Climate change: implications of the International Court of Justice and Inter-American Court of Human Rights advisory opinions for corporations

I am a founding partner of Sella Torlaschi law firm, an Italian boutique law firm with an international outlook. I lead the Corporate Team which is focusing on business and corporate compliance law matters. After many years of practice in international law firms I have acquired an extensive international background, focusing on domestic and cross-border corporate transactions in the industial sectors of the Oil&Gas, energy transition, environmental and technology. The Corporate Team has an extensive experience in designing organisational compliance models, handling domestic and cross-border legal challenges in corporate ordinary and extra-ordinary transactions and providing strategic advice to domestic and multinational companiesin extraordinary acquisition, merger, joint-venture, leveraged, or management, buy out, venture, or private, capital investment transactions in all industries My practice also encompasses the area of legal issues related to energy transition, ESG factors and sustainability reporting with a particular focus on the energy and Oil&Gas sectors. I am also a memeber of the Commission for the International Relationships of the Bar of Milan.

John has a comprehensive energy law practice covering a breadth of corporate, commercial and regulatory issues with a particular focus on Canadian electricity markets and infrastructure revitalization. He is a Partner and National Leader of Energy, Resources and Renewables Sector, encompassing the Power, Oil & Gas, Mining and Forestry sectors. John is also National Leader of the firm's Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) initiative. His clients include Provincial and Territorial governments, system operators, regulated utilities, developers, investors, and lenders. He provides counsel concerning corporate, commercial and regulatory aspects of the electricity and natural gas industries and power project development for a variety of technologies, including: battery storage wind solar hydro-electric biomass/biogas tidal natural gas cogeneration (combined heat and power) district energy John also advises management and boards on ESG matters including corporate governance best practices, sustainability mandates and net-zero initiatives.

A leading Australian silk, Dominique Hogan-Doran SC conducts a diverse national practice that supports a wide range of clients, including governments, courts, regulators, banks, insurers, licensed trustees, & leaders in business & politics. Dominique is also an accredited mediator and arbitrator, and an experienced company director and trustee. A First Class Honours graduate of the Universities of Sydney and Oxford, Dominique is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, the Governance Institute of Australia, and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Clara is the partner head of the Business and Human Rights area at TozziniFreire Advogados. Within over 10 years of experience at TozziniFreire, she works in prevention, strategic planning, and litigation involving Human Rights impacts on the production chain of business activity. Her activities include the elaboration of internal policies, training, contractual mechanisms appropriate to the prevention and remedy of Human Rights violations. Clara has experience negotiating with supervisory bodies (such as the Public Defender's Office and the Public Prosecutor's Office), conflict resolution in legal disputes, mediation and arbitration, consultations with the affected community, among others. She conducts due diligence and develops Human Rights Compliance programs. She is TozziniFreire's pro bono coordinator, with experience in philanthropic activities, strategic litigation, advocacy, and social impact businesses. She coordinated award-winning projects, such as the Mutirão Jurídico in Heliópolis and the Guide for the Rights of People with Intellectual Disabilities. Clara is also a private mediator and has worked in Public Law and Environment Law at the São Paulo Court of Justice. Additional Activities: - Member of the ESG Commission of IBRADEMP (Brazilian Institute of Business Law); - Co-leader of the Thematic Chamber of Social Impact of CEBDS (Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development). - Membership Officer of the IBA Business Human Rights Committee - Member of the ESG Committee of CFA Society Brazil. - Member of the Diversity and Social Responsibility Committee of CESA (Center for Studies of the Law Firm). - Member of São Paulo’s BAR Committee on Third Sector Law, and Coordinator of its core on ESG, Civil Society Organizations and Human Rights.. - Member of the CSR Committee of the World Law Group. - Master degree in Constitutional Law, with research on consensual solutions on human rights conflicts. - Coordinator of the Study Group on Business and Human Rights of the University of PUC-SP. - Author of several articles, booklets, and chapters on human rights – link.