Today at McGill Law: Final Day of Tax Justice and Human Rights Research Collaboration Symposium #TJHR

Today is the third and last action-packed day of  conversation among students, academic researchers, and tax justice advocates and activists on the topic of tax justice and human rights. It has been a fascinating and enlightening experience so far. You can continue to follow the proceedings and make comments on twitter at #TJHR. Program and speaker info here.

Here is the final day's lineup:

Time	Topic	Location
08:30 – 09:00	Registration & Arrival Tea/Coffee	Atrium
09:00 – 10:30	6. Reducing Inequality: Tax Avoidance and Capital Flight Ofer Sitbon (PhD candidate, College of Law & Business, Tel Aviv), Moderator - James Henry (Senior Economic Advisor, Tax Justice Network),Kleptocracy and Human Rights - Steven Cohen (Professor, Georgetown University Law Center), Does Swiss Bank Secrecy Violate International Human Rights? - Brigitte Alepin (Partner, Agora Fiscalité), The Foundation - Steven Dean (Professor, Brooklyn Law School), A Tax Regime to Catalyze Social Enterprise Crowdfunding Lee Sheppard (Journalist, Tax Analysts), John Christensen (Director, Tax Justice Network), discussants	Moot Court (room 100)
10:30 – 10:45	Refreshment Break	Atrium
10:45 – 12:00	7. Reducing Inequality: Tax Avoidance and Progressive Taxation Neil Buchanan (Professor, George Washington University Law School), moderator - Chris Odinet (Associate Professor of Law, Southern University Law Center), Taxing Property Owners - Jean-Pierre Vidal (Associate Professor, Dept of Accountancy, HEC Montreal), Ethics in Taxation: what is it, and why should a tax specialist care? - Niko Lusiani, (Senior Researcher, Center for Economic and Social Rights), A Post-2015 Fiscal Revolution: Human Rights in the Struggle to Finance Sustainable Development James Henry (Senior Economic Advisor, Tax Justice Network), Attiya Waris (Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Univ. of Nairobi), discussants	Moot Court (room 100)
12:15 – 14:00	Lunch, Keynote Speaker Attiya Waris (Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Nairobi)	Thomson House
14:00 – 15:30	8. Justice in Labour and Capital Migration Samuel Singer (Associate, Stikeman Elliott), Moderator - Aldo Caliari (Director, Rethinking Bretton Woods Project), Unleashing the Potential of Human Rights Standards to Demand Tax Justice - Lynne Latulippe (Professor, University of Sherbrooke), Tax Competition and Paradigm Shift in International Law - Krishen Mehta (Senior Advisor, Tax Justice Network, New York), Can Developing Countries Attract Investment and Still Get a Fair Deal on Tax Justice? - Henry Ordower (Professor, Saint Louis University), Retreat from Progressive Taxation in the Swedish Welfare State: Does Immigration Matter? John Christensen (Director, Tax Justice Network), Neil Buchanan(Professor, George Washington University Law School), discussants	Moot Court (room 100)
15:30 – 15:45	Refreshment Break	Atrium
15:45 – 17:00	9. Environmental Tax Justice Jessica Magonet (BCL/LLB candidate, McGill Faculty of Law), Moderator - Toby Sanger (Senior Economist, Canadian Union of Public Employees), Tax Justice and Climate Change - Tracey Roberts (Visiting Assistant Professor, Seattle University School of Law), Tax – A Better Mechanism to Protect Rights in the Global Commons - Rodolfo Salassa Boix (Professor, National University of Cordoba),Distribution of Ecological Costs Through Environmental Taxes Stéphane Dion (MP for Saint Laurent-Cartierville), Jim Henry (Professor, Saint Louis University), discussants	Moot Court (room 100)
17:00 – 18:00	10. Roundtable on Tax Justice Campaigns and CSO Actions Imad Sabi (Head of Global Partners Program, Oxfam Novib), Moderator - Dennis Howlett (Executive Director, Canadians for Tax Fairness) - Duncan Wigan (Researcher, Copenhagen Business School) - Victoria Harnett (Campaigns & Communications Advisor, Aid & Development Finance at Oxfam International)	Moot Court (room 100)
18:00 – 18:15	Wrap Up and Closing Remarks, Allison Christians (Stikeman Chair in Tax Law, McGill Faculty of Law)	Moot Court (room 100)
18:15 – 20:00	Closing Cocktail	Atrium