Please join the Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute, the Columbia University Institute for the Study of Human Rights, the Business & Human Rights Centre, the Water Protector Legal Collective, and Amazon Watch for a timely panel during NYC Climate Week examining how corporations are using SLAPPs (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) to silence climate and human rights defenders.

Legal and advocacy experts will discuss how legal systems are being weaponized to suppress dissent, and the strategies that communities and movements are building to resist.

Speakers Include:

• Dr. Jackie Dugard, Senior Lecturer, Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University

• Steven Donziger, Human Rights Defender and Environmental Justice Advocate

• Michael Clements, Director International Programs, Business and Human Rights Resource Centre

• Natali Segovia, Executive Director, Water Protector Legal Collective

 

When: Thursday, September 25, 2025 | 12:10–1:30 PM
Where: Columbia Law School | Jerome Greene Hall | Room 105