The 2018 Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy was conferred to Professor Stephen McCaffrey on 24 May during a ceremony in New York City presided over by Pace University President Marvin Krislov.
Senior Judges in the Asia Pacific region convened with eminent legal and policy experts from around the world on 26-27 February 2018 in Lahore, Pakistan to increase dialogue and build the capacity of judges to use constitutions
WCEL Member Stefano Burchi spoke to the importance of the Bras铆lia Declaration of Judges on Water Justice during the International Conference on Environmental Governance and Sustainable Cities at Rome City Hall on 20-21 April 2018.
WCEL presents its report highlighting activities during 2017 and early 2018.
Commemorating International Mother Earth Day (22 April), WCEL Members were featured speakers during the 8th Interactive Dialogue on Harmony with Nature on 23 April 2018 during the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Marseille, France听鈥 The French Ministry for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition and 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播, International Union for Conservation of Nature, today signed an agreement to jointly organise the next 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 World Conservation Congress, to be held in 2020 in Marseille.
Belgium is revising its Civil Code, which poses a rare opportunity to include updates to address liability issues.
In its ruling of 17 April 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union found that the Government of Poland has failed to fulfill its obligations to protect the Bia艂owieska Forest and ordered the immediate repeal of illegal logging permits. 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
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Professor Christina Voigt, Chair of the WCEL Climate Change Specialist Group, is participating in technical sessions in Bonn, Germany as negotiators from around the world seek to progress on the Paris Agreement Work Programme in preparation for UNFCC/CoP-24 to be held in Katowice, Poland in鈥
The World Commission on Environmental Law is delighted to announce the launch of the 鈥淲CEL Environmental Law Video Library.鈥