Fifth Annual Fordham

International &

Comparative Urban Law

Conference

June 21st & 22nd 201 8

Sponsored by:

Urban Law Center

Mackenzie Presbyterian

University

UN-Habitat

About the Conference

The International & Comparative Urban Law Conference, sponsored by the Fordham

Urban Law Center, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, and UN-Habitat is gathering

scholars at Mackenzie’s campus in São Paolo, Brazil, for the fifth annual global

conversation about urban law from international, comparative and interdisciplinary

perspectives. The intersection of law and urbanism raises vital, pressing questions about

urban governance, the structure and scope of local authority, and the role of law in the

entire urban experience.

THE URBAN LAW CENTER THANKS

Geeta Tewari and Wanda Ward for their valuable work in organizing the conference. The

Center also thanks Stephen Eichinger and the Communications Department of Fordham

Law School, for their support with conference materials and logistics. The Center thanks

UN-Habitat for its sponsorship and continued support of our work. Lastly, the Center

thanks Lilian R. G. M. Pires, Igor Badon Powell Mendes Rosa and the faculty and staff of

Mackenzie Presbyterian University for their support, sponsorship, and hosting of this

collaborative effort.

Fifth Annual International & Comparative Urban Law Conference

Mackenzie Presbyterian University João Calvino Building

Higienópolis Campus

Rua da Consolacão 930

São Paulo, Brazil 01302-907

Thursday, June 21st

8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Light Breakfast and Check In 8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Welcome Remarks

9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Plenary I | Urban Identity, Urban Justice, and Scale

Location: João Calvino Auditorium

Moderator: Nestor Davidson Julia de Moraes Almeida and Gabriel Antonio Silveira Mantelli Towards a Critical Urban Law from the Global South: The Case of São Paulo Between Neoliberalism and Urbanism Policies in Latin America Na Fei - Tulane University Law School Globalizing the Local and Localizing the Globe: The Necessity to Confer Independent International Legal Personality to the Local Governments Ciarán Burke – Friedrich-Schiller-University and Alexandra Molitorisová - Association of Municipalities of the Czech Republic Size of the Local: National Identity Facing Digital Transformation of Government

Morning Break

10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Plenary II | Urban Mobility and Governance – the Brazilian Experience

Location: João Calvino Auditorium

Moderator: Geeta Tewari

Pedro C. B. de Paula - University São Judas Tadeu and Rafael A. F. Zanatta - Institute of Energy and Environment, University of São Paulo The Uber Problem in São Paolo: Challenges to Experimental Urban Governance Lilian R. G. M. Pires - Mackenzie Presbyterian University and He Nem Kim Seo - MackCidade: Urban Law and Environment Center Urban Mobility and the Challenge in the Metropolitan Region

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Alceu Fernandes da Costa Neto - University of Brasilia The Gray Zone of Regulation Brought by Urban Mobility Apps: An Analysis of Uber in Brazil

Lunch: 12:00 p.m. – 1:10 p.m.

1:10 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Breakout Sessions

(A) Infrastructure and Urban Public Health

Location: Room 103

Moderator: Ralph Madlalate

Raphael Bischof dos Santos - Federal University of ABC Legality in Public-Private Urban Infrastructure Projects in Greater São Paulo: A Murky Zone Vivian Dombrowski – Federal University of Santa Catarina Walkability as an Element of Urban Public Health: Challenges and Experiences

(B) Urban Structures and Bureaucracy

Location: Room 104

Moderator: Igor Baden Powell Mendes Rosa

Diego Isaías Peña Porras – University of Los Andes Bureaucracy and Urban Law in Three Latin American Cities Antônio Cecílio Moreira Pires - School of Law, Mackenzie Presbyterian University and Raisa Reis Leão - Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo Municipal Autonomy Crisis in the Face of the Metropolitan Fact: Legal or Political Issue?

