World Commission on Environmental Law

Judiciary and the Environment: Adjudicating Our Future - August 2018

The IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law, the Global Judicial Institute on the Environment, the Organisation of American States, United Nations Environment, and the Environmental Law Institute hosted “Judiciary and the Environment: Adjudicating Our Future" from 23-24 August 2018 at the OAS Main Building in Washington D.C.

Distinguished state supreme court justices from several U.S. States, and international jurists from OAS and UN member States, as well as selected academics, scientists, leading experts, ambassadors and diplomats from across the globe came together from 22-23 August 2018 to discuss Environmental Justice and the Rule of Law. The World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL) of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) partnered with the Global Judicial Institute on the Environment (GJIE), the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS), UN Environment, and the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) to host the high-level Global Symposium on “Judiciary and the Environment: Adjudicating our Future”  in Washington D.C.

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