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AT THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
SIDE-EVENT
1:30 – 2:45, 27 October 2020
On
STRENGTHENING COOPERATION FOR INTERNATONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
Under the sponsorship of
The Mission Permanente de la France Auprès des National Unies à New York
The Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the United Nations
The Permanent Observe mission of IUCN to the United Nations
The INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF ENVIRONMENTAL Law (ICEL)
As the United Nations General Assembly advances its substantive consultations on international cooperation for strengthening environmental law frameworks under General Assembly resolution 73/333, and the consensus of the first informal meeting 21-23 July 2020 on “Follow-up to the report of the ad hoc open-ended working group established pursuant to General Assembly resolution 72/277,” it is timely to review expert studies on (a) governance and the role of UNEP as the leading global environmental authority (recommendations 6,9,11,12,18, of July 2020) and on (b) the means of implementation of international environmental law (recommendations 7, 13, 15 and 16, of July 2020) and on (c) environmental rule of law (recommendations 1, 14, and 17, of July 2020). This side-event is convened to present the expertise of distinguished scholars of international environmental law regarding options for opportune “next steps” in the progressive development of international environmental law and organization, to provide essential foundation for attaining the Sustainable Development Goals.
A Panel oif distinguished jurists address these themes: Prof. Chikosa Banda (Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Malawi, Chancellor College (Zomba, Malawi) and Member of the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law); Dr. Nilüfer Oral (Member, U.N. International Law Commission, and Professor, Law Faculty, Istanbul Bilgi University (Turkey) , and Director, Center for International Law, National University of Singapore); Prof. Christina Voigt (Professor, University of Oslo, Department of Public and International Law (Oslo, Norway), and Chair of the Climate Change Specialist Group of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law); Dr. Segio Ugalde (Professor, University for Peace, Costa Rica, diplomat, and Agent before the UN ICJ; Member International Law Association); and Dr. Lucien Chabason (Senior Advisor to the Institute for Sustainble Development and Internatonal Relations (IDDRI), at Science-Po, Paris France; former coordinator for the UN Mediterranean Action Plan (1994-3003). Prof. Nicholas A. Robinson (Executive Governor, International Council of Environmental Law, and Professor, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University (New York) moderated.
The IUCN World Commission on Environmental law and ICEL have posted an audio-videotape of this Side-Event on line. See is www.iucn.orgh/commissions/wcel, and www.iceninternatonal.org. ICEL was founded in 1969 in New Delhi and is the oldest international association of jurists dedicated to the field of environmental law, accredited to ECOSOC. It has actively participated in the Montevideo Programme and other leading initiatives of UNEP, IUCN, and other international organizations. ICEL’s briefing of 10 December 2018 on the UN Secretary General’s 2018 Report on Gaps in International Environmental Law, 30 November 2018 (A/73/419) is archived at http://webtv.un.org/watch/strengthening-implementation-of-international-environmental-law/5977795659001/?term= .