Short Break

2:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Plenary III | Public Space

Location: João Calvino Auditorium Moderator: Lilian R. G. M. Pires

Thomas Coggin - Fordham University School of Law Extrapolating Urban Jurisprudence: The Social Function of the City and Street Vendor Livelihoods Badrinath Rao - Sociology and Asian Studies, Kettering University Law, Social Exclusion, and the Politics of Space in Neoliberal India Ralph Madlalate – UCLA School of Law Location, Location, Location: Towards a Critical Legal Theory of Space

Short Break

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3:45 p.m. – 4:35 p.m. Plenary IV | Law, Participation, and Planning

Location: João Calvino Auditorium

Moderator: Thomas Coggin

Julia Navarro Perioto Citizen Participation in the Revision of the Master Plan of Municipality of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil Vinícius Monte Custodio Principle of the Plan Reserve: Comments on the Judgement of the Extraordinary Appeal No. 607.940/DF

Short Break

4:45 p.m. – 5:35 p.m. Plenary V | Law, Land, and Inclusion

Location: João Calvino Auditorium

Moderator: Camille Biachi

Rodrigo Oliveira Salgado - Mackenzie Presbyterian University and Beatriz Sakuma Narita - Mackenzie Presbyterian University There and Back Again: Issues Concerning São Paulo’s Zoning Acts Leandro Teodoro Andrade - Universidade Estadual Paulista and Aline Silva Andrade – Faculty of Law of Franca Urban Politics and Social Exclusion: Considerations About the “Beautiful City Program” (SP Cidade Linda of the São Paulo City Hall)

Immediately following Dinner Reception for Conference Participants at Veridiana

(Advanced R.S.V.P required)

Rua Dona Veridiana, 661 Higienópolis

São Paulo, SP 01238-010

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Friday, June 22nd

8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Light Breakfast

8:45 a.m. – 10:25 a.m. Plenary VI | Global Migration and Cities

Location: João Calvino Auditorium Moderator: Geeta Tewari

Alessandro Palmieri - Department of Law, University of Siena “Stay Out of my Town!”: Illegality and Irrationality of Administrative Orders Preventing Migrants and Asylum Seekers from Residing in Urban Areas Lilian Regina Gabriel Moreira Pires - Law at Mackenzie Presbyterian University and Victor Vieira Abecia Vicuña - Mackenzie Presbyterian University Public Policy on Welcoming Immigrants and Refugees in Brazil: An Integrated Approach Between State and Civil Society – “CRAI – Reference Center and Assistance for Immigrants” in the City of São Paulo P. Sidney Guerra – Federal University of Rio de Janiero Migration and Citizenship Papon Kumar Dev - Technical University, Berlin) and Sahjabin Kabir - Dhaka North City Corporation, Dhaka Safeguarding the Climate Refugees in Global South

Morning Break

10:55 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. Plenary VII | Equity, Justice, and the Social Function of the City

Location: João Calvino Auditorium

Moderator: Thomas Coggin

Steven L. Nelson - University of Memphis Educational Racism in the United States as Human Rights Violations: Evaluating Urban Education Policy as Dispossession, Containment, Dehumanization, and Disenfranchisement of Black Peoples Amanda Paulista de Souza - Municipal Department of Urban Development and Licensing, City of São Paulo Urban Law and Social Movements Struggles: How Can the Streets Affect Brazilian Urban Law and Planning André Simionato Castro - Law School of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo and Claudia Elias Valente – University of São Paulo Urban Governance and the State in Identity Crisis

Lunch: 12:10 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.

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1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Plenary VIII | Cities, Sustainability and Climate Change

Location: João Calvino Auditorium

Moderator: Valter Luis Caldana Junior

Mariana Mencio - Federal University of ABC and Debora Sotto - University of São Paulo Urban Land Regularization in Permanent Preservation Areas: A Throwback to Brazil’s iNDC Commitments on Climate Adaption Actions Isabela Coleto, Adriano Palharini de Araújo, Ricardo Pedro Guazzelli Rosario, and Estéfani Nuñez Perez Soares - Mackenzie Presbyterian University, and Guilia da Matta Nigro – Anhembi Morumbi University The Cities and the Sustainability Reports: Are They Real? Mary Lobas de Castro, Maria Cecilia Focesi Pelicioini, and Arlindo Philippi Jr. – University of São Paulo Environmental Licensing in the Municipality of São Paulo: The Importance of Social Participation

Afternoon Break

3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Plenary IX | Gentrification and Social Inclusion

