Justice Weeramantry to speak at Global Compact Network Ceylon Sustainability Knowledge Hub

The quarterly Sustainability Knowledge Hub organised by the Global Compact Network Ceylon will feature Former Vice President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Justice Christopher G. Weeramantry as the keynote speaker, to be held on 11 May at 5 pm at the Cat’s Eye Ballroom at the Ceylon Continental Hotel.

Global Compact Sustainability Knowledge Hub events which aim to “Drive Economic Growth Sustainably” by equipping the Sri Lankan corporate sector with the necessary knowledge and skills required to practice corporate sustainability. The forum is organised by Global Compact Network Ceylon, the local network of the world’s largest corporate citizenship initiative, the Global Compact.

Justice C.G. Weeramantry, Former Vice-President of the International Court of Justice in the course of his professional career of over six decades as lawyer, legal educator, domestic judge, international judge, author, lecturer, has touched on a wide variety of topics essential to international rule of law, cross-cultural understanding and peace education. He has written over 250 articles which has been published in various international journals and is the author of over 20 books and lectured extensively on these topics and related subjects in over 50 countries.

His work contains a philosophy as well as a programme of action to achieve these purposes. The Weeramantry International Centre for Peace Education and Research (WICPER) was founded by him in 2001, has a vast corpus of research and writing as an information base from which to develop its programmes. Justice Weeramantry received the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education 2006, the Right Livelihood (Alternative Nobel) Award 2007 and the Life-Time Achievement Award 2008 by Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. These were bestowed upon him in recognition of his unstinted commitment and concrete undertakings in support of the concept and culture of peace through his long and fruitful career and the continuing efforts through the work of WICPER.

Weeramantry International Centre for Peace Education and Research (WICPER) is an Organization which has pioneered a number of sustainable development programmes at international, regional and local levels. WICPER judge Weeramantry’s foundation in Sri Lanka is considered an official civil society member of UNGC since February 2011.

Justice Weeramantry continues to serve mankind by undertaking several appointments as Patron and Advisor to numerous international bodies all over the world, some of these include, his function as the President of the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA), Patron of the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL) and Advisor to the Asian Society of International Law.

In 2007, Judge Weeramantry was awarded Sri Lankabhimanya (The Pride of Sri Lanka), the highest National Honour of Sri Lanka by the President of Sri Lanka on behalf of the Government.

The forum is open for senior management, sustainability champions, the corporate and public sector.

The Global Compact is a strategic policy initiative for businesses that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. Global Compact today stands as the largest corporate citizenship and sustainability initiative in the world, with over 8700 corporate participants and stakeholders from over 130 countries.