Activities

The Global Judicial Institute on the Environment is intended as a forum to unify the ongoing efforts of various national and international organizations already preparing, training, and enhancing the capacity of judges on environmental issues. Therefore, it is important to match the Institute’s activities with existing initiatives, as well as those of current and future partners.

The following events and activities are planned and/or have been undertaken in collaboration with WCEL and partners:

Completed

23-24 August 2018: GJIE Conference following annual meetings of the State Chief Justices of the United States (Washington, D.C. (USA))
19 - 21 March 2018: Judges & Prosecutors Subprocess of the 8th World Water Forum (Brasilia, Brazil)
26 - 27 February 2018: Asia Pacific Judicial Colloquium on Cliimate Change (Lahore, Pakistan)
5 - 9 February 2018: International symposium "Effectiveness and Judicial Education of Environmental Law in Francophone Africa" (Yaoundé, Cameroon)
8 December 2017: High-Level Preparatory Meetings for the 8th World Water Forum (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
3-4 November 2017: International Conference on Environment (New Delhi, India)
22-23 September 2017: EU Forum of Judges Annual Conference 2017 “Climate Change and the Judiciary” in Oxford (UK) at Merton College
4-6 September 2017: 2nd Inter-American Congress on the Environmental Rule of Law (Santiago, Chile)
22-23 May: Regional Judicial Colloquium for Latin-America and the Caribbean: “Constitutions, Environment, and Human Rights: Practice and Implementation” (Brasilia, Brazil)