Recording of the Course:
Course description:
In the class on environmental crime and human rights, participants learnt about environmental crime and its relationship to the right to life and health, with a particular focus on vulnerable communities including children and Indigenous peoples. This class examined the ways in which vulnerable communities are sometimes forced into environmental crime networks with the false prospect of economic benefits.
Recommended Readings:
The State of Knowledge of Crimes that have Serious Impacts on the Environment
The Illegal Trade In Chemicals
Waste Crime – Waste Risks: Gaps in Meeting the Global Waste Challenge – A Rapid Response Assessment
https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Environment/SRToxicsandhumanrights/Pages/Index.aspx
https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Environment/SREnvironment/Pages/SRenvironmentIndex.aspx
Instructors:
Ms. Aphrodite Smagadi (PhD) is a Legal Officer with the United Nations Environment Programme, where she coordinates the Law Division’s activities on implementation and enforcement of environmental law, including under the Green Customs Initiative. Prior to joining UNEP, she worked for the secretariats of the Aarhus and the Espoo Conventions and the World Bank. Ms. Smagadi is specialized and has published in international environmental law, holds a PhD in law from the European University Institute (Florence, Italy) and LL.M from the University of Freiburg (Germany).
Dr Amanda Cabrejo le Roux is an international legal expert on environmental crime. She has specialized in environmental law and criminal justice.
