Human Rights and the Environment: Synergies and Challenges

Hu ma n R igh ts a nd th e E nv iro nm en t 21 -23 No ve mb er 20 13 Training seminars series The 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. Human Rights and the Environment: Synergies and Challenges programme 21 November Human 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 Services 22 November Identifying 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 Studies 23 November Challenges and Responses to Implementing a Rights-Based Approach to Environmental Protection - Transitional Justice, Indigenous People - Challenges: Is Sustainability Possible? - Case Studies - Final Roundtable faculty The 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 Seas Colm Campbell, Professor, University of Ulster Charles Di Leva, Chief Counsel, Environmental and International Law Unit, World Bank Karen Morrow, Professor, Swansea University Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, President, Tethys Research Institute Barbara Ruis, Legal Officer, DELC, UNEP Gordon Walker, Professor, Lancaster University With the participation of: OHCHR and EU representatives With the support of contact EIUC - Human Rights Village Monastery of San Nicolò 26 30126 Venice Lido - Italy Tel. +39 041 2720923 www.eiuc.org/hre training.hre@eiuc.org 21-23 November 2013