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In honor of #EarthWeek, we've released a blog series covering our recent symposium: Human Rights & the Climate Crisis! We co-hosted this symposium on Feb 28 w/ @Emmett_UCLALaw & Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs. #HumanRightsClimateCrisis http://www.promisehumanrights.blog
At the daylong event, leading lawyers, scholars, and activists examined the potential of rights-based arguments to halt and seek remedy for environmental harms, with a focus on climate change. #HumanRightsClimateCrisis
First, @kuminaidoo kicked off the day with an Opening Keynote, reminding us that “there are no human rights on a dead planet." #HumanRightsClimateCrisis http://www.promisehumanrights.blog/blog/2020/4/kumi-naidoos-call-for-creative-maladjustment-and-intersectionality
The 1st panel discussed Domestic Rights-Based Litigation & Climate Change,w/Ann Carlson @Emmett_UCLALaw, Philip Gregory ( #Juliana case),César Rodríguez-Garavito @nyulaw + Marco Simons, @EarthRightsIntl @Power_of_Law, moderated by @CaraHorowitz @UCLA_Law #HumanRightsClimateCrisis
The 2nd plenary panel addressed International Human Rights Mechanisms & Climate Change, w/ @solgmunoz @DESCA_CIDH, Erika Lennon @ciel_tweets, James Hopkins @uarizonalaw, moderated by Tendayi Achiume @UCLA_Law @CRSatUCLA #HumanRightsClimateCrisis http://www.promisehumanrights.blog/blog/2020/4/international-human-rights-mechanisms-and-climate-change
Four concurrent lunchtime workshops explored new scholarship. One workshop on Climate Change + Domestic Law featured @McCauleyNatalie @PILPG, Luisa Gómez, Melodie Meyer @UCLA_Law, Daniel Jacobs @LoyolaLawSchool #HumanRightsClimateCrisis http://www.promisehumanrights.blog/blog/2020/4/workshops-explore-new-legal-scholarship-on-climate-change
Another workshop on Climate Change + Domestic Law featured @PaoloDFarah @gLAWcal, Elizabeth Wilson @RutgersLaw, @seanhecht @Emmett_UCLALaw #HumanRightsClimateCrisis http://www.promisehumanrights.blog/blog/2020/4/workshops-explore-new-legal-scholarship-on-climate-change
Our workshop on Climate Change + IHL Workshop featured Cinnamon Carlane @OSU_Law, Fabrizio Vona @SapienzaRoma, Catherine Sweetser @UCLA_Law #HumanRightsClimateCrisis http://www.promisehumanrights.blog/blog/2020/4/workshops-explore-new-legal-scholarship-on-climate-change
The fourth workshop addressed Climate Change + ICL Workshop w/ Máximo Langer @UCLA_Law, Erika McDonald @UHLAW, A. Camilo Ramírez Gutiérrez @JEP_Colombia @UElBosque, Alvaro Sebastian Saavedra Eslava @Coljuristas #HumanRightsClimateCrisis http://www.promisehumanrights.blog/blog/2020/4/workshops-explore-new-legal-scholarship-on-climate-change
After the concurrent workshops, @KMcCarthyWoolf ( @FulbrightPrgrm All Disciplines Scholar, @UCLA_Law Poet-In-Residence) reconvened attendees for a poetry reading. Watch a recording of Karen's performance and read along here. #HumanRightsClimateCrisis http://www.promisehumanrights.blog/blog/2020/4/a-poetry-reading-by-karen-mccarthy-woolf-climate-change-human-rights
Our final plenary panel discussed International Criminal Law & Climate Change, w/
@AparacJelena, Richard Rogers @GlobalDiligence, Nema Milaninia, @katemackintosh2 #HumanRightsClimateCrisis http://www.promisehumanrights.blog/blog/2020/4/international-criminal-law-and-climate-change
@AparacJelena, Richard Rogers @GlobalDiligence, Nema Milaninia, @katemackintosh2 #HumanRightsClimateCrisis http://www.promisehumanrights.blog/blog/2020/4/international-criminal-law-and-climate-change
Bertha Zúñiga Cáceres @BerthaZuniga1 @COPINHHONDURAS concluded the symposium w/ powerful closing keynote, introduced by @josephberra @UCLA_Law. She reinforced the day's core msg: we cannot talk about climate change without talking about human rights. http://www.promisehumanrights.blog/blog/2020/4/bertha-zuniga-caceres-continuing-our-struggle-against-corporate-extractivism-exploitative-consumerism-and-systematic-violence
Lastly, the day after the #HumanRightsClimateCrisis symposium, we hosted the 1st expert meeting of a new Working Group on International Criminal Law & the Protection of the Environment. How could we use #ICL to fight climate change? Find out here:
http://www.promisehumanrights.blog/blog/2020/4/new-working-group-on-international-criminal-law-and-the-protection-of-the-environment
http://www.promisehumanrights.blog/blog/2020/4/new-working-group-on-international-criminal-law-and-the-protection-of-the-environment
During #EarthWeek + every week, we are thankful to those who fight to defend the environment + human rights. In 2018, 3 earth defenders were murdered each week. We must act now. The fight is ours to continue, w/ no time to waste. #HumanRightsClimateCrisis
Huge thanks to our @UCLA_Law writers behind this symposium series! @a_danson_brown @ary_hansen @prashantk94 @bmabe47 @madhavinthemove @npapachristou Monica Heger, Cecilia Kustermann, Matt Simmons, Xuchen Zhang, Samantha Zurcher