Location: João Calvino Auditorium Moderator: Nestor M. Davidson

Antonio Cecilio Moreira Pires and Igor Baden Powell Mendes Rosa - Mackenzie Presbyterian University Gentrification v. Affordable Housing: Is It Possible to Have Real and Positive Changes in a Neighborhood Without Lower-Income Residents’ Displacement? Rodrigo Minoru Hayakawa Tanaka – University of São Paulo and Rosana Yamaguti – Federal University ABC Social Inclusion and Zoning: The Role of ZEIS in São Paulo City Komal Vaidya - University of Baltimore School of Law The Right to Stay: Preventative Legal Paradigms Against Displacement

4:15 p.m. Closing Remarks

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Participant Biographies

Julia de Moraes Almeida -Graduated in Law from University of São Paulo (2016), with academic exchange at Université Paris 1 - Panthéon-Sorbonne. Has experience in Criminal Law. During the graduation

period had participation in research and university extension courses, especially at the Brazilian Institute of Criminal Sciences (IBCCRIM) and the University-Cárcere-Community Dialogue Group (GDUCC). Researcher full time in São Paulo, in the areas of criminology, urbanism and popular culture. Associated with the Brazilian Institute of Criminal Sciences (IBCCRIM), the Association of Latin American Studies (LASA) and the International Research Group on Law and Urban Space (IRGLUS). Currently attending the program Partenariat International Triangulaire d’Enseignement Supérieur (PITES), partnership FDUSP - Université de Lyon, and the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of São Paulo (FAUUSP) as a Special Student. Leandro Teodoro Andrade - Lawyer with a Master’s in Law and Public Policy (UNESP). Presenting Urban Politics and Social Exclusion: considerations about the “Beautiful City Program” (SP Cidade Linda) of the São Paulo City Hall with co-author Aline Silva Andrade, Law Student (Faculdade de Direito de Franca)

Ciarán Burke is Professor of

International Law and

Director of International

Legal Studies at the

Friedrich-Schiller-

Universität, Jena, Germany.

He also works as Director of

Research at the Irish Law

Reform Commission and as

a legal consultant for a number of international

organisations. He has advised national

governments and the EU/EFTA on matters as

diverse as digital privacy, and surveillance,

international migration and asylum, Brexit, police

powers, and legal codification or taxation.

Previously, he held positions at the University of

Passau, the University of Kent, and the European

University Institute in Florence.

André Simionato Castro - Master in Law Faculdade de Direito de Ribeirão Preto – USP; Presenting Urban governance and the State in Identity Crisis with co-author Claudia Elias Valente.

Thomas Coggin is a doctoral candidate and fellow at the Urban Law Center, Fordham University. He holds a BA LLB LLM from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, where

prior to joining Fordham he was a member of faculty at the law school. His research interests are in the fields of law, rights, and the urban environment. His doctoral project at Fordham seeks to draw out a jurisprudence of the city through a right to the city-based analysis of judicial reasoning in South Africa, the European Court of Human Rights, and the US. He is the editor of the Urban Law Lab, a collaborative research project which adopts a critical approach in understanding the relationship between law, rights, and the urban environment, and is the joint global coordinator of the International Research Group on Law & Urban Space.

Isabela Coleto graduated in Accountancy from the University of Sao Paulo and in Law from Mackenzie Presbyterian University. She has a strong passion for the concept of sustainable development and for the interdisciplinarity surrounding

it, and she hopes to bring valuable ideas for the construction and evolution of such a concept.

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Vinícius Monte Custodio has a Master’s Degree in

Law focused in Planning

Law and Environmental

Law by the University of

Coimbra. He is a lawyer, and

vice-president | cofounder

of the Planning Law

Commission at the Order of Attorneys of Brazil –

Rio de Janeiro Section – Barra da Tijuca

Subsection.

Nestor Davidson joined Fordham in 2011 and was named to the Albert A. Walsh Chair in Real Estate, Land Use and Property Law in 2017. Professor Davidson has published widely in the fields of property theory, urban law, and affordable housing law and policy. Professor Davidson earned his AB from

Harvard College and his JD from Columbia Law School. After law school, he clerked for Judge David S. Tatel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and Justice David H. Souter of the Supreme Court of the United States. Professor Davidson practiced with the firm of Latham and Watkins, focusing on commercial real estate and affordable housing, and served as Special Counsel and Principal Deputy General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. His teaching and scholarship focus on property, land use, local government law, transactional lawyering in the public-private context, and affordable housing law and policy. In 2012, he founded the Urban Law Center, which focuses broadly on the intersection of law and urban phenomena in the United States and globally.

