Want to learn more about #RightsofNature? The second of our recently published #RightsofNature plain language legal guides focuses on what rights have been given to nature, presenting a list of rights commonly recognized in RON laws around the world.
https://allard.ubc.ca/research/research-centres-and-programs/centre-law-and-environment/publications
Centre for Law & Environment
Creating & sharing knowledge & ideas about the relationship between environment and law at
Allard Law in Vancouver/Musqueam.
Interested in Rights of Nature but don't know where to start? The first guide in our plain language legal guide series on #RightsofNature surveys common features of RON laws around the world and focuses on the basic question of who or what has rights.
Take a look here: https://allard.ubc.ca/research/research-centres-and-programs/centre-law-and-environment/publications
Want to know how the plaintiffs in the Canadian #ChildrensClimateCase #Mathur can win their appeal? Read this paper by @CLE_Allard Director @stepanwood on why the Ontario Court of Appeal should recognize a #ConstitutionalRight to a #StableClimateSystem in #Canada, forthcoming in the McGill Law Journal vol 69. https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=4591439
Meet the first two installments in our Rights of Nature Plain Language Legal Guide series! These guides, intended for anyone curious about the subject, fill a gap by providing a general introduction to Rights Of Nature laws in plain language.
https://allard.ubc.ca/research/research-centres-and-programs/centre-law-and-environment/publications
Calling university students everywhere! Contribute to the work of UN Special Rapporteur Dr David Boyd on business & the human right to a healthy environment by joining the 2023 Green Rights & Warrior Lawyers #Inspirathon. Registration is now open! https://bit.ly/Inspirathon23
🚨Opportunity alert for
Allard Law JD students!
The CLE is hiring a Green Rights & Warrior Lawyers Project Manager to plan this year's virtual academy and inspirathon. Applications are being accepted via ACE: https://law-allard-ubc.12twenty.com/jobPostings#/jobPostings/15999902165133
In September 2022 the Spanish Parliament passed a law recognizing the Mar Menor lagoon and its basin as a legal person and granting it a set of explicit legal rights.
Our newest blog, written by Emma Chapman, covers how this law compares to Canada's own Magpie River Resolution and the larger implications of this law for environmental protection law and the #rightsofnature movement.
Climate activist Marjan Minnesma successfully sued the Dutch government and legally bound them into taking action to fight climate change.
Learn more about Minnesma's work in today's profile, written by Allard Law Green Rights & #WarriorLawyers seminar student Jade Windsant.
Access here: https://allard.ubc.ca/about-us/blog/2023/warrior-lawyer-profile-marjan-minnesma
Recently, PFAS, known as 'forever chemicals', have become a hot topic of conversation. But Rob Bilott has been using the law to obtain justice for those with adverse health effects due to PFAS contamination since 1998.
Our newest Warrior Lawyer profile, written by Allard Law Green Rights and #WarriorLawyers seminar student Emily Sainsbury, covers Rob Bilott and his tireless work in this field.
Access here: https://allard.ubc.ca/about-us/blog/2023/warrior-lawyer-profile-robert-bilott
Chima Williams successfully took Shell to court in its home jurisdiction for harms suffered abroad. Learn more about his inspiring work in our newest blog from @AllardLaw Green Rights and #WarriorLawyers seminar student Scarlett McGourlay.
Read here: https://allard.ubc.ca/about-us/blog/2023/warrior-lawyer-profile-chima-williams
The Department of National Defence is the largest greenhouse gas emitter in the federal government. But a number of initiatives aimed at "greening defence" may pave the way for Canada to be a leader in environmental law and protection in the context of military operations, particularly given the recent adoption of the UN Principles on Protecting the Environment During Armed Conflict.
Learn more about these developments in our recent blog: https://allard.ubc.ca/about-us/blog/2023/canadas-greening-defence-initiative-and-un-principles-protecting-environment-during-armed-conflict
Pablo Fajardo represented 30,000 Indigenous people in an action against one of the largest oil and gas corporations in the world.
Learn about his life and work in our newest blog from Allard Law Green Rights & #WarriorLawyers seminar student Ashton Siow.
Read here: https://allard.ubc.ca/about-us/blog/2023/warrior-lawyer-profile-pablo-fajardo
We can learn a lot from Jacinta Ruru and her work pursuing legal personhood for the environment. Learn more her efforts and perspective in our newest profile, written by Allard Law Green Rights and #WarriorLawyers seminar student Gwen Hamilton.
Read here: https://allard.ubc.ca/about-us/blog/2023/warrior-lawyer-profile-jacinta-ruru
Need a little mid-week inspiration?
Check out our latest blog from Green Rights and #WarriorLawyers seminar student Lauren Ferguson on ClientEarth, an NGO that counters dominant interests in the legal sphere by acting to represent the Earth. The blog takes a look at some of ClientEarth's successes and highlights its three-pronged approach to environmental rights: working to enforce, shape, and increase access to laws.
Read here: https://allard.ubc.ca/about-us/blog/2023/warrior-lawyer-profile-clientearth
New blog post!
Our newest blog covers the promise and limitations of various legal avenues for dealing with Scotch Broom, a highly flammable invasive plant which is currently spreading across southwest BC.
New blog post!
Green Rights and #WarriorLawyers seminar student Shona Anne Thomas profiles David R Boyd, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment, with a focus on his work on the right to a healthy environment.
Read here: https://allard.ubc.ca/about-us/blog/2023/warrior-lawyer-profile-david-r-boyd
New blog post is live!
Allard Law Green Rights and #WarriorLawyers seminar student Drew Yewchuk profiles Takaaki Kagohashi, who has pursued litigation under both US and Japanese law to protect endangered species.
Check out the blog: https://allard.ubc.ca/about-us/blog/2023/warrior-lawyer-profile-takaaki-kagohashi
Check out an upcoming panel on "The Legal Community's Role in Addressing the Climate Crisis", hosted by the FACL BC.
Register here: https://faclbc.ca/event-5246617
ICYMI - our #NoFlyZone public lecture with Natalia Greene is up on our YouTube channel!
Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mopY3J5QGso
Join us Thurs, March 16, 9:30-10:30 am PST for our final #NoFlyZone lecture of the year!
Natalia Greene of
@garnglobal
will be discussing the global #RightsofNature movement.
Check out our website for event details and to register: allard.ubc.ca/about-us/events-calendar/no-fly-zone-speaker-protecting-pachamama-global-alliance-rights-nature
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