FORGE 2023 | Language, expertise & trust in the Making of the Oceans Treaty | Siva Thambisetty

FORGE 2023 On November 2-5 2023, the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at NYU Law convened its first annual Future of Rights and Governance (FORGE) Conference. This global gathering of scholars, practitioners, artists, scientists, lawyers, policy makers, among others, differed from panel-based conventional conferences by creating spaces to actively share ideas and develop experiments for change that could transform the fields of global rights and justice. https://forge-program.com/ Siva Thambisetty Siva Thambisetty is an Associate Professor of Law at ‪@theLondonSchoolofEconomics‬ where she teaches and researches on the legal protection of inventions, patents and innovation in emerging technologies, international patent law, cultural property and the use and circulation of genetic resources. Her writing and international policy work is informed by interdisciplinary and critical approaches to law and development. Dr Thambisetty attended intergovernmental negotiations on the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Treaty, first as an advisor to the Pacific Small Island Developing States (IGC2, IGC3) and second, as an expert on the G77 Chair’s Team in 2022 (IGC5) and 2023 (Resumed IGC5). She currently leads a project on BBNJ Treaty interpretation and implementation, funded by an LSE Knowledge Exchange and Impact grant. Production team: https://www.createwithmatchbox.com/