Adriano Palharini de Araújo is a student of Biology at Mackenzie Presbyterian University. He intends to become a professor of biology and research the area of environmental education.

Mary Lobas de Castro is an Environmental Educator with a Master's degree from Mackenzie University. She is a PhD student in Public Health, and Faculty of Public Health at University of São Paulo, and she is also a professor at Mogi das Cruzes University.

Pedro C. B. de Paula is a Professor of Economic law at the University São Judas Tadeu and the graduate executive programs at Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Law School, São Paulo, Master of Science at the

University of São Paulo Faculty of Law.

Amanda Paulista de Souza - Master in Urban & Regional Planning and Bachelor in Law from University of São Paulo; currently works as Legal Advisor at the Municipal Department of Urban Development and Licensing (SMUL) for the City of São Paulo; has experience working with social movements,

especially with housing movements. E-mail: apaulista.souza@gmail.com

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Papon Kumar Dev has more

than eight years of

professional experience in

Asia, Europe and Africa with

universities (Technical

University Berlin, Khulna

University etc.), consulting

firms (Council for Asian

Liberal and Democrats, IFC- World Bank etc.),

national and international NGOs (Save the

Children, Global2030 e.V. etc.), research

organizations (Wetland Resource Development

Society, Social Activities for Environment, etc.)

and public institutions (Khulna City Corporation,

Berlin Senate Department for Urban Development

and Housing etc.) with completion of his M.Sc. on

Urban Development from TU Berlin Campus El

Gouna and B.Sc. on Urban & Rural Planning from

Khulna University, Bangladesh. He has worked in

different urban domains like urban climatology,

urban sociology, urban ecology, urban resilience,

urban agriculture with a specialization in

environmental and social studies. He has numbers

of publications in the field of climate change

adaptation, agriculture, transport planning, urban

governance, solid waste management etc.

Presently he is also working as "Team Leader" of

the project- Urban95 (Dhaka as Child Friendly City)

funded by Bernard Van Leer Foundation.

Vivian Dombrowski is a legal consultant and researcher. She holds a Master in Law (UFSC), is studying for a Master in Urban Planning (UFPR), and is a specialist in Social Environmental Law, with a Bachelor in Law (PUC/PR). Her research is on

urban law, resilient and sustainable cities and mobilities. She has authored publications in these fields. She is based in Curitiba/PR/Brazil. Contact: viviandombrowski@ufpr.br

Raphael Bischof dos

Santos has completed

his Master’s in Urban

Planning and

undergraduate degree in

Law at the University of

São Paulo. He is

currently a PhD candidate at Federal University of

ABC in Land Planning and Management He is a

member of Brazilian Bar Association since 2002

and of Brazilian Institute of Urban Law. His main

academic and professional projects have dealt with

land informality and regularization, zoning and

master plans for urban and environmental

development, social housing and management of

public real estate. He also has been a Professor of

Administrative Law at São Judas Tadeu University

until 2012 and has recently accomplished a

research project as executive coordinator, at the

Federal University of ABC, about the federal urban

land regularization program, financed by the

Brazilian Ministry of Cities.

Na Fei is an S.J.D. candidate at Tulane University in Louisiana, United States. Her research explores the role of local governments in interpreting the Constitution and

framing the constitutional order. She has published articles on regulatory negotiation and administrative law theory. She is licensed to practice law in both China and New York.

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P. Sidney Guerra is a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Social Studies (CES) of the University of Coimbra and a post-doctor for the Advanced Program of Contemporary Culture of

the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (PACC / UFRJ). He is a Doctor, Master and Law Specialist, Professor of the Law School of the State of Rio de Janeiro (EMERJ) and of several foreign universities: University Interamericana de Puerto Rico, Catholic University of Cordoba, University of Burgos and also at the University of Havana. He carried out research with funding from various development agencies, such as: CNPq, CAPES, MJ / PNUD, FAPERJ, FUNADESP and Fundação Dom Cintra. He holds the research title awarded by FAPERJ (State of Rio de Janeiro). In addition to being a lawyer, he also holds a degree in business administration, and has worked in the field of public law. He is also a legal consultant and appraiser, having been Legal Director and Municipal Attorney and Municipal Secretary of Administration of Duque de Caxias - RJ (January 2013 to December 2016).

