09:00 – 9:15 Opening Remarks
Soledad Atienza – LSGL Co-President
Jim Speta – LSGL Co-President
Charles Maimela – Acting Dean, Pretoria University Faculty of Law
Verónica Ruiz Abou-Nigm – LSGL Director of Research

09:15 – 10:45 Panel 1
Human Rights, Gender Equality, and Social Justice in Sustainable Development
Moderator: Prof Zozo Dyani-Mhango, Head of Department, Public Law

The Role of the Right to Social Protection in Attaining Sustainable Development:
A Review of Selected Goals – Justice Mokgwatši Kgaphola & Justice Kgaphola, University of Pretoria

Reproductive Rights and Gender Equality: The Role of the Maputo Protocol in Zimbabwe’s Healthcare System – Lydia Chibwe, University of Pretoria

Analysing Legal Pathways to Achieve AU Agenda 2063 and SDGs 2030 in Advancing SRHR in Humanitarian Setting- Nfomi Laura Berka, University of Pretoria

Convergences and Divergences: Gender Quotas in Corporate Boards between SDGs 2030 and AU Agenda 2063- Eva Desana & Francesca Bichiri, University of Turin

A human rights-based approach to AI in the public sector for sustainable development- Irene Nyakagere Thomas, University of Pretoria

10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break

11:15 – 12:30 Panel 2
Legal Innovations and Policy Tools for Climate, Technology, and Economic Resilience
Proposed speaker: Prof Philip Stevens, University of Pretoria, Department of Public Law

Examining the Intersection of Technology, Law and Sustainable Development- Rashri Baboolal-Frank, University of Pretoria

A New Era of Investor-State Dispute Resolution: Tailoring Mechanisms for BRICS to
Support Economic Transformation and Resilience- Juan Cilliers, University of Cape Town

Climate Change Act 22 of 2024: A Pivotal Legal Tool Shift with The Ultimate Overall Goal of Achieving Net-Zero By 2050- Ndumiso Innocent Nzaca, University of Pretoria

Reassessing the Collateralisation of Strategic State Assets- Ivy Gikonyo, University of Pretoria

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 15:30 Panel 3
Private International Law and Sustainable Development in Africa (I)
Moderator: Ralf Michaels

A Critique on the Harmonisation of Laws within Private International Law – Elisa Rinaldi, University of Pretoria

International Child Abduction Jurisprudence in South Africa: A Nuanced Approach Towards Attaining SDG 5 – Solomin Okorley, University of Johannesburg

The Rise of Nuclear Energy in Africa and the Implications for Private International Law – Grihobou Roland Nombré, Thomas SANKARA University School of Law

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:30 Panel 4
Private International Law and Sustainable Development in Africa (II)
Moderator: Chukwuma Okoli

Legal Certainty in Cross-Border Product Liability Disputes in Ghana: A Pathway to Sustainable Economic Development – Michael K. Quartey & Theophilus E. Coleman, University of Johannesburg

Bridging Compliance and Opportunity: The Impact of the EU Directive 2024/1760 on African Sustainability Frameworks and Global Trade Integration – Panji Winston Chirwa, University of Pretoria

Reorienting Investment Legal Framework in Algeria Towards Sustainable Development – Badreddine Berrahlia, Badji Mokhtar Annaba University

17:30 Closing