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Outcomes of COP25 – watch the GNHRE Webinar!
GNHRE is excited to sponsor a series of webinars on topics relating to human rights and the environment. The first, on “The Outcomes of COP25 – Implications for the Climate Vulnerable” was moderated by Lisa Benjamin, GNHRE Regional Director for the Caribbean and Assistant Professor at Lewis & Clark Law School. Bryce Rudyk, MJ Mace. and Linda Siegele, provide…
WEBINAR: THE OUTCOMES OF COP25 – IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CLIMATE VULNERABLE
Please join us for a webinar on Monday 10th February 11am EST on ‘Outcomes of COP25 – Implications for the Climate Vulnerable.’ This is the first in the GNHRE series of webinars for 2020. It will provide an update on negotiation outcomes of the last Conference of Parties (COP25) on critical issues such as loss…
The legal status of fracking worldwide: An environmental law and human rights perspective.
Author: Héctor Herrera[1],[2] This article explains the environmental law and human rights perspectives applicable to the legal situation of hydraulic fracturing of unconventional hydrocarbons (fracking). Then, considering these perspectives, it reviews the legal situation of fracking worldwide. In some cases, countries, and territories that have banned or declared a moratorium on fracking have chosen to…
Contributions to the Report on Climate Change and Human Rights – a Safe Climate
The Global Network for the Study of Human Rights and the Environment (GNHRE) in collaboration with our members and partners and in response to the Call for Inputs: Climate Change and Human Rights – a Safe Climate, presents this contribution to Question 2 of the questionnaire regarding the specific obligations of the States to…
The Rights of Nature (Rivers) and Constitutional Actions in Colombia
By Héctor Herrera-Santoyo[1] In this blog, I synthesize the cases that have protected the rights of rivers in Colombia, first summarizing the two main constitutional actions used in these cases. I finish with some conclusions. “Acción de Tutela” This legal action was created by the Colombian Constitution of 1991 and is applicable to protecting fundamental constitutional…
