Story | 28 Jun, 2018
WCEL Forests Specialist Group: Update June 2018
The Forests Specialist Group has published its report in a series highlighting ongoing work under each WCEL Specialist Group.
Story | 28 Jun, 2018
Blog: Artistic representation meets academic research: Reflections from a journey to Nova Scotia
CEESP News - Dr. Helen Schneider, Flora and Fauna International
I’ve always found something slightly unsettling about visiting a place with a long history of human habitation but only a relatively recent built heritage. Somehow it feels to me that the buildings and other infrastructure…
Story | 27 Jun, 2018
The "WCEL Country and Region Reports" webpage continues to grow. A new report is now posted in French detailing the current status of the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (Maputo Convention).
Story | 22 Jun, 2018
IUCN WCEL Meeting to Advance the Global Pact for the Environment
The Commission convened a small meeting of experts on 25 May in New York City to discuss how the environmental law community can proceed following adoption of a resolution by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 May 2018 setting in motion a process seeking to discuss and reach agreement on…
Story | 21 Jun, 2018
The Ordinary Assembly of the Sixaola River Basin Binational Commission (CBCRS), celebrated on may 23th and 24th, 2018 in Costa Rica, had the participation of 45 people, among them government representatives, civil society and…
Story | 20 Jun, 2018
Law, Climate, Geoengineering, and Indigenous Peoples: 4th Tony Oposa Intergenerational Moot Court
The 4th Tony Oposa Intergenerational Moot Court was hosted by the University of Caen Normandy (France) on 5 June to bring students, scholars, and jurists together in a simulation of a court proceeding before the International Court of Justice addressing the questions of legality of…
Story | 17 Jun, 2018
The WCEL Chair, Justice Antonio Herman Benjamin, visited United Nations Headquarters to sign an MoU between WCEL and the Secretariat of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF).
Story | 16 Jun, 2018
ICEL and WCEL Dinner Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the UN International Law Commission
The annual dinner, now hosted by the International Council of Environmental Law and WCEL, was held on 25 May in New York City to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the International Law Commission of the United Nations and its contributions to the field of environmental law.
Story | 16 Jun, 2018
WCEL Ethics Specialist Group: Update June 2018
The Ethics Specialist Group has published the first report in a series to highlight the ongoing efforts of WCEL Specialist Groups.
Story | 14 Jun, 2018
Announcing "WCEL Country and Region Reports"
The Commission is excited to introduce a new section of its website to provide information and legal analysis from WCEL Members at country and regional level.