon conference on intergenerational justice - The law of the future and the
future of law
Conferência Internacional de Lisboa sobre Justiça Intergeracional - O Direito do
futuro e o futuro do Direito
Venue: University of Lisbon School of Law
Entrada livre com inscrição prévia/ Free entrance with prior registration
([email protected])
Conference Day 1
10h00: Registration
10h30: Opening Session
Jorge Duarte Pinheiro (Dean of the University of Lisbon School of Law)
Carlos Blanco de Morais (Scientific Coordinator of the Lisbon Centre for Research in
Public Law, ICJP, University of Lisbon School of Law)
Marisa Quaresma dos Reis (Organiser and member of the research team, Lisbon
Centre for Research in Public Law, University of Lisbon School of Law)
Marcel Szabó (Ombudsman for Future Generations – Hungary)
Fernando Negrão (President of the Parliamentary Committee for Constitutional
Affairs, Rights, Freedoms and Guarantees)
11h00 Key Note Speech
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Viriato Soromenho-Marques (Departments of Philosophy and European Studies of
the University of Lisbon) – “From financial to ontological debt- The case for
intergenerational justice in the anthropocene era”
Open debate with the audience
11h30 -13h00 Intergenerational (in)justice in law and politics
Moderator David Duarte (Lisbon Centre for Research in Public Law, University of
Lisbon School of Law)
Wolfgang Gründinger (Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations, Germany) –
“Intergenerational (in)justice and demographic change”
David Kingman (Intergenerational Foundation, UK) – “Intergenerational Justice and
Party Politics”
Axel Gosseries (FNRS, University of Louvain- UCL) – “Cohortal injustice as age
discrimination”
Marisa Quaresma dos Reis (Lisbon Centre for Research in Public Law, University of
Lisbon School of Law) – “The Jeffersonian concept of generations as nations –
international law as an inspiration to an “intergenerational law”?”
Open debate with the audience
13h00 Lunch break
14h30 -16h00 Human and fundamental rights from an intergenerational
dimension
Moderator Luís Pereira Coutinho (Lisbon Centre for Research in Public Law, ICJP,
University of Lisbon School of Law)
Emilie Gaillard (University of Caen Basse-Normandie) – “The case of international
crimes against future generations”
Jean-Paul Markus (University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines) – “Right to
Health cares, Bioethics and future generations”
Beatriz Esperança (Lisbon Centre for Research in Public Law, ICJP, University of
Lisbon School of Law) – “Sustainable development concerning socioeconomic rights: a
duty towards future generations?”
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Márcio Barcelos (European Youth Forum Board member) – “Political rights of young
people: rethinking the minimum age for voting”
Open debate with the audience
16h00 Coffee break
16h30-18.30h Sharing experiences: Model Institutions for the protection of
future generations
Moderator Teresa Anjinho, (Member of the Parliamentary Committee for
Constitutional Affairs, Rights, Freedoms and Guarantees)
Oras Tynkkynen, (Vice Chair of the Committee for the Future, Parliament of Finland)
– “Strengthening Future Thinking in the Parliament” [videoconference]
José de Faria Costa (The Portuguese Ombudsman) – “Promoção e Defesa dos Direitos
Humanos dos Cidadãos em Uma Perspetiva de Presente e de Futuro /Promoting and
defending citizens’ human rights from a present-future perspective”
Marcel Szabó, (The Hungarian Ombudsman for Future Generations) – “National
institutions for the safeguarding of future generations”
Shlomo Shoham, (Former Commissioner for Future Generations - the Israeli
Parliament) – “Commissioner for Future Generations in the Israeli Parliament - lesson
learnt”
Open debate with the audience
Conference Day 2
10:00 Registration
10h30 Key Note Speech
Pieter Vanhuysse (European Centre Vienna) – “Intergenerational Justice and Public
Policy in Europe” [videoconference]
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Open debate with the audience
11h00 -12h30 Portugal and Intergenerational Justice
Moderator Jorge Miranda (President of ICJP - Institute for Legal and Political Sciences
of the University of Lisbon School of Law)
Francisco Pereira Coutinho, (Institute for Social and Political Sciences of the
University of Lisbon) – “O Papel das gerações futuras na jurisprudencia do Tribunal
Constitucional em tempo de crise / The role of future generations in the Portuguese
constitutional case law in times of crisis”
Carla Amado Gomes (Lisbon Centre for Research in Public Law University of Lisbon
School of Law) – “Sustentabilidade Ecológica e intereses das gerações futuras: uma
brilhante luz vermelha / Ecological sustainability and interests of future generations: a
bright red light”
José António Vieira da Silva (President of the Parliamentary Committee for
Monitoring the Financial Assistance Programme to Portugal) – “Equidade
Intergeracional e dívida pública / Intergenerational equity and public debt”
António Correia de Campos (former President of White Paper Commission on Social
Security)– “ Sustentabilidade do sistema de sugurança social e interesses das gerações
futuras / Sustainability of the social security system and the interests of future
generations”
Open debate with the audience
12h45-13h15 Closing event
Ana Martinho (President of the Portuguese National Commission for UNESCO)
Paulo Pinheiro, (Portuguese National Youth Council Board Member / Chair of the
Council of Europe's Advisory Council on Youth)
Maria Luísa Duarte (Coordinator of the Research Team, Lisbon Centre for Research
in Public Law, ICJP, University of Lisbon School of Law)
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (President of the Scientific Council of the Lisbon Centre for
Research in Public Law, ICJP, University of Lisbon School of Law)
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