CCSI co-hosted a public event in Washington DC for the launch of a Public Citizen report on the harms investment treaties have inflicted on Latin American Indigenous communities. For additional context, read our recent report on how investor-state dispute settlement undermines access to justice for impacted communities.
The event featured a panel discussion with Honduran Afro-Indigenous community leaders and Ecuadorian defenders of human rights, alongside legal and policy experts, including CCSI’s Ladan Mehranvar. The report launch was followed by a screening and discussion of The Tribunal, a powerful short documentary by Malcolm Rogge, co-produced by CCSI.
Agenda:
2:00: Opening remarks about the report by Iza Camarillo
2:15: Panel: Corporate Colonialism: How U.S. Corporations Profit From Indigenous Rights Abuses in the Americas, with Carla Garcia Zendejas, Venessa Cardenas, and Donald Moncayo
3:00: Panel: How Thousands of Trade Deals Protect Corporate Polluters, with Luisa Connor, Consuelo Piaguage, Donald Moncayo, and Carla García Zendejas
3:45: Screening of CCSI Documentary: The Tribunal, discussion led by Ladan Mehranvar
4:30: Panel: From Protest to Policy: Winning the Global Fight Against ISDS, with Melinda St. Louis and Ladan Mehranvar
5:00: Closing remarks for the event given by Carla Garcia Zendejas
Co-hosted by the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Public Citizen, Amazon Watch, Center for International Environmental Law, and the Center for Economic Policy Research.
