Jun 08, 2023
ELAW Bulletin In honor of World Ocean Day, ELAW’s Marine Working Group invites you to a panel discussion: Marine Justice: For the Ocean, For the People. |
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ELAW Bulletin In honor of World Ocean Day, ELAW’s Marine Working Group invites you to a panel discussion: Marine Justice: For the Ocean, For the People. |
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Jun 07, 2023
ELAW Bulletin The United Nations Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (the “Working Group”) has |
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ELAW Bulletin The United Nations Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (the “Working Group”) has |
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Jun 02, 2023
ELAW Bulletin ELAW partner Olivier Ndoole traveled to Dublin, Ireland, last week to receive a 2023 Human Rights Defenders at Risk Award from Front Line Defenders. |
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ELAW Bulletin ELAW partner Olivier Ndoole traveled to Dublin, Ireland, last week to receive a 2023 Human Rights Defenders at Risk Award from Front Line Defenders. |
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May 23, 2023
ELAW Bulletin ELAW partner Zelda Soriano of Community Legal Help and Public Interest Centre (C-HELP) recently shared the exciting news that the Supreme Court of the Philippines issued a writ of kalikasan in response to their petition against the commercial propagation of GMO rice and eggplant in the Philippines. |
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ELAW Bulletin ELAW partner Zelda Soriano of Community Legal Help and Public Interest Centre (C-HELP) recently shared the exciting news that the Supreme Court of the Philippines issued a writ of kalikasan in response to their petition against the commercial propagation of GMO rice and eggplant in the Philippines. |
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May 03, 2023
ELAW Bulletin Congratulations to the communities in Ecuador's Intag Valley that recently secured a court order canceling a license to mine copper in one of the world's most biodiverse forests! |
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ELAW Bulletin Congratulations to the communities in Ecuador's Intag Valley that recently secured a court order canceling a license to mine copper in one of the world's most biodiverse forests! |
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Mar 20, 2023
Communities around the world are speaking out against short-sighted projects that threaten wild places, wildlife, biodiversity, and ecosystems. In the Maldives, Congo, Guinea, and Nepal, advocates are working to protect forests, watersheds, coral reefs, and much more. We are proud to collaborate with these local advocates. Enjoy the following brief reports on our recent work. |
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Communities around the world are speaking out against short-sighted projects that threaten wild places, wildlife, biodiversity, and ecosystems. In the Maldives, Congo, Guinea, and Nepal, advocates are working to protect forests, watersheds, coral reefs, and much more. We are proud to collaborate with these local advocates. Enjoy the following brief reports on our recent work. |
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Mar 02, 2023
ELAW Bulletin They will share their work on Saturday, March 4 at a panel at the University of Oregon Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC): “Protecting Indigenous Lands in Brazil” (9 am, UO Law School, Room 282). |
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ELAW Bulletin They will share their work on Saturday, March 4 at a panel at the University of Oregon Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC): “Protecting Indigenous Lands in Brazil” (9 am, UO Law School, Room 282). |
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Feb 24, 2023
ELAW Bulletin More than 20 years ago, ELAW met Nixon Sifuna, PhD, a Kenyan grassroots attorney. He traveled to Eugene in 2002 as an ELAW Fellow and I traveled to meet him in Kenya as he worked to protect forests through a case he filed at Kenya’s High Court at Eldoret.... |
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ELAW Bulletin More than 20 years ago, ELAW met Nixon Sifuna, PhD, a Kenyan grassroots attorney. He traveled to Eugene in 2002 as an ELAW Fellow and I traveled to meet him in Kenya as he worked to protect forests through a case he filed at Kenya’s High Court at Eldoret.... |
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Jan 30, 2023
ELAW Bulletin ELAW partners in Jamaica are celebrating a January 20 Supreme Court order halting bauxite mining next to communities in St. Ann until a claim brought by nine residents is heard later this year. |
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ELAW Bulletin ELAW partners in Jamaica are celebrating a January 20 Supreme Court order halting bauxite mining next to communities in St. Ann until a claim brought by nine residents is heard later this year. |
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Jan 17, 2023
ELAW Bulletin Indoor and outdoor air pollution make people sick and kill people all over the world. To fight for clean air, community advocates need to be able to assess air quality. |
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ELAW Bulletin Indoor and outdoor air pollution make people sick and kill people all over the world. To fight for clean air, community advocates need to be able to assess air quality. |
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Dec 14, 2022
ELAW Bulletin In June this year, Malene Alleyne, Jamaican international human rights lawyer and founder of Freedom Imaginaries, called on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to protect Afro-descendant families living in peasant communities in St. Ann. |
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ELAW Bulletin In June this year, Malene Alleyne, Jamaican international human rights lawyer and founder of Freedom Imaginaries, called on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to protect Afro-descendant families living in peasant communities in St. Ann. |