Caio Grande Guerra holds a master’s degree in Constitutional Law from the PPGDC of the Federal Fluminense University (UFF). He graduated lato sensu from the Human Rights

and Health program at the Oswaldo Cruz

Foundation (FIOCRUZ), he is a member of the group that studies "Comparative Regionalism" of the Chair Jean-Monet (FGV), and his bachelor's degree in Law is from the University of Grande Rio (UNIGRANRIO), while his bachleor’s degree in Sociology is from the Fluminense Federal University (UFF). He is a member of the research group - Human Rights, State and Citizenship – UNIGRANRIO, and also the Research Group of International Law FND – UFRJ, which carried out a

program of exchange by bilateral agreement in the University of Santiago de Compostela in the period 2015/2016.

Victor Kenzo Hirokado is a law student at Mackenzie Presbyterian University and a geography student at University of São Paulo.

Sahjabin Kabir is an architect, urban designer and social researcher. Her professional career is imbued with diversified work experiences of more than seven years in

different organizations locally and internationally. She has the experience of working under direct supervision of Annisul Huq, the Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC). She worked with UNICEF New York as a National Consultant for monitoring and evaluation and also with UNDP on Smart City Initiation. After completion of her Master in Design Studies from Harvard University, she founded a non-profit school- Deyalkotha- for the underprivileged population living in the slums and pavements of Dhaka city. She received the grant from EMK Center Dhaka with collaboration of United States Cultural Affairs.The school has received two international awards. Under Dhaka North City Corporation she researched and designed park and children play spaces. Sahjabin worked as an Executive Director at National Association for Resource Improvement (NARI), where she led the research project by World Bank IFC on Women Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) in Bangladesh. With NARI, she was worked on the livelihood improvement of women and children in disaster prone and coastal areas. Sahjabin was an adviser to the Youth School for Social Entrepreneurs (YSSE) and Voices of Bangla in United States. Sahjabin has completed her Bachelor in Architecture (B.Arch) from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and her second Master’s in Governance Studies (MGS) from Dhaka University (DU).

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Raisa Reis Leão is a Master’s candidate in Public & Urban Law from Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP). Her Bachelor in Law is from Mackenzie Presbyterian University

(UPM). She has speciality in Administrative Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), and she is a member of Mackcidade: Urban Law and Environment Center. She is part of the Public-Private Partnerships Committee of the Metropolitan Transport Secretariat of the State of São Paulo, advocates in São Paulo in the areas of infrastructure, contracts and government projects, and has experience in bidding, administrative processes, concessions, administrative improbity and anti-corruption law.

Ralph Madlalate is a human rights lawyer working at the intersection of law and urban space in Johannesburg, South Africa. He completed his LLB at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and his LLM at

the University of California, Los Angeles. He served as a Research and Teaching Associate at the University of the Witwatersrand before joining the Legal Resources Centre, Johannesburg as a public interest lawyer. At the Legal Resources Centre, Ralph has worked to advance socio-economic rights, with a particular focus on rights to land and housing.

Gabriel Antonio Silveira Mantelli - Master in Law and Development from the São Paulo Law School of Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV). Bachelor of Laws from the Law School of the University of São Paulo. Has

experience in the area of Environmental Law and Sustainability, Regulatory Law, Human Rights and Constitutional Law. He worked for 4 years in a large office (Veirano Advogados). Lawyer and researcher in São Paulo.

Mariana Mencio is Professor of Urban and Environmental Law at the Federal University of ABC and holds a PhD in Urban Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo.

Alexandra Molitorisová is Research Assistant to Professor Ciarán Burke, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany. She has worked as Head of Legal Department at the Association of Municipalities of the Czech Republic, a non-governmental organisation gathering communes and

towns of the Czech Republic. Her practice has covered a variety of issues, including e-Government, local environmental protection, social protection, and municipalities’ financing. She is also involved in projects advising Czech and Irish Governments as a legal consultant.

