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EnviroLaw
The week before the World Summit on Sustainable Development in
Johannesburg became known as "Law Week", with three major
international conferences held. They were:
- United Nations Environment Programme, Global Judges Symposium
on Sustainable Development and the Role of Law (Johannesburg,
18 to 20 August 2002).
- IUCN Commission on Environmental Law (CEL), World Summit 2002:
Environmental Law Foundations for Sustainable Development (University
of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 20 to 22 August 2002).
- EnviroLaw Solutions, Law and Governance for a Sustainable World
(Durban, 22 to 25 August 2002).
The "Law Week" also included the launch of the world's
first "Judicial Portal".
The IUCN was either convenor or co-sponsor of each event, and
the outcomes of each conference were addressed at the IUCN Environment
Centre in Johannesburg on 27 August during the "Futures Dialogue" session
titled: "Sustainable Development: What's Law Got To Do With
It?". The consensus from this session was that there was a
clear need to focus our collective efforts on implementation and
on the need for a major commitment to, and investment in, capacity
building.
UNEP: Global Judges Symposium
Read The
Johannesburg Principles on the Role of Law and Sustainable Development.
UNEP: Follow Up Meeting on Global Judges Symposium
From 30-31 January 2003, 26 chief justices and senior judges from
around the world met at UNEP Headquarters in Nairobi to follow
up on the outcomes of the UNEP Global Judges Symposium.
The meeting also considered the outcomes from previous judicial
symposia, including the recent regional meetings held in London
(for Western Europe) and Kuwait (for the Arab Region), both of
which were either sponsored or co-sponsored by the IUCN and UNEP.
At the invitation of the South African Chief Justice, several observers,
including the IUCN, attended the meeting and were invited to directly
share their views with the judges on the best way forward.
Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson reported on the outcomes of the
meeting to the Civil Society Forum and the Plenary Session of the
Governing Council of UNEP on 2 and 3 February respectively. The
IUCN was represented at the Nairobi meeting by the chairperson
of the Commission on Environmental Law (CEL) and the head of the
ELP, and the CEL regional vice-chairperson for Eastern Europe was
also in attendance.
IUCN Commission on Environmental Law, World Summit
2002: Environmental Law Foundations for Sustainable Development
For a copy of the World Summit 2002: Summary Paper, go to the
IUCN website: http://www.iucn.org/themes/law/pdfdocuments/CEL%20Conf%20Abstract.pdf
Papers presented at the conference will be published
in full in the South African Environmental Law and Policy Journal.EnviroLaw
Solutions: Law and Governance for a Sustainable World
For a copy of the Durban statement: EnviroLaw 2002
Recommendations, to the IUCN website: http://www.iucn.org/themes/law/pdfdocuments/EnviroLaw%202002%20final%20recommendations%20to%20the%20wssd.pdf
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