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Historic Climate Opinion: States Must Protect Oceans from Greenhouse Gas Emissions

HAMBURG, Germany, May 21, 2024 — Today, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) issued a... Read More
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CIEL Statement on the ICC Prosecutor’s Application for Arrest Warrants for Israeli and Hamas Leaders

  WASHINGTON, May 20, 2024—Today, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) applied for arrest warrants for leaders of... Read More

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Experts Available: Historic Opinion on Climate and the Law of the Sea

  HAMBURG, Germany, May 13, 2024 — Experts from the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) are closely monitoring and... Read More
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Escazú COP3: Ensuring Environmental Democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean

Published May 13, 2024 By Luisa Gomez Betancur, Senior Attorney, and Lani Furbank, Communications Campaign Specialist. The Escazú Agreement...

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Time’s up: The Council of Europe Must Put The Right to a Healthy Environment in Law

On its 75th anniversary, over 400 civil society organizations urge the Council of Europe to keep up with the...

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INC-4: Ticking Clock in Ottawa for Critical Plastics Treaty Negotiations

In less than a week, over 4,000 representatives from UN Member States and observers from around the world will...

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Loss And Damage Fund: A Participation Blueprint

This advocacy brief underscores the importance of establishing robust, inclusive mechanisms for meaningful participation by all rightsholders, especially affected... Read More

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Preparatory Materials for the Fourth Plastics Treaty Negotiations (INC-4)

In 2022, United Nations Member States adopted a mandate to negotiate an international legally binding instrument to end plastic... Read More
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Promoting Human Rights in Climate Action: Report from the Dubai Climate Conference (COP28) (February 2024)

The 28th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change... Read More

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