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Dec 08, 2022
Protecting our global climate is the leading challenge of our time. ELAW partners around the world are working to ensure that communities who suffer the worst impacts from damaging the climate have a voice at the table and the tools they need to win victories for a healthy planet. |
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Protecting our global climate is the leading challenge of our time. ELAW partners around the world are working to ensure that communities who suffer the worst impacts from damaging the climate have a voice at the table and the tools they need to win victories for a healthy planet. |
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Dec 07, 2022
ELAW Bulletin We are pleased to announce that ELAW partners at the Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO) were awarded a 2022 Right Livelihood Award for “tireless efforts to protect the rights of local communities from environmentally damaging projects linked to the exploitation of oil and gas.” |
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ELAW Bulletin We are pleased to announce that ELAW partners at the Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO) were awarded a 2022 Right Livelihood Award for “tireless efforts to protect the rights of local communities from environmentally damaging projects linked to the exploitation of oil and gas.” |
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Nov 18, 2022
ELAW Bulletin This week, world leaders and activists from around the globe gathered in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, for the United Nations Climate Change conference (27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC or COP27). |
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ELAW Bulletin This week, world leaders and activists from around the globe gathered in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, for the United Nations Climate Change conference (27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC or COP27). |
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Nov 04, 2022
ELAW Bulletin One of Europe’s largest and most endangered saltwater lagoons – the Mar Menor – was recently granted special protection by Spain’s senate. |
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ELAW Bulletin One of Europe’s largest and most endangered saltwater lagoons – the Mar Menor – was recently granted special protection by Spain’s senate. |
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Oct 21, 2022
ELAW Bulletin ELAW partners in Indonesia share great news: The Bandung State Administrative Court canceled the permit for the proposed 1,320MW “PLTU Tanjung Jati A” coal-fired power plant. |
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ELAW Bulletin ELAW partners in Indonesia share great news: The Bandung State Administrative Court canceled the permit for the proposed 1,320MW “PLTU Tanjung Jati A” coal-fired power plant. |
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Oct 13, 2022
ELAW Bulletin Join us in welcoming Nchunu Justice Sama, Cameroonian Environmental Lawyer and Executive Director of the Foundation for Environment and Development (FEDEV). Justice arrived in Eugene last week to collaborate on his work to protect communities and the environment across Cameroon. |
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ELAW Bulletin Join us in welcoming Nchunu Justice Sama, Cameroonian Environmental Lawyer and Executive Director of the Foundation for Environment and Development (FEDEV). Justice arrived in Eugene last week to collaborate on his work to protect communities and the environment across Cameroon. |
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Sep 30, 2022
ELAW collaborates with public interest lawyers around the world to protect communities and the environment. |
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ELAW collaborates with public interest lawyers around the world to protect communities and the environment. |
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Sep 27, 2022
ELAW Bulletin Please join us in welcoming our new ELAW Fellows who arrived from Ukraine and the Democratic Republic of Congo last week. |
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ELAW Bulletin Please join us in welcoming our new ELAW Fellows who arrived from Ukraine and the Democratic Republic of Congo last week. |
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Sep 22, 2022
ELAW Bulletin ELAW was recently invited to participate in a conference organized by partners at the Alianza de Derecho Ambiental y Agua (Alliance for Environmental Law and Water, ADA2.) Attorney Alejandra Serrano Pavón traveled to Guatemala City and Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, for the two-day conference organized in collaboration with Marfund, Ocean5, the Environmental Justice Forums of Peten and Izabal, the School of Judicial Studies of Guatemala, the Training Unit of the Public Ministry, and the National Council of Protected Areas. |
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ELAW Bulletin ELAW was recently invited to participate in a conference organized by partners at the Alianza de Derecho Ambiental y Agua (Alliance for Environmental Law and Water, ADA2.) Attorney Alejandra Serrano Pavón traveled to Guatemala City and Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, for the two-day conference organized in collaboration with Marfund, Ocean5, the Environmental Justice Forums of Peten and Izabal, the School of Judicial Studies of Guatemala, the Training Unit of the Public Ministry, and the National Council of Protected Areas. |
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Sep 07, 2022
ELAW Bulletin ELAW partner Olivier Ndoole shares great news that the mobile court formed to hear the large backlog of cases against wildlife trafficking, illegal fishing, and natural resource exploitation in Virunga National Park. |
