PUBLIC INTEREST LAW GATHERING 2014
Thursday, 24 July 2014
Slot 1: 09h00-10h45 Opening Session: “Public Interest Litigation and Advocacy within a Democratic Dispensation: A Twenty Year Review”
Keynote Speech: Judge Jody Kollapen, North Gauteng High Court (9:00 – 9:30)“How, and to what extent, has public interest litigation unlocked the promise of the
Constitution?”
Panel Discussion (9:30 – 10:30)Presenters Jason Brickhill (LRC), Erica Emdon (ProBono.Org), Nicole Fritz (SALC), Adila Hassim (Section27), Boni
Meyersfeld (CALS), Jacob van Garderen (LHR) and Stuart Wilson (SERI).
Facilitator: Sisonke Msimang, Daily MaverickVenue Chalsty Auditorium
10h45-11h00 Tea Time
Slot 2: 11h00-12h45 1. Policing, Protest and the Criminal Justice System post-Marikana
2. Strategic Litigation in Sexual & Reproductive Rights: Regional Perspectives
3. The Use of Constitutional Obligations to Budget for Socio-economic Rights in Public Interest Litigation & Advocacy
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Presenters Paul McNally, Wits Justice ProjectGareth Newham, ISSMandisa Shandu, Ndifuna Ukwazi & Social Justice CoalitionFacilitator: Teboho Mosikili, SERI
Sanja Bornman, Women’s Legal CentreDavid Kabanda, Center for Health, Human Rights and Development (Uganda)Chiedza Simbo, Zimbabwe Women Lawyers AssociationFacilitator: Nyasha Chingore-Munazvo, SALC
Jay Kruuse, Public Service Accountability MonitorThoko Madonko, Budget Expenditure Monitoring Forum & Section27Stuart Wilson, SERIFacilitator: Albert Van Zyl, International Budget Partnership
Venue Chalsty Auditorium Chalsty Audio Visual Room Chalsty Seminar Room
12h45-13h30 Lunch
Slot 3: 13h30-15h15 4. Improving Collaboration Between Civil Society & Chapter Nine Institutions
5. Transformation & Diversity in the South African Judiciary and Legal Profession
6. The Importance of Community Legal Education and Constitutional Literacy Programmes
Presenters Pregs Govender, SAHRCJanine Hicks, CGEBafana Khumalo, Sonke Gender Justice
Tabeth Masengu, DGRUSammy MoshenbergAlison Tilley, ODACKirsten Whitworth, CALS
Adam Bradlow, Equal EducationColine Bruintjies, Constitutional Literacy & Service InitiativePierre de Vos, UCT
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Facilitator: David Bilchitz, SAIFAC
Alice Brown, ConsultantFacilitator: Jonathan Klaaren
Facilitator: Quinton Matheson, SLSJ
Venue Chalsty Auditorium Chalsty Seminar Room Chalsty Audio Visual Room
15h15-15h30 Tea Time
Slot 4: 15h30-17h15 7. The Private Healthcare Sector & the Constitution: Ensuring Access to Affordable, Quality Healthcare for All
8. Human Rights Defenders and Regional Solidarity
9. Understanding the Relationship Between the Environmental Right and Other Rights
Presenters Dr Jonathan Broomberg, Discovery HealthTrudi Makhaya, Independent EconomistUmunyana Rugege, Section27Facilitator: Dr Jane Goudge, Centre for Health Policy
Dzimbabwe Chimbga, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR)Sipho Gumedze, Lawyers for Human Rights, SwazilandArnold Tsunga, International Commission of Jurists and ZLHRFacilitator: David Cote, LHR
Melissa Fourie, Centre for Environmental RightsOsmond Mngomezulu, LHRLouis Snyman, CALSWilmien Wicomb, LRCFacilitator: Lisa Chamberlain, CALS
Venue Chalsty Auditorium LB 144 LB 145
17:30 for 18:00 Reception: CALS, LHR and LRC Birthday Celebration!
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Guest Speaker: Justice Edwin CameronChalsty Centre Reception
Friday, 25 July 2014
Slot 1: 09h00-10h45 10. The Role of Commissions of Inquiry in Democratic South Africa
11. Asylum & Refugee Protection Based on Sexual & Gender Non-Conformity
12. Informal Trading, Access to Livelihoods & Municipal By-Laws
Presenters Cathi Albertyn, Wits Law SchoolJoel Bregman, Social Justice CoalitionJustice Richard GoldstoneFacilitator: David Cote, LHR
Mandivavarira Mudarikwa, LRCGuillain Koko, People Against Suffering, Suppression, Oppression & Poverty (PASSOP)Facilitator: Charlene May, LRC
Faathima Mohamed, LRC Wayne Ncube, LHR Nomzamo Zondo, SERI Facilitator: Michal Johnson, Hogan Lovells Attorneys
Venue Chalsty Auditorium LB 144 LB 146
10h45-11h00 Tea Time
Slot 2: 11h00-12h45 13. TBS 14. The Interaction Between Gender, Health and Girls’ Right to Basic Education
15. The Use of Research in Public Interest Advocacy and Litigation
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Presenters TBS Bonita Meyersfeld, CALSKarabo Ngidi, Centre for Child LawNikki Stein, Section27Facilitator: Shayda Vance, Lawyers Against Abuse
Ivor Chipkin, PARIMark Heywood, Section27Kate Tissington, SERIFacilitator: Jonathan Klaaren, Wits Law School
Venue TBA Chalsty Auditorium LB 146
12h45-13h45 Lunch and the NGO Marketplace Event: Chalsty Centre Seminar Room
Slot 3: 13h45-15h30 16. Popular Representations of Human Rights & Public Interest Law
17. Legal Activism as a Means of Improving Government Capacity to Deliver Quality Education in SA: Opportunities and Limitations
18. Entering the Social Justice Sector: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Presenters Karam Singh, SAHRCThomas Coggin, Urban Joburg BlogNiren Tolsi, JournalistFacilitator: Pierre de Vos, UCT
Solminic Joseph, Equal Education Legal Centre (EELC)Yana van Leeve, EELC
Princess Magopane, SERIThandiwe Matthews, SAHRCVuyo Mntonintshi, SLSJFacilitator: Wandisa Phama, CALS
Venue Chalsty Auditorium LB 144 LB 146
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The PILG Planning Committee thanks the Bertha Foundation, the Open Society Foundation for South Africa and the South African Human Rights Commission for their support!
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