The latest edition of the Journal of Human Rights and the Environment is now out! The theme of the edition is Indigeneity, Human Rights and the Environment: Editorial: Indigeneity, human rights and the environment by Evadne Grant Aboriginal relationships to the natural world: colonial ‘protection’ of human rights and the environment by Irene Watson Spaces for…
By Sara L Seck, Associate Professor, and Meg Williams, JD candidate, Schulich School of Law and Marine & Environmental Law Institute, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada. This is a re-posting of a Blog originally posted on September 5, 2018, on the Dalhousie Environmental Law News blog In this, my second post on the Dalhousie Environmental…
On the 10th of October 2018, the Regional African Law and Human Security project (RALHUS) and Lincoln Law School, UK present the Second Annual Animal Welfare and International Law Seminar. Programme: 9:30 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION Duncan French, Head of Lincoln Law School, UK 9:40 SHIFTING NORMS IN WILDLIFE PROTECTION AND EFFECTIVE REGULATORY DESIGN Steven White, Griffith…
Statement on the Withdrawal of the United States from the United Nations Human Rights Council In a joint statement of Tuesday 19 June 2018, United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced the withdrawal of the United States from its membership in the United Nations…
Spring Creek Project at Oregon State University will co-host the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal Session on Human Rights, Fracking, and Climate Change from May 14 to 18, 2018. The panel of judges of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal will be asked to provide an advisory opinion on four central questions: Under what circumstances do fracking and other unconventional oil and gas extraction techniques…