Beatriz Sakuma Narita is a lawyer and master’s student in Political and Economic Law at Mackenzie Presbyterian University. She started studying urban law after moving to São Paulo, when she began to perceive more clearly the

problems faced by large cities, especially those on the periphery of capitalism.

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Steven L. Nelson is the Assistant Professor of Education Law and Education Policy in the Department of Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Memphis. Dr. Nelson earned a Ph.D

from the Department of Education Policy Studies from the Pennsylvania State University and a J.D from the University of Iowa College of Law. His research, teaching, and service focus on the impacts of education reform laws and policies on Black peoples in urban areas. He has published more than 20 papers that consider the multitude of ways that education reform – despite being marketed as the new civil right – has resulted in the disenfranchisement, subjugation, and marginalization of Black peoples in urban schools and communities. A consistent contributor to scholastic dialogues on urban education, Dr. Nelson is the 2018 Kofi Lomotey Award winner from Urban Education, the preeminent scholarly publication on issues impacting urban education.

Alceu Fernandes da Costa Neto - Graduation in law (in progress) from the Faculty of Law of the University of Brasília; CNPq Scholarship in the form of Scientific Initiation

(2014 - 2018) and Technological Scientific Initiation (2015 - 2018); He is a trainee in the Office of the Justice Edson Fachin, in the Supreme Court of Brazil (2016 - 2018); He worked as a trainee at the Brazilian Ministry of Justice (2015-2016) Obtention of honorable mentions in the IBRAC - TIM 2017 Prize and in the 21st and 23rd Congress of Scientific Initiation of the Federal District (2015 and 2017); He was also a member of the Tutorial Education Program (PET) between 2014 and 2016. He is a researcher registered in the research groups: DISCO; Laboratory of Citizenship Studies, Administration of Conflicts and Justice - CAJU and Paths, narratives, fragments: history of law and constitutionalism; He is currently a member of the Judicial Law Clinic of UnB (EIXOS) and works in the

areas of Constitutional Epistemology; State Theory with emphasis on Law and Politics; Democracy Theory with emphasis on Constitutionality Control; Comparative Constitutionalism, Globalization, and Human Rights.

Giulia da Matta Nigro hold a Gastronomy speciality in baking, and has an MBA in restaurant administration, both from Anhembi Morumbi University.

Alessandro Palmieri serves as Associate Professor of Comparative Private Law at the Law Department of the University of Siena, where he is currently Chair of the Teaching Committee for the Single Cycle Degree

in Law. He obtained the National Scientific Qualification to function as Full Professor of Private Law (2013) and Comparative Law (2017). He is part of the academic staff of the Jean Monnet Module “European Union Law and Sustainable Development,” selected for EU co-funding (2017). Alessandro Palmieri is the author of more than 300 scientific publications, including 3 books. He is member of the Editorial Board of “Social and Legal Sciences” and of the Scientific Committee of “Law and Forensic Science.”

Maria Cecília Focesi Pelicioni holds a Master’s and PhD in Public Health and is Professor in Health and Environmental Education at the University of São Paulo.

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Julia Navarro Perioto is a lawyer with a master's degree in Law from the Law School of

Ribeirão Preto of the University of São Paulo (FDRP-USP). During her master's program she studied the issue of popular participation in Brazilian urban

planning and focused on the processes that occurred in her city. Currently, she continues to specialize in the subject of Urban Law at the University by coordinating, along with other colleagues, the Group of Studies of Urban Law of the FDRP-USP, as well as in professional practice.

Arlindo Philippi Jr. - Master and

PhD in Public Health; Lecturer in Health and Environmental Education at the School of Public Health of the University of São Paulo – USP.

Lilian R. G. M. Pires holds a PhD and Master’s in Public & Urban Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP). She is coordinator of MackCidade: Urban Law

and Environment Center and Professor of Administrative, Urban and Economic Law at Mackenzie Presbyterian University (UPM), and Legal Counsel of the Metropolitan Transport Secretariat of the State of São Paulo and member of the Public-Private Partnerships Committee. She worked as Legal Advisor of the Road Department Government of São Paulo, General Attorney of the National Foundation for Student Assistance (FNDE) and as Legal Advisor to the Ministry of Transport.

