Earth Law Update – March 2, 2016
From Tom Brenan, Gaia Foundation The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has released its judgment in the case of Kaliña and Lokono Peoples v Suriname, nine years after the case was first submitted by Chiefs of the eight Kaliña and...
Earth Law Update – March 2, 2016
From Tom Brenan, Gaia Foundation The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has released its judgment in the case of Kaliña and Lokono Peoples v Suriname, nine years after the case was first submitted by Chiefs of the eight Kaliña and...
Greens commit to Rights of Nature law
TheEcologist, 29th February 2016 “At its Spring Conference in Harrogate yesterday the Green Party of England & Wales gave formal recognition to the Rights of Nature in an overwhelming vote, committing it to passing a new law to that effect...
COP out – Earth’s Rights neglected in favour of market driven forces
COP out – Earth’s Rights neglected in favour of market driven forces By Cormac Cullinan, Cullinan & Associates, 29 February 2016 When world leaders celebrated a ‘decisive’ outcome at COP21 they were inadvertently demonstrating the utter futility of continuing to...
Eco-Instigator On International Rights of Nature Tribunal
Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) released the December 2015 edition of eco-Instigator with a detailed article on the International Rights of Nature Tribunal held in Paris during COP21. Nnimmo Bassey served on the panel of distinguished judges at the...
Two Good Days When Crimes Against Nature Were Exposed
By Nnimmo Bassey For two days in the Maison des Metallos, Paris, experts, victims, prosecutors and judges presented or listened to cases of crimes against Mother Earth and at the end judgements were passed. There were solemn spiritual moments, moments...
Creating New Norms: The Rights of Nature Tribunal
By Jeremy Lent, Patterns of Meaning, December 9, 2015 Writing from Paris while global leaders converged for the UN FCCC COP 21 and events offering profound alternative solutions, Jeremy Lent shares his perspective on the impact of the The Rights...
Writing Competition – Earth Jurisprudence: The Time is Now
The Center for Earth Jurisprudence & The Barry University School of Law Environmental and Earth Law Journal Writing Competition Dear friends, For some of you this may be your first communication from us at the Center for Earth Jurisprudence. We...
A blue and just future is possible
Maude Barlow’s keynote speech from the International Conference on Water, Megacities and Global Change, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, December 1, 2015 In early December, the world turned its attention to climate talks in Paris. At their international headquarters in Paris, UNESCO...
COP Out: The hollow promise of the Paris climate deal
Hal Rhoades, Gaia Foundation, December 16, 2015 COP21 has had a mixed reception and the agreement reached has been criticised more for what it doesn’t say as much as for what it does. The Gaia Foundation’s latest blog COP out:...
