This side event aims to promote a rights-based approach to sustainable development governance as a way of ensuring that inter- and intra-generational equity and justice are central considerations in the reform agenda at Rio+20 and beyond.

Invited speakers include:

? Helga Serrano of Ministerio Coordinador de Patrimonio, Ecuador
? Carla Esposito Guevara of the Permanent Mission of Bolivia to the United Nations (tbc)
? Heidi Hautala of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland (tbc)
? Lalanath da Silva of World Resources Institute
? Anil Naidoo of The Council of Canadians

You may contact Paul L. Quintos of IBON International at pquintos.ibon@gmail.com or Nathalie van Haren of Both Ends at nh@bothends.org for more information.