Human Rights and the Environment: Synergies and Challenges

Human Rights and the Environment21-23 November 2013Training seminars seriesThe seminar will analyse human rights from an environmental perspective, with a new multidisciplinary approach. It is targeted on practitioners and postgraduates who wish to deepen their knowledge of instruments aimed at integrating human rights and environmental issues in their daily work.HumanRights andthe Environment: Synergies and Challengesprogramme21 NovemberHuman Rights and the Environment in the Context of Sustainable Development - The Relationships Between Human Rights and the Environment - EU Policy and Action - Anthropocentric vs Ecocentric Perspectives - The Right to Development vs Sustainability - Ecosystem Services22 NovemberIdentifying and Promoting the Link Between Human Rights and the Environment - Civil, Political, Social and Economic Rights - Rights-Based Approach to Environmental Protection - Environmental Justice and Human Rights - Human Rights and the Environment in Wartime - Case Studies23 NovemberChallenges and Responses to Implementing a Rights-Based Approach to Environmental Protection - Transitional Justice, Indigenous People - Challenges: Is Sustainability Possible? - Case Studies - Final RoundtablefacultyThe faculty is composed of academics and practitioners actively involved in the field of human rights and well-known ecologists specialised in environmental policies and conservation issues.Tundi Agardy, Director, Sound SeasColm Campbell, Professor, University of UlsterCharles Di Leva, Chief Counsel, Environmental and International Law Unit, World BankKaren Morrow, Professor, Swansea UniversityGiuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, President, Tethys Research InstituteBarbara Ruis, Legal Officer, DELC, UNEPGordon Walker, Professor, Lancaster UniversityWith the participation of:OHCHR and EU representativesWith the support ofcontactEIUC - Human Rights VillageMonastery of San Nicolò 2630126 Venice Lido - ItalyTel. +39 041 2720923www.eiuc.org/hretraining.hre@eiuc.org21-23 November2013