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Implementing the Paris Agreement – A special issue of Climate Law
A special issue of Climate Law co-edited by Annalisa Savaresi and Joanne Scott has just been published, on the theme ‘Implementing the Paris Agreement: Lessons from the Global Human Rights Regime’. The volume features contributions by John Knox, Lavanya Rajamani, Sebastien Duyck, Margaretha Wewerinke, Juan Auz and Annalisa Savaresi. The special issue collects selected papers…
A Breathtaking View of the Kidron Valley
by Richard Laster[1] & Dan Livney[2] “Jerusalem: A port city, on the edge of eternity”.[3] When Yehuda Amichai wrote these lines, he did not envision Jerusalem as a “port city” overlooking twenty-five million cubic meters of raw sewage in the Kidron Valley. [4] But that is how the citizens of Jerusalem view the Palestinian Authority,…
Climate Change in the Anthropocene
GNHRE Europe held a workshop on Climate Justice in the Anthropocene on 2-3 May 2019 at the International Institute for the Sociology of Law in Oñati, Spain. The workshop was conceived, initiated and coordinated by Sam Adelman and Luis Kotze, and attended by several GNHRE members. Over two days, participants from all over the world…
Upcoming Canadian Country Visit of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Toxics
By Associate Professor Sara Seck and JD candidate Meg Williams, Schulich School of Law, Marine & Environmental Law Institute, Dalhousie University. It has just been announced that the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and toxics, Baskut Tuncak, will conduct an official country visit to Canada from 24 May to 5 June 2019. The Special…
Swiss climate case rejected, could proceed to Federal Supreme Court next
Zurich, Switzerland, 7 December 2018 – In conflict with overwhelming scientific evidence, the Swiss Federal Administrative Court has ruled that women over 75 years old are not more impacted by the effects of climate change than other population groups. The court rejected a case led by the group Senior Women for Climate Protection Switzerland and…
