Seminar A of the People's Academy of International Law: The Right to a Clean and Healthy Environment
Seminar A: The Right to a Clean and Healthy Environment -
Thurs. March 7, 2023
Seminar A: The Right to a Clean and Healthy Environment took place on Thursday, March 7, 2023.
Faculty for Seminar A:
Richard Harvey – Legal Counsel for Campaigns at Greenpeace International
Mametlwe Sebei – Lecturer in Department of Jurisprudence at University of South Africa
Martha Schmidt – Co-chair of Human Rights Framework Project of the National Lawyers Guild
The program was moderated by Marjorie Cohn, Dean of the People’s Academy of International Law.
See below for videos in English, French and Spanish as well as reference documents and PowerPoint presentations provided by the speakers.
English language video:
French language video:
Spanish language video:
Resources and further information
- Martha Schmidt’s PowerPoint Presentation on The Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment
- Mametlwe Sebei’s Notes on Labour Perspectives: A Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment
- Richard Harvey’s PowerPoint Presentation on The Global Demand for Climate Justice
- Richard Harvey, “If the Climate Crisis Was a Bank, Switzerland would Bail Us Out” published in the Socialist Lawyer
- Development of International Standards involving the Legal Expert/Special Rapporteur on the Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment, compiled by Martha Schmidt
- Amicus brief submitted to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea by the UN Special Rapporteurs on Human Rights & Climate Change (Ian Fry), Toxics & Human Rights (Marcos Orellana), and Human Rights & the Environment (David Boyd), 2023
- Report of the Special Rapporteur on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment, David R. Boyd, January 2024
