Annual Global Justice Conference 2020 "Building Back Better: Reducing Vulnerabilities, Strengthening Justice"
took place 12-15 November 2020. Its main themes were
(i) COVID-19 and its Unequal Impacts;
(ii) Environmental Crisis;
(iii) Historical Oppression, Colonialism, & Racism Today;
(iv) Social & Economic Vulnerabilities, Universal Safety Net & Basic Income, Right to Development &
Chevron's "Amazon Chernobyl" Disaster in Ecuador: Lessons from the Frontlines
Poynter Seminar with Khadija Sharife
Friday, 12 February 2021, 11:30am EST
The historic $9.5 billion pollution judgment won by Amazon communities in Ecuador against Chevron was the result of a substantive legal battle that has attracted the attention of legal scholars, Nobel Laureates, human rights