Par Dr.ÌýDiomandeÌýDroÌýHyacinthe -Ìý« l’Égypte est un don du Nil ». Ce célèbre aphorisme d’Hérodote vient à juste titre pour justifier le partage actuel des eaux. l’Égypte rappelle constamment sur le fondement cet aphorisme son héritage, son lien historique Ìýsa très forte dépendance vis-à -vis du…
By Nicholas Robinson - On 27 October 2020, the International Council of Environmental Law (ICEL), in collaboration with theÌýPermanent Mission of Costa Rica to the United Nations, the Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations, and the Observer Mission of the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ to the United Nations,…
By John E. Scanlon -ÌýOn 16 October 2020, the Global Initiative to End Wildlife CrimeÌýreleased a groundbreaking briefing paper proposing a new international legal framework to address wildlife crime.
Tuesday 21 October was aÌýremarkablyÌýbusy day for the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ European Regional Office, in the context of the EU Green Week 2020. EU Biodiversity Targets for Protected Areas and Nature Restoration at the top of the AgendaÌý
WCEL Webinar "Fishing on the High Seas and Marine Protected Areas"Ìýadvances our understanding of the steps the international community can take to sustain our Ocean for future generations.
By Marina Venâncio - In the context of alarming biodiversity loss rates, transboundary pollution, and aggravating climate change consequences, Environmental and Human Rights Law have been facing unprecedented challenges in human history. The recently published UN Environment’s sixth edition of…
The Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL) plans to film ten new Environmental LawÌýLectures featuring distinguished members of WCEL and the Global Judicial Institute on the Environment (GJIE).
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By Laura Burgers - On 25 September 2020, WCEL Member Luc Lavrysen was appointed theÌýDutch language president of the Belgian Constitutional Court. The Belgian Constitutional Court consists of 12 justices who review the constitutionality of certain…
CEESP News: byÌýKasandra-Zorica Ivanić, Sue Stolton, Carolina Figueroa Arango and Nigel Dudley
What do protected areas give back to local and more distant communities, if anything?
A new tool from the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ World Commission on Protected Areas helps us find out. The Protected Areas…
By Samraansh Sharma - The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Institute of Zoology (Zoological Society of London) recently published "Living Planet Report 2020 - Bending the Curve of Biodiversity Loss".ÌýThe Report emphasizes the urgencyÌý to rebalance our relationship with nature and the planet.…