Antonio Cecílio Moreira Pires holds a PhD and Master’s Degree in State Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC); is Head of the Thematic Nucleus of Public Law and Adjunct Coordinator of the School of Law from Mackenzie Presbyterian University; Current Professor of

Administrative Law at Mackenzie Presbyterian University and guest lecturer at the Superior School of Constitutional Law - ESDC, from the Federal University of Mato Grosso, and at the Lato-Sensu Postgraduate Course at COGEAE from PUC/SP; Member of Mackcidade: Urban Law and Environment Center; and Lawyer and legal counsel in São Paulo.

Diego Isaías Peña Porras is a PhD Candidate at the Universidad de los Andes (Colombia), holds a Master’s in Public Law from Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain), and is Specialist

in Markets and Land Policies in Latin America, from Universidad Nacional de Colombia. He has been Legal Adviser for the first Subway Line for Bogotá Project, Legal Director of the Habitat Secretary of Bogotá, Legal Director of the Planning Secretary of Bogotá and Adviser for the Habitat Secretary in the same city. He has been Professor of Urban Public Law Bases, Administrative and Constitutional Law, and Urban Licenses and Rule of Law at the Universidad de los Andes. Some of his publications are: “Jueces, derechos humanos e indeminzación en caso de expropiación: análisis de casos en Ecuador” - Co-author (Judges, human rights and compensation in expropriation´s cases: Cases analysis in Ecuador).

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Badrinath Rao is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Asian Studies in the Department of Liberal Studies at Kettering University. He is also a licensed attorney in Michigan, United States. Dr. Rao obtained his JD

from Wayne State University School of Law in Detroit, Michigan. Earlier, he earned his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Dr. Rao has lectured and presented papers in several countries including Australia, Canada,China, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia,New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, S. Korea, Serbia, Spain, and USA. Dr. Rao is an Asianist with expertise on India and China. His main areas of research interest include Constitutional Law, Environmental jurisprudence, social and economic rights, law and politics, the sociology and philosophy of law, sociology of religion, development, social justice and human rights in India and China, and the society, politics, culture, and law of South Asia, China, and the US.

Igor Baden Powell Mendes

Rosa - Columbia GSAPP MS in

Urban Planning Candidate;

Bachelor in Law (Major: Right

and Development:

Infrastructure, Sustainability

and Public Policy) from

Mackenzie Presbyterian

University; Researcher in the areas of Law and

Infrastructure and Urban Law; and Lawyer with

experience in the area of business litigation, with

emphasis on Aviation Law.

Ricardo Pedro Guazzelli Rosario graduated in Biologic Science and in Law from Mackenzie Presbyterian University; holds Specialization in Environmental Law and Management of Sustainability from Pontifical Catholic University of São

Paulo; Master of Laws from Mackenzie Presbyterian University; and a Master’s and Ph.D. in Environment and Biodiversity from São Paulo Botanic Institute of São Paulo State Secretariat for the Environment. He is Professor of Environmental Law at Mackenzie Presbyterian University, and a lawyer.

Rodrigo Oliveira Salgado

- Ph.D and M.Phil in

Economic Law at São

Paulo State University;

Law professor at

the Economic Law

Department, Mackenzie Presbyterian University

He Nem Kim Seo - Master’s Candidate (Class 2017-2019) in Urban & Regional Planning, University of São Paulo (USP), Bachelor in Law from Mackenzie Presbyterian University (UPM) and Architecture and Urbanism

from USP; Founding Member of MackCidade: Urban Law and Environment Center and Director of Zoning Information System Division of Municipal Department of Urbanism and Licensing (SMUL) from the City of São Paulo; and worked at the New São Paulo’s Master Plan and Zoning Law.

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Estéfani Nuñes Perez Soares graduated in Biological Sciences from Mackenzie Presbyterian University, with a final paper in "Sustainability at Events in Brazil." Academic experiences: she has presented undergraduate research of arachnids, is

leader of the Junior Biology Company called "Quali Jr", has participated in the organizing committee of the Academic Week of Biology and was monitor of the disciplines of Botany and Animal Ecology.

