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Summer Program on Health Rights Litigation June 13-17, 2016

Georgetown Law Washington, DC

AGENDA (Subject to change)

Lectures will be in Hotung 2000 Monday-Thursday and Hotung 1000 on Friday.

DAY 1: MONDAY, JUNE 13, 2016 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM REGISTRATION & LIGHT BREAKFAST

9:00 AM – 9:45 AM WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS

Alicia Ely Yamin, Lecturer on Law and Global Health, Harvard School of Public Health; Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School, Director JD MPH Program, and Policy Director FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University

Oscar A. Cabrera, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University

9:45 AM – 11:15 AM Introduction to the Right to Health & Health Rights Litigation

Alicia Ely Yamin

11:15 AM – 11:45 AM BREAK

11:45 AM – 1:00 PM The Right to Health in Colombia

Andrea Parra, Training for Change

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM LUNCH

2:00 PM – 3:15 PM An Overview of Socio-Economic Rights Jurisprudence in South Africa, Focusing on Healthcare

Jackie Dugard, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

3:15 PM – 3:45 PM BREAK

3:45 PM – 5:00 PM Water and Sanitation Rights in South Africa

Jackie Dugard

5:15 PM – 6:15 PM COCKTAIL/RECEPTION

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DAY 2: TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM COFFEE & LIGHT BREAKFAST

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM RECAP OF DAY 1

Alicia Ely Yamin

Oscar A. Cabrera

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM Protecting the Rights of People with Disabilities Under International Law: Attacking the Problem of Segregation in Orphanages and Psychiatric Facilities

Eric Rosenthal, Disability Rights International

10:45 AM – 11:15 AM BREAK

11:15 AM – 12:30 PM Disability Rights Cont. & Rights of other Marginalized Communities

Andrea Parra

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM LUNCH

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Health Rights Litigation and Non-Communicable Diseases

Oscar A. Cabrera

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM BREAK

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM BREAK-OUT SESSIONS

5:15 PM – 6:15 PM BOOK LAUNCH AND PURCHASE OPPORTUNITY : Power, Suffering, and the Struggle for Dignity

Alicia Ely Yamin

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DAY 3: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2016 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM COFFEE & LIGHT BREAKFAST

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM RECAP OF DAY 2

Alicia Ely Yamin

Oscar A. Cabrera

9:30 AM – 11:00 AM Access to Essential Medicines & Intellectual Property

Sean Flynn, Washington College of Law, American University

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM BREAK

11:30 AM – 12:45 PM Advocacy and Access to Essential Medicines and Palliative Care: Case Studies in Brazil, India, and Ukraine

Joe Amon, Helen Keller International

12:45 PM – 1:45 PM LUNCH

1:45 PM – 3:00 PM The Law’s Majestic Equality? The Distributive Effects of Litigating Social and Economic Rights

Varun Gauri, The World Bank

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM BREAK

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM MOOT COURT PREPARATION

5:15 PM – 6:45 PM TOUR OF NATIONAL MALL

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DAY 4: THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2016 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM COFFEE & LIGHT BREAKFAST

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM RECAP OF DAY 3

Alicia Ely Yamin

Oscar A. Cabrera

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Litigation in Context

Alicia Ely Yamin

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Litigating Maternal Health and Health Rights Cases in Uganda: A View from the Bar

David Kabanda, Center for Health Human Rights & Development

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM BREAK & BOX LUNCH PICK-UP

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Transforming the Landscape of Reproductive Health and Rights Worldwide Through Litigation and Advocacy

Lilian Sepúlveda, The Center for Reproductive Rights

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Building Jurisprudence, Capacity & Conditions to Advance Social Change: The Strategic Value of the Right to Information

Mónica Roa, Independent Consultant

2:00 PM – 2:30PM Q&A: Litigating Sexual and Reproductive Rights

Lilian Sepúlveda

Mónica Roa

3:00 PM – 4:30 PM TOUR OF SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES (SCOTUS)

4:30 PM – 5:00 PM MOOT COURT PREPARATION

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM GROUP DINNER

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DAY 5: FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 2016 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM COFFEE & LIGHT BREAKFAST

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM RECAP OF DAY 4

Alicia Ely Yamin

Oscar A. Cabrera

9:15 AM – 9:30 AM MOOT COURT PREPARATION

9:30 AM – 11:00 AM MOOT COURT

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM BREAK

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM MOOT COURT, CONT.

1:00 PM – 1:30 PM WRAP-UP, EVALUATIONS & PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES

Alicia Ely Yamin

Oscar A. Cabrera

1:30 PM CLOSE & BOX LUNCH