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World Commission on Environmental Law
A Volunteer Global Environmental Law Network
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The World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL) advances environmental law around the globe by providing specialized knowledge and assistance to strengthen the legal foundations of the conservation of nature and sustainable development through the conceptual advancement of environmental principles, norms, and laws, and by building the capacity of communities to benefit from the environmental rule of law.
News
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Photo: WCEL
IUCN WCEL Meeting to Advance the Global Pact for the Environment
22.06.2018The 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...
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Photo: University of Caen Normandy
Law, Climate, Geoengineering, and Indigenous Peoples: 4th Tony Oposa Intergenerational Moot Court
20.06.2018The 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...
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Drafting a Model Forest Act: WCEL Signs MoU with the Secretariat of the United Nations Forum on Forests
18.06.2018The 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).
Publications
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Framework for assessing and improving law for sustainability
Boer, Ben, Martin, Paul, Slobodian, Lydia
Language: En
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Publications
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Wildlife cases in Tanzanian courts
Escot, Lorélie, Majamba, Hamudi, Slobodian, Lydia
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Framework for assessing and improving law for sustainability
Boer, Ben, Martin, Paul, Slobodian, Lydia
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