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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