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Judges and the Environment: Can Environmental Law Deliver? Judicial Education in Environmental Law

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This session will provide insight on the critical role judges, prosecutors, and lawyers play in the protection of the global environment by exploring the transformational power of enforcing the environmental rule law in a post-2020 world.
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Global environmental protection efforts cannot succeed without the development and enforcement of the rule of law, independent specialized judges and prosecutors, and a robust legal system. The Session showcases three signature initiatives of the World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL) that seek to build global environmental rule of law capacity: the 2016 World Declaration on the Environmental Rule of Law, the Global Judicial Institute on the Environment (GJIE), and the Global Institute of Prosecutors for the Environment (GIPE). With partners such as UN Environment, the Organization of American States, and the Asian Development Bank, WCEL launched the GJIE and GIPE after the 2016 World Conservation Congress in Hawai’i to provide a platform for judges and prosecutors around the globe to collaborate, exchange expertise, and network. This kind of cooperation is vital to reinforcing environmental rights and strengthening governance around the world.

Session agenda

Speaker

Mr Antonio BENJAMIN

Justice, High Court of Brazil (STJ),
IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law
Brazil

Welcoming Remarks
14:00 - 14:15

Mr Nick BRYNER

Associate Professor of Law,
Louisiana State University
United States of America

Introduction
14:15 - 14:20

Ms Christina PAK

Principal Counsel and Team Leader, Law and Policy Reform,
Asian Development Bank
Philippines

Roundtable Judicial Dialogue I
14:20 - 15:00

Dimitri DE BOER

Chief representative for China,
ClientEarth
China


14:20 - 15:00

Mr Robert WABUNOHA

Regional Environment Governance Coordinator,
UNEP
Kenya

Roundtable Judicial Dialogue I
14:20 - 15:00

Mr Nick BRYNER

Associate Professor of Law,
Louisiana State University
United States of America

Key Messages from Roundtable Judicial Dialogue I
15:20 - 15:25

Prof. Christina VOIGT

Professor,
University of Oslo
Norway

Closing Remarks
15:25 - 15:30

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