Defending Tomorrow

The Legal Architecture of Ecocide Law: International Perspectives with Kate Mackintosh   In our fourth episode, Rodrigo Lledó Vásquez and Victor Rujano Bautista welcome Kate Mackintosh, Executive Director of the UCLA Law Promise Institute Europe. With three decades of experience in international criminal justice and Human Rights protection, Kate has held pivotal roles at international criminal tri...

¿Puede un Código Penal nacional ser la defensa más sólida para la Amazonía?   En nuestro tercer episodio, Rodrigo Lledó Vásquez y Víctor Rujano Bautista conversan con Ruth Luque Ibarra, abogada especializada en derechos humanos y actual Diputada del Congreso de Perú (2021-2026). Con más de una década de experiencia defendiendo los derechos humanos de las poblaciones vulnerables de las provincias a...

Can ecocide law stop the destruction of the Amazon? In the second episode of Defending Tomorrow, host Rodrigo Lledó Vásquez is joined by Paulo Busse, a titan of environmental and criminal law with over two decades of experience on the front lines of Brazilian and international justice. As a Senior Counsel at Climate Counsel and a key member of the Ecocide Advice Centre, Paulo has spent his career...

What does it take to sue one of the world’s most powerful oil corporations—and win? In our inaugural episode of Defending Tomorrow, host Rodrigo Lledó Vásquez and Victor Rujano Bautista sit down with the legendary Pablo Fajardo. As the lead lawyer in the historic Lago Agrio case against Texaco (now Chevron), Fajardo secured a multi-billion dollar judgment for the victims of Amazonian pollution, a...