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Call for Abstracts, Papers, and Submissions:
Law and Development Research Network – Extractivism, Development and Human Rights (abstracts)
The Law and Development Research Network (LDRN) and the UFMG Faculty of Law (FDUFMG) are honoured to announce the 7th General Conference, taking place at the Faculty of Law of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, between 15 – 18 July 2025. The Conference will discuss a wide variety of themes and subjects relevant to neo-extractive development, human rights, law and development. The Conference welcomes applications from a wide range of researchers and encourages submissions concerned with children’s rights, gender, health, race, poverty, inequality and discrimination as relevant to the theme. Abstracts may be submitted in English, Spanish, or Portuguese. The maximum word limit is 500 words for individual submissions and 750 words for co-authored submissions. Submission deadline: January 6, 2025. See more here.
The Right to a Clean, Healthy, and Sustainable Environment Across Regions: Implementation, Enforcement, and Future Directions (abstracts)
The Workshop on The Right to a Healthy Environment Across Regions: Implementation, Enforcement and Future Directions will take place at Southampton University, United Kingdom, from April 24 to 25, 2025. It will be jointly organised by the Southampton University Law School, Stockholm Environmental Law and Policy Centre, at Stockholm University, and the Global Network on Human Rights and the Environment (GNHRE).
Interested parties should email the organisers (Dr Dina Lupin, Faculty of Law,
Southampton University, D.Lupin@soton.ac.uk and Dr Rosemary Mwanza, Faculty of Law, Stockholm University rosemary.mwanza@juridicum.su.se the following:
– Proposed title of paper and abstract (300-500 words)
– The workshop theme for which the paper should be considered
– Include, names, affiliations and email of the of the author(s)
– A short bio (maximum 200 words)
– Modality of participation (in person – remote) by January 31, 2025. See more here.
Sabin Center Colloquium on Innovative Environmental Law Scholarship (paper outlines)
This 13th Annual Sabin Colloquium will allow junior environmental law scholars to present early-stage work and receive constructive feedback from a panel of senior scholars and from each other. Eligible applicants are pre-tenure professors, fellows, visiting assistant professors, and other junior scholars in similar academic positions. Papers on environmental law, energy law, natural resources law or water law are eligible. No junior scholar may participate in the Colloquium more than twice. To enter, please submit a cover letter, an outline or concept paper of 5 -15 double-spaced pages, and a C.V. to sabincolloquium@law.columbia.edu by March 15. The Colloquium will be conducted virtually via Zoom. See more here.
Calls for Input:
CESCR calls for written contributions to the draft general comment on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Environmental Dimension of Sustainable Development
Deadline: December 30, 2024. More information here.
Purpose: To inform the development of a general comment on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Environmental Dimension of Sustainable Development.
Opportunities:
Postgraduate research opportunities – Strathclyde Centre for Doctoral Training on “Partnerships for Sustainable Innovation” (Glasgow, Scotland)
The Centre for Doctoral Training will support four doctoral students who will be jointly supervised by academics from the Business School and Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Each doctoral student will work on an individual project that explores partnerships for sustainable innovation and social impact in a specific sectoral context. They will also work together on an interdisciplinary project drawing out insights for sustainable innovation. Application deadline: December 20, 2024. See more here.
Environmental Advocates NY – Director, Model Laws for Deep Carbonization Project (80-90% remote, 10-20% New York City or Albany)
This remote project is housed jointly with Environmental Advocates NY (EANY) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University. The role combines legal drafting and policy analysis, organizing and outreach, and website management to advance deep decarbonization policies nationwide while supporting state-level climate action in New York. Deadline: January 5, 2025. See more here.
African Synthesis Centre for Climate Change, Environment and Development – 5x Postdocs (Cape Town, South Africa)
The African Synthesis Centre For Climate Change, Environment and Development (ASCEND) at the University of Cape Town (UCT) is seeking Postdoctoral Research Fellows (PDRF) with expertise in the areas of environmental law, including environmental impact assessment (EIA), land law, development studies, and climate justice. The five postdoctoral positions are: Forest Landscape Restoration and Climate Adaptation, Climate Justice Centred-Approach to EIAs, Carbon Storage Efforts in African Coastal and Marine Ecosystems, Resilient Animal Source Food Systems, and Climate-Resilient Education Systems. Application deadlines: January 19, 2025 or until filled. See more here.
Events:
Towards a new UN Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity – The Way Forward (online)
This International Center for the Study, Prevention and Treatment of MultiGenerational Legacies of Trauma webinar is held to mark the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 79/122 of December 4, 2024, entitled “United Nations Conference of Plenipotentiaries on Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity.” Experts from States, NGOs, and academia will discuss the way forward towards the first comprehensive treaty in this critical area of International Law for the protection of victims’ rights, including gender issues, slavery and the slave trade, crimes against the environment, persecution, and other key issues that the progressive development and codification of crimes against humanity may address. Date: December 16, 2024 at 1:00 PM EST. Register here.
Historical Climate Change Legal Proceedings: IUCN’s participation and Implications Going Forward (online)
IUCN has participated in the historical climate change proceedings before the International Court of Justice, the highest judicial body of the United Nations. In this webinar, IUCN Lead Counsel Prof Dr Christina Voigt (Chair of the World Commission on Environmental Law) and Counsel Prof Dr Francesco Sindico (Co-Chair of the Commission’s Climate Change Law Specialist Group) will chart the journey of IUCN before the Court and explain the key points presented by IUCN throughout the written and oral proceedings. Members of the core drafting group are invited to provide their reflections. It will be an opportunity to learn more about the proceedings, IUCN’s involvement therein and the implications stemming therefrom both for IUCN and its members. Date: December 17, 2024 at 11:30AM CEST (register here) and December 18, 2024 at 7:00 PM CEST (register here).
New Publications/Releases:
Blog: Historic climate change advisory: what the case before the International Court of Justice might mean, Zunaida Moosa Wadiwala; The Conversation. Read here.
News Article: The climate-crusading lawyer who sued Switzerland over global warming — and won, Richard Monastersky; Nature. Read here.
Podcast: Shell v Milieudefensie: European Climate Case Law, the Emerging Regulatory Backdrop and Implications for Global Businesses, ABA Environmental Law Explored. Listen here.
Report: Brazilian Climate Litigation Bulletin 2024, MOREIRA, Danielle de Andrade; GARRIDO, Carolina Figueiredo; DE BARROS PINTO, Paula Máximo; LIMA, Letícia Maria Rêgo Teixeira. Read here.
Special Issue: Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law – International Climate Litigation, edited by Benoit Mayer and Harro van Asselt. Read here.