Dr. Debora Sotto is a Post Doc Researcher at the Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of São Paulo. Dr. Sotto is currently investigating climate

action in Brazilian cities, in order to verify to what extent these local actions will contribute to the fulfillment of Brazil's iNDC and the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals - SDGs. Dr. Sotto is developing this research as a multiple case study, through the qualitative analysis of local plans and regulations. She hold a PhD in Urban Law (Catholic University of São Paulo – 2015) and a Professional Master’s in International Environmental Law (University of Limoges – 2011) and also works as a legal consultant at the Municipality of São Paulo.

Rodrigo Minoru Hayakawa Tanaka is an Architect and urbanist, with a Master’s in Urban and Regional Planning from University of São Paulo. From 2009 to 2016, he worked at the Metropolitan Housing

Company of São Paulo - COHAB-SP in the Planning Department, dealing with themes such as land acquisition strategy for social housing, housing estates development, compulsory

purchasing processes, feasibility of projects in the Minha Casa Minha Vida program, revision of the SP City Strategic Master Plan (PDE 2014) and the SP City Zoning Law (LPUOS 2016). He took part in the following academic research groups in the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of São Paulo University: "Informal markets of urban soil in Brazilian cities and housing access of the poor" (2005-2006); "Pioneers of Social Housing" (2006-2011); and "Residential real estate in Paraisópolis slum: what changed over the past ten years?" (2016-2017).

Yuji Caiani Taniguchi -Attending Specialization in Environmental Law, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo; Bachelor in Law, Mackenzie Presbyterian University; Orientation in U.S. Law – Pre LLM Program, University of

California; Bachelor in Geography, University of São Paulo.

Geeta Tewari is the Associate Director | Urban Law Fellow for the Urban Law Center at Fordham Law School. She graduated from Cornell University with a B.A. in

Government, and from Fordham University School of Law. At the Law School, she served as an editor for the Fordham International Law Journal and was granted the Archibald R. Murray Dean’s Award of Excellence for Outstanding Public Service. Tewari is admitted to practice in New York, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C., and has practiced public interest law for the New York City Law Department and the Washington D.C. Office of the Attorney General. Tewari also holds a Master of Fine Arts in Fiction Writing from Columbia University, where she taught creative and expository writing to New York City high school students and the Columbia undergraduate and alumni community, and served on the Fiction Board of the Columbia Journal of Literature and Art. Her fiction has appeared in Granta and Narrative Magazine.

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Komal Vaidya is a clinical teaching fellow at the University of Baltimore School of Law Community Development Clinic. She supervises students in the representation of

community enterprises on a wide range of transactional matters. She is a community lawyer who has collaborated with grassroots organizations in Miami, Chicago, Denver, and Baltimore on anti-displacement efforts. Her research interests focus on community ownership, wealth inequality, and economic justice. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois and juris doctorate from the University of Miami School of Law. Claudia Elias Valente - Law undergraduate Faculdade de Direito de Ribeirão Preto – USP. Presenting Urban Governance and the State in Identity Crisis with co-author Andre S. Castro.

Victor Vieira Abecia

Vicuña is a graduate

student pursuing a

bachelor’s degree at the

Law School of Mackenzie

Presbyterian University

(2019). He worked as a

trainee at the Zürcher,

Ribeiro Filho, Pires Oliveira Dias e Freire (ZRDF)

law firm in the civil litigation area (2015-2016) and

as an intern at the Federal Public Defender's Office

(2017-present). His special interests include civil

litigation, administrative law and international

migration law.

Rosana Yamaguti is a master’s student in the Territorial Planning and Management Post-Graduation Program of the ABC Federal University (UFABC), researching the role of the Special Zones of Social Interest (ZEIS) on housing provision. She also

holds a bachelor’s degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from University of São Paulo and assisted in the Zoning Law Revision Process while working at the São Paulo Municipal Department of Urban Development.

Rafael A. F. Zanatta is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Energy and Environment of the University of São Paulo. He holds a Master of Science from the University of São Paulo

Faculty and Law and a Master’s of Law and Political Economy from the University of Turin. He is the leader of the program of Digital Rights at the Brazilian Institute of Consumer Defense.

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