Event Description
Join us in celebration of the 80th Anniversary of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The 2025 FAO Law Lecture, which will focus on:
“The Role of International Law in Shaping a Better Future in a Constantly Changing World”
Keynote Speaker
Before assuming his current high office, the Honourable Prime Minister of Tuvalu Feleti Teo served as the Executive Director of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission. Prior this, his broad range of experience in multilateral organizations included leading roles in the Pacific Islands Development Forum, the Pacific Islands Forum, and the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency. Before moving to serve in these regional bodies, the Hon. Feleti Teo had a highly distinguished legal career, serving his country as Attorney General. The Honourable Prime Minister is also the current Chairperson of the Pacific Small Islands Developing States (PSIDS) group.
To mark FAO’s 80th Anniversary – a moment of reflection on past and future – the Prime Minister’s lecture will be followed by remarks from a new generation of international lawyers, sharing their perspectives on what lies ahead for international law:
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| Irina Chicu, Associate Program Officer, WIPO; formerly with WTO and the Ministry of Justice, Republic of Moldova | Dr Godwin Dzah, Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia; author of Sustainable Development, International Law, and a Turn to African Legal Cosmologies (CUP 2024) | Ralph Loren-Eisendecher, Guest Lecturer, University of Chile; PhD Candidate, Geneva Graduate Institute |
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| Nqobizitha Ndlovu, Lecturer, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe; attorney specializing in human rights, environmental and agricultural law | Yuxi Shen, PhD Student in Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong; Fellowship Officer, CISDL | Dr. Meagan Wong, Lecturer, Essex Law School; author of International Environmental Law: Text, Cases & Materials (Edward Elgar 2022) |
The event will conclude with a Q&A session. This lecture is open to all, and we encourage you to share this invitation within your networks and on social media. Event time is 14:00 - 16:00 (Rome Time) or 5am-7am (Vancouver Time).
The lecture will be delivered in English, with interpretation available in French and Spanish.
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