Taking the Needs of Future Generations into Account: the Case of Wales
The issue of long-term governance is gaining attraction around the world. Many governments are looking into mechanisms that could be helpful in integrating the needs of future generations better into...
Finance and Human Rights: Developments in Brazil and Peru
In December 2014, governments, businesses and civil society gathered at the Palais des Nations, the UN’s headquarters in Geneva, best football pool picks this week http://www.tiger-computing.co.uk/digs/college-football-rankings-predictions-week-13/ college football picks week...
Indigenous Ecuadorians Bring Protracted Legal Battle Before the Supreme Court of Canada
A 21-year legal battle that has made its way through the courts of Ecuador and the United States will arrive next month at the Supreme Court of Canada. From 1972...
Establishing Aboriginal Title in Canada: Tsilhqot’in Nation v British Columbia
The declaration of Aboriginal title by the Supreme Court of Canada on June 26, 2014—a first in Canada—is a momentous decision that should have long-lasting significance for the Tsilhquot’in Nation,...
Chinese Environmental Protection Law – The Illusion of Enhanced Human Rights Safeguards
In April this year, the Chinese legislature amended significantly the Environmental Protection Law adopted in 1989. This post seeks to predict the amendment’s implications on Chinese citizens’ substantive and procedural...
The Right to Prior Consultation of Indigenous Peoples in the Americas (Part II)
Editor’s note: the first part of this post was an introduction to the right of indigenous peoples to prior and informed consent. In this second part, our authors address two...
The Right to Prior Consultation of Indigenous Peoples in the Americas (Part I)
Editor’s note: this post forms the first in a two-part series on the rights of indigenous peoples in the Americas. The second part will be posted tomorrow. Neither the...
Should There Be A Human Rights Approach for Environmental Protection?
Is climate change just an environmental issue or also a human rights issue? Do we need a new international environmental treaty to address the rights of people displaced from their...
Sinking hopes? Climate Change Refugees in New Zealand
New Zealand’s Immigration and Protection Tribunal recently considered a “climate change refugee” case under its relatively new jurisdiction, which includes protection under the ICCPR as well as the Refugee Convention....
Bringing balance to the international law with long-term perspectives
Editor’s Note: This post is a follow-up to an earlier post by Karen Moir prior to the July 4th and 5th conference in Geneva on intergenerational equity. On July 4th...
Failure to Protect Future Generations Undermines Universality of Law
As environmentalists, development practitioners and concerned citizens accelerate their efforts to institutionalize concrete protections for future generations, international human rights law continues to lag behind. The guiding principle of International...
We Should All Participate in Articulating the Post-2015 Development Agenda
The projected end date for the Millenium Development Goals is 2015. The UN Secretary General recently appointed a High Level Panel to advise him on creating a vision for a...
