WCEL and Partners co-host the 鈥2nd Global Symposium on Judiciary and the Environmental Rule of Law: Adjudicating our Future鈥
By Denise Antolini - Judges and experts from around the world gathered in Hawai驶i to discuss the role of judges in interpreting and developing the Environmental Rule of Law.
The 鈥2nd Global Symposium on Judiciary and the Environmental Rule of Law: Adjudicating our Future鈥 took place in Honolulu, Hawai驶i from Friday, 31 January through Saturday, 1 February, 2020. The event followed the success of the 1st Global Symposium held in Washington, D.C. in August 2018. The symposia were scheduled around the United States Conference of Chief Justices (CCJ) Annual Meetings held in Rhode Island and Hawai驶i.
The high-level event was organized by the 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL), the Global Judicial Institute on the Environment (GJIE), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the Environmental Law Institute (ELI). The event was hosted by the Hawai驶i State Judiciary and the Environmental Law Program of the William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai驶i at M膩noa.
The 2nd Global Symposium brought together invited judges from the United States and around the world, as well as academics, attorneys, and distinguished experts, to discuss the role of judges in interpreting and developing the Environmental Rule of Law. Specifically, they addressed current and future global environmental crises and multi-dimensional security concerns.
The second High Level Session "Environmental Rule of Law:听 Emerging Principles and Trends" was co-chaired by听Andy Raine, Senior Legal Officer and Head of International Law Unit for the Environmental Law Division, UN Environment Programme & Julia Olson, Executive Director and Lead Legal Counsel of Our Children鈥檚 Trust. Panelists included WCEL Chair, Justice Antonio Benjamin,听Joseph Cardoza, Second Circuit Court of Hawai鈥檌 and Environmental Court Judge (Ret.),听Honorable Kathie Stein and Honorable Mary Kay Lynch, Environmental Appeals Judges for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the听Honorable Paul Reiber, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Vermont.
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The High-Level Roundtable "The Role of the Judiciary in Advancing the Environmental Rule of Law" was co-chaired by WCEL Chair Emerita Sheila Abed at Professor David Forman from the听William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai驶i at M膩noa. Participants include WCEL Steering Committee Member Claudia de Windt, as well as Scott Fulton, Associate Justice Michael Wilson, and Andy Raine.听
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