Dahrendorf Symposium 2013 – Social and Legal Aspects of Climate Change (Working Panel 3) Professor Conor Gearty (Director of the Institute for Public Affairs, LSE, and GNHRE member) chaired Working Panel 3 at the Dahrendorf Symposium 2013 in Berlin, November 14th and 15th. Panel members : Professor Henry Shue (Oxford); Mary Robinson (Director of the…
New Core Team Members: Towards New Partnerships The GNHRE Core Team has recently been expanded by the addition of two new members responsible for Indigenous issues: Valmaine Toki, our new Indigenous Coordinator – also a Vice Chair on the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues – and Catherine Irons, our new Indigenous Research Officer….
In its March session, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on human rights and the environment, and has decided to appoint an Independent Expert on Human Rights and the Environment. (19th Session, A/HRC/19/L.8/Rev.1, 20 March 2012). The resolution can be accessed via the link below: Human Rights and Environment Resolution March 2012
Closure of International Council on Human Rights Policy: A message from the Chair of the Executive Board The Executive Board has very reluctantly taken the decision to close the ICHRP at the end of February. This is primarily due to continued financial difficulties, largely a result of the difficult funding climate, especially for human…
CLIMsystems Receives 2011 CCBJ Business Achievement Award for Climate Change Adaptation Technology GNHRE partner, CLIMsystems has been recognised by the Climate Change Business Journal as a leading innovator of climate change risk and adaptation assessment tools and associated services. CLIMsystems has sold and applied its industry leading SimCLIM software system across a range of geographies…
