Towards a Global Pact for the Environment

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.

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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 provisional ag

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 trend th

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 agenda for t

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 deliberations th

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 Tuesday's sus

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 Assembly to

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/72/277), conv

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

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