by Stepan Wood, Director, Centre for Law & the Environment, University of British Columbia; and Emma Dolhai, Inspirathon Coordinator and JD candidate, Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia “Walkathon,” “bike-athon” “hackathon,” and more recently, “researchathon” – these terms have been coined to describe events in which people come together in a fun and…
Next week the Centre for Law & the Environment at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, will launch an innovative online learning program that is unique in the field of public environmental law education. The First Annual Green Rights & Warrior Lawyers Virtual Academy (“GRAWL Academy”) will be delivered live online over three…
by Professor Erin Daly, Delaware Law School On September 22, 2022, the U.N. Human Rights Committee issued a landmark decision in Daniel Billy and others v Australia (Torres Strait Islanders Petition) finding that Australia has violated the rights of the Indigenous residents of the Torres Strait Islands under the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights by failing to protect…
by Anna Guzman and Stephanie Yu *Welcome to Part 2! This is the second post of our two-part series on the differences between the UN Human Rights Council Resolution 48/13 and UN General Assembly Resolution A/76/L.75 affirming the human right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment. (See the first post here.) In this second…
by Anna Guzman and Stephanie Yu Series Introduction On 8 October 2021, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UN HRC) adopted Resolution 48/13 (henceforth referred to as the “HRC Resolution”), which recognized the human right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment, and urged states within the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to consider the matter…
