Energy Transition and Human Rights Conference

Organized by: Amnesty International and the Gómez-Acebo & Pombo–ICADE Chair on Sustainability: Law and Legal Practice.


Hora: 16:30

Lugar: ICADE | Aula García Polavieja

A cargo de:  Amnistía Internacional y Cátedra Gómez-Acebo & Pombo ICADE sobre Sostenibilidad: Derecho y Práctica Legal


Energy Transition and Human Rights

Program – 11 December 2025

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo – ICADE Chair

16:30 - 17:00 — Welcome and coffee

17:00 - 17:30 — Energy transition
Ana Serrano Oñate (Business and Human Rights Team, Amnesty International)

17:30 - 17:40 — Amnesty International and its work on due diligence
Cecilia Denis (Business and Human Rights Team, Amnesty International)

17:40 - 18:15 — Human rights in the energy transition: cases investigated by Amnesty International
Cecilia Denis (Business and Human Rights Team, Amnesty International)

Round Table

18:15 - 19:30 — Dialogue on challenges and opportunities for human rights in the energy transition
Moderator: Cecilio Molina Hernández (Associate Professor of Commercial Law, Comillas Pontifical University)

Participants:
José Luis Rey Pérez (Full Professor of Philosophy of Law, Comillas Pontifical University)
Tara Scurr (remote participation) – Amnesty International Canada
Manuel Regueiro y González-Barros – CSIC / EIT Raw Materials (EU) South Innovation Node
Mario Rodríguez Vargas – Foundation for Ecology and Development (ECODES)

19:30 — Closing session