Towards an international regulatory framework for pesticides
II CONFERENCE
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The Second Conference, “Towards an International Regulatory Framework for Pesticides,” aims to foster dialogue on the indiscriminate use of pesticides, their effects on human health and the environment, and potential solutions to these pressing issues. The event is scheduled to take place on December 12–13, 2024, in Brussels, Belgium.
This conference is being organized under the leadership of Members of the European Parliament—Mr. Martin Häusling, Mrs. Majdouline Sbai, and Mrs. Tilly Metz – in collaboration with the International Pesticide Standard Alliance (IPSA), the Heinrich Böll Foundation, the International Centre for Water and Transdisciplinarity (CIRAT, Brazil), the Brazilian Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPF), and the Brazilian Ministry of Labour Prosecutor’s Office (MPT).
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12 DECEMBER - MORNING
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT - ROOM SPINELLI 1E2
Registration - 9:20 - 9:50 AM
OPENING – 10:00 - 10:20 AM
Conference Presentation: IPSA – Larissa Bombardi – Université Libre de Bruxelles/ International Pesticide Standard Alliance (ULB/IPSA), Brazil/Belgium and Sergio Ribeiro - Inernatio Center for Water and Transdisciplinarity and International Pesticide Standard Alliance (CIRAT/IPSA), Brazil
Opening Remarks by the Chair: Dr Marcos A. Orellana (UN Special Rapporteur on Toxics and Human Rights).
PANEL 1 - PESTICIDES AND POLITICAL PERSPECTIVES – 10:20 - 11:30 AM
- Martin Häusling – MEP, Greens, Germany
- Majdouline Sbai – MEP, Greens, France
- Tilly Metz – MEP, Greens, Luxembourg
- Paulo Teixeira – Brazilian Minister of Rural Development (TBC)
- Cem Özdemir – German Minister of Food and Agriculture (TBC)
- Tatiana Roa Avendaño – Vice Minister of Environmental Land Management of Colombia (TBC)
- Talíria Petrone Soares – Federal Deputy of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Susan Haffmans – Pesticide Action Network (PAN), Germany (Online)
TESTIMONY - IMPACT OF PESTICIDE POISONING – 11:30 - 11:50 AM
- Edimilson Costa da Silva - Brazilian Landless Movement (MST)
PANEL 2 - IMPACTS OF PESTICIDES - SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVES – 11:50 - 12:50 AM
- Larissa Bombardi – Université Libre de Bruxelles/International Pesticide Standard Alliance (ULB/IPSA), Brazil/Belgium
- Angeliki Lysimachou – Pesticides Action Network (PAN), Germany
- Fúlvio Scorza - Ministry of Rural Development, Brazil (Online)
- Michael Eddleston – University of Edinburgh, Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention, United Kingdom
- Fernando Bejarano – Red de Acción sobre Plaguicidas y sus Alternativas (RAPAM), Mexico (Online)
- Andrea Rother – University of Cape Town, South Africa
- Peter Clausing - Pesticides Action Network (PAN), Germany
12 DECEMBER - AFTERNOON (Venue to be confirmed)
PANEL 3 - GLOBAL INITIATIVES ON THE ISSUE OF PESTICIDES – 3:00 - 4:30 PM
- Marcelo Montenegro – Heinrich Böll Foundation, Brazil
- Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus – Director-General, WHO (TBC)
- Tania María Abdo Rochol – Vice-Chair, United Nations Human Rights Committee (CCPR) (TBC)
- Abou Amani – Director, UNESCO International Hydrological Programme (IHP) (TBC)
- Inger Andersen – UNEP Executive Director & UN Under-Secretary-General (TBC)
- Pedro Arrojo – UN Rapporteur for Water and Human Rights (Online)
- Michael Fakhri – UN Rapporteur on the Right to Food (TBC)
- Carmen Louw – Women on Farms Project, South Africa
- Sarojeni Rengam – Pesticide Action Network Asia Pacific, Malaysia
PANEL 4 - THE IMPACT OF PESTICIDES AND RESISTANCE INITIATIVES – 4:30 - 5:30 PM
- Ikenna Donald Ofoegbu – Heinrich Böll Foundation - Nigeria
- Pedro Serafim – National Forum Against Pesticides Impact and Labor Public Ministry, Brazil
- Bright Thamie Phiri – Civil Society Agrarian Partnership, Botswana (Online)
- Sandra Kishi – Brazilian Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office (Online)
- Vandana Shiva – Physicist and Environmental Activist, India (TBC)
- Eline Achterberg – Oxfam, Netherlands
- João Pedro Stédile – Brazilian Landless Movement (MST)/Via Campesina, Brazil (Online)
13 DECEMBER - MORNING - 9:00AM (Venue to be confirmed)
Keynote Speaker: Dr Marcos A. Orellana (UN Special Rapporteur on Toxics and Human Rights) – 20 minutes
PANEL 5 - TOWARDS AN INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR PESTICIDES - 9:20 - 10:20
- Marta Messa – Slow Food, Belgium
- Alexandra Caterbow - Health and Environment Justice Support (HEJ) , Germany (TBC)
- Rachel Coulbourne – Oxfam, South Africa (Online)
- Renato Roseno – State Deputy of Ceará, Brazil
- Lena Luig - Heinrich Böll Foundation, Germany
Launch of IPSA Publications and the Brazilian Web Pesticide Atlas
Speakers: Larissa Bombardi (ULB - Université Libre de Bruxelles/IPSA, Belgium/Brazil), Sergio Ribeiro (CIRAT and IPSA) and Raquel Branquinho Nascimento (Higher School of the Public Ministry of Brazil)
Launch of the Brussels Letter
Dr Marcos A. Orellana (UN Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights)
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