Gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments The report reviews and analyses the corpus of international environmental law and environmental-related instruments as well as the governance structure and implementation of international environmental law. Access the Report of the Secretary General here
Summary of the Second Substantive Session of the Ad Hoc Open Ended Working Group The second Substantive Session of the Ad Hoc Open Ended Working Group was drawn to a close Wednesday with the adoption of a prov
Member States debate the need for a global pact for the environment The First Substantive Session on a Global Pact for the Environment took place at UN Headquarters in Nairobi in January 2019.
Dramatic growth in laws to protect environment, but widespread failure to enforce, finds report Nairobi, 24-01-2019 – The first-ever global assessment of environmental rule of law finds weak enforcement to be a global tre
See you in court, citizens tell governments on climate change BARCELONA, Jan 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Environmentalists in France and Ireland are pushing forward with legal cases aimed at forcing thei
ICC addresses UN working group on the Global Pact for the Environment At a substantive session of the United Nations’ (UN) General Assembly ad hoc working group on the Global Pact for the Environment in Nairobi, Kenya
Fifth Day of the First Substantive Session of the Ad Hoc Open Ended Working Group During the last day of the first substantive session of the Ad hoc Open-Ended Working Group (AHWG), discussion focused on the ag
Fourth Day of the First Substantive Session of the Ad Hoc Open Ended Working Group On Thursday, the first substantive session of the Ad hoc Open-Ended Working Group heard a brief report on the progress of delibe
Third Day of the First Substantive Session of the Ad Hoc Open Ended Working Group The Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group (AHWG) opened on Wednesday with the observance of a minute of silence for the victims of Tue
Second Day of the First Substantive Session of the Ad Hoc Open Ended Working Group On the second day of the first substantive session of the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group (AHWG) established by the UN General A
First Day of the First Substantive Session of the Ad Hoc Open Ended Working Group The first substantive session of the Ad Hoc Open Ended Working Group (AHWG) towards a Global Pact for the Environment (A/RES/72/
South African indigenous community win environmental rights case over mining company A court has ruled that companies must first seek permission from local communities if they plan to mine on their
Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Expert Group on Marine Litter and Microplastics The second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Expert Group was scheduled for 3-7 December 2018 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Joint statement of the United Nations Special Procedures Mandate Holders on the occasion of the 24th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC 6 December 2018 - As independent experts of the UN Human Rights Council*, we call on States to fully integrate human rights standards and principle
3rd December 2018 - Report of the United Nations Secretary General on Gaps in International Environmental Law Released Entitled “Gaps in International Environmental Law and Environment-Related Instruments: Towards A Global Pact for the Environment” (Documen
14th Conference of the Parties to the Conference on Biological Diversity concludes in Egypt: The UN Biodiversity Conference was held from 13 - 29 November 2018 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
Honduras: Masterminds of Berta Cáceres killing still at large, say UN experts On 28 November 2018, a Sentencing Tribunal of the Honduran Judiciary in Tegucigalpa convicted seven men of the murder of the Lenca leader, an
Environmental rights means any proclamation of a human right to environmental conditions of a specified quality Environmental rights are enshrined in over 100 constitutions yet
Organizational session of the Working Group, September 5th to 7th, 2018, New York. States exchanged their views on the project of a Global Pact for the Environment and a high level of support from States and NGOs has already