Recording of the Course:
Course Description:
In the class on environmental rule of law and human rights, participants gained critical insights into the meaning of environmental rule of law and into the global movement towards the universal recognition of the right to a healthy environment.
Recommended Reading:
Environmental Rule of Law: First Global Report
Daley, Dorothy M. “Public participation, citizen engagement, and environmental decision making.” The Oxford Handbook of US Environmental Policy (2013).
Hayes, B., et al (2017.) On ‘Shrinking Space’: A Framing Paper. Amsterdam: Transnational Institute (2017)
Mauerhofer, Volker. “Public participation in environmental matters: Compendium, challenges and chances globally.” Land Use Policy 52 (2016): 481-491. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.12.012
Murombo, Tumai. “Beyond Public Participation: The disjuncture between South Africa\’s Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Law and Sustainable Development.” Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal 11, no. 3 (2008): 1-31.
Instructors:
Soo Young Hwang is a Legal Officer (International Environmental Law Unit) in the Law Division in the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Tumai Murombo (PhD Law (Wits), LLM Human Rights Law (UCT), LLM Environmental Law (Pace University, New York), LLB (Hons) (University of Zimbabwe) is a Professor of Law at Wits University, and former Director of the Mandela Institute. He is an admitted to practice law in Zimbabwe. He is an expert in environmental law, energy and climate change, sustainability, extractives and the environment, water law and governance, among others. As an NRF rated researcher, he has researched, advised governments and civil society organizations on these areas. Dr Murombo co-founded and is board chair of the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA). He sits on the Editorial Board of the Journal of African Law and is a member of the Water Tribunal (South Africa), the Environmental Law Association (South Africa), the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law, its Environmental Law Academy and the Working Group on Climate Change and Energy.