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ELAW Bulletin ELAW partner Olivier Ndoole shares great news that the mobile court formed to hear the large backlog of cases against wildlife trafficking, illegal fishing, and natural resource exploitation in Virunga National Park. |
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Aug 17, 2022
ELAW Bulletin Juana Trujillo Cardenas, a new Ecuadorian lawyer, recently completed a Killian O. Doherty Environmental Justice Fellowship. |
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ELAW Bulletin Juana Trujillo Cardenas, a new Ecuadorian lawyer, recently completed a Killian O. Doherty Environmental Justice Fellowship. |
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Jul 26, 2022
ELAW Bulletin Rahul Choudhary of Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment (LIFE) shares wonderful news! India’s National Green Tribunal (NGT) halted illegal sand mining in the villages of Tondavali and Talashil in Maharashtra State, on India’s west coast. The villages, squeezed between the Gad River and the Arabian Sea, suffer from soil erosion caused by illegal sand mining in the Gad River, and salt water intrusion from rising seas. |
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ELAW Bulletin Rahul Choudhary of Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment (LIFE) shares wonderful news! India’s National Green Tribunal (NGT) halted illegal sand mining in the villages of Tondavali and Talashil in Maharashtra State, on India’s west coast. The villages, squeezed between the Gad River and the Arabian Sea, suffer from soil erosion caused by illegal sand mining in the Gad River, and salt water intrusion from rising seas. |
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Jul 21, 2022
ELAW Bulletin Dr. Kateryna Polianska returned home to Kyiv last month, following a three-month ELAW Fellowship designed to help her team at Environment People Law respond to environmental threats posed by the Russian invasion. |
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ELAW Bulletin Dr. Kateryna Polianska returned home to Kyiv last month, following a three-month ELAW Fellowship designed to help her team at Environment People Law respond to environmental threats posed by the Russian invasion. |
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Jul 11, 2022
ELAW Bulletin Please join us in welcoming new attorneys to the ELAW team! |
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ELAW Bulletin Please join us in welcoming new attorneys to the ELAW team! |
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Jul 07, 2022
ELAW Bulletin ELAW partners at Frank Bold Advocates share good news: Prague’s Municipal Court issued a landmark decision ordering the state to urgently take measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in accordance with its obligations under European and international law. |
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ELAW Bulletin ELAW partners at Frank Bold Advocates share good news: Prague’s Municipal Court issued a landmark decision ordering the state to urgently take measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in accordance with its obligations under European and international law. |
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Jun 22, 2022
ELAW’s team of six PhD scientists gives grassroots advocates around the world the scientific information and expertise they need to win victories for communities and the environment through law. |
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ELAW’s team of six PhD scientists gives grassroots advocates around the world the scientific information and expertise they need to win victories for communities and the environment through law. |
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Jun 22, 2022
ELAW Bulletin ELAW Fellow Ivo Cípio Aureliano arrived in Eugene last weekend. He will work with us for 10 weeks this summer, collaborating with ELAW staff and other experts to advance his work protecting the rights of Indigenous peoples in the Brazilian Amazon. |
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ELAW Bulletin ELAW Fellow Ivo Cípio Aureliano arrived in Eugene last weekend. He will work with us for 10 weeks this summer, collaborating with ELAW staff and other experts to advance his work protecting the rights of Indigenous peoples in the Brazilian Amazon. |
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Jun 17, 2022
ELAW Bulletin After more than three years of learning and collaboration with our partners at the Centro de Incidencia Ambiental (CIAM), ELAW is pleased to report that Panama has adopted a new coral reef law, with stronger protections that hold the promise of protecting Panama’s reefs for future generations. |
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ELAW Bulletin After more than three years of learning and collaboration with our partners at the Centro de Incidencia Ambiental (CIAM), ELAW is pleased to report that Panama has adopted a new coral reef law, with stronger protections that hold the promise of protecting Panama’s reefs for future generations. |
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Jun 07, 2022
ELAW Bulletin This United Nations’ World Ocean Day, ELAW is collaborating with the Agua Nuestro Derecho collective to host a discussion on "Connectivity from the watershed to the Caribbean Sea." |
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ELAW Bulletin This United Nations’ World Ocean Day, ELAW is collaborating with the Agua Nuestro Derecho collective to host a discussion on "Connectivity from the watershed to the Caribbean Sea." |
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Jun 03, 2022
ELAW Bulletin Last week, Nepal’s Supreme Court canceled government plans to construct an international airport in Nijgadh. |
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ELAW Bulletin Last week, Nepal’s Supreme Court canceled government plans to construct an international airport in Nijgadh. |
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