Dear Erin and othee GNHRE colleagues,
As the newcomer I am delighted to be part of the network and its great
achievements.
I wish you all Marry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Regards,
Srna
On Fri, 18 Dec 2020 at 21:42, Sunil Murlidhar Shastri <
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> Dear Erin, All at GNHRE:
>
> Many thanks for writing to me.
>
> It is great to know about the tremendous activities by GNHRE this year and
> the plans 2021 alongside the details of all the team that works in the
> background.
>
> I take this opportunity to wish all of you and your loved ones, health and
> happiness, peace and prosperity for the Festive Season, the New Year and
> beyond.
>
> With my warmest regards,
>
> Sunil
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Erin Daly <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Thu, 17 Dec 2020 6:13
> Subject: GNHRE Greetings
>
> December 15, 2020
>
> Dear GNHRE Members,
>
> It’s been quite a year for the Global Network for Human Rights and the
> Environment! As you all know, the GNHRE is a loose affiliation of lawyers,
> academics, activists and other professionals, globally dispersed and
> intellectually diverse, who all share a human rights orientation to
> environmental protection.
>
> We write now to give you an update of what the GNHRE has been up to, and a
> preview of the year ahead.
>
> The GNHRE’s greatest resource is the people who are members, and we are
> especially grateful to those members of the Core Team whose energies and
> enthusiasm have galvanized the network’s activities. This year, we have
> expanded the Core Team to enlarge our global reach and to focus on
> programming and progress in a few key areas.
>
> *THE CORE TEAM*
> Erin Daly, *Director*
> Dina Lupin Townsend, *Deputy Director*
>
> Astrid Bernal, *Media and Web Content*
> Tim Blackman, *Website Management*
> Josh Gellers, *New Members*
> Sara Seck, *Research Repository*
> Uday Shankar, *New Members*
> Natalia Urzola, *Membership Coordinator*
>
> *Regional Directors and Deputy Directors*
> Africa: Clive Vinti, Caiphas Brewster Soyapi, Angela Kariuki
> Asia: Uday Shankar and Pankaj Karn
> Asia-Pacific: Peter Burdon and Manuel Solis
> Caribbean: Lisa Benjamin
> Europe: Annalisa Savaresi and Margaretha Wewerinke
> Latin America: Maria Antonia Tigre and Daniel Noroña
> North America: Sara Seck and Rebecca Bratspies
>
>
> *Natalia Urzola*, our new *Membership Coordinator*, is excited to be
> working with GNHRE’s members -- our greatest resource! She'll be developing
> new opportunities for enhancing members’ connections to each other and to
> support and promote knowledge exchange. One of those opportunities is a new
> mentorship program, which aims to provide a forum where one-to-one
> relationships between members with similar interests and experience are
> able to emerge and thrive. Look for some more exciting new programs in the
> near future!
>
> *Astrid Bernal* is our new *Coordinator for Media and Web Content* –
> ensuring up-to-date communications with our 1.200-1.600 friends and
> followers on Facebook and Twitter, with help from Daniella Toma and Otto
> Spijkers.
>
> *NEW PROGRAMS *
>
> This year, for the first time, we organized a series of Webinars focusing
> on Human Rights Strategies in Climate Change Litigation, the recordings of
> which are available in the *Video Library
> <https://gnhre.org/category/video-library/>* on our newly renovated
> website.
>
> - A Global Overview (June), with Hari Osofsky, Joana Setzer, David
> Boyd, and Tessa Khan (organized by Annalisa Savaresi)
> - Southeast Asia (July), with Surya Deva, Sanjay Upadhyay, Tara Prasad
> Sapkota (organized by Uday Shankar)
> - Latin America (August), with Soledad Garcia Muñoz, Astrid Puentes,
> Juan Auz, and Monica Feria-Tinta (organized by Maria Antonia Tigre and
> Daniel Noroña)
> - Europe (September), with Roda Verheyen, Andrew Jackson, Dennis van
> Berkel, and Louise Fournier (organized by Margaretha Wewerinke), and
> - Africa (November), with Nicole Loser, Passy Amayo, Gino Cocchiaro,
> and Andrew Gilder (organized by Clive Vinti, Angela Kariuki, and Caiphas
> Soyapi)
>
> This series complemented a webinar co-sponsored with Environmental Law and
> Governance Association offering an introduction to the field of human
> rights and the environment and featuring John Knox, David Boyd, Sumudu
> Atapattu, and Dina Lupin Townsend.
>
> We have also launched a *Book Discussion* series, which will continue in
> 2021. In November, we featured Josh Gellers’ *Rights for Robots*
> <https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/rights-robots-joshua-gellers/10.4324/9780429288159.>,
> available for free download! This event is also available in the Video
> Library. Next year, we’ll complement the series with *Curated Reading
> Lists* on selected topics.
>
> Also upcoming: GNHRE is proud to be a co-sponsor of THE TIME IS NOW:
> Canadian and Global Recognition of the Right to a Healthy Environment,
> January 26, 2021, 5-7 pm PST | 8-10 pm EST
> Register now: bit.ly/Enviro2021
>
> Please contact us ([log in to unmask]) if you’d like to discuss new
> events.
>
> *NEW WEBSITE FEATURES*
>
> In addition to our ever-growing community pages – featuring upcoming
> events, blog posts, and other news of interest to our community members –
> the new website includes our growing *Research Repository
> <https://gnhre.org/research-repository/>*, as well as a page featuring
> our new *institutional partnerships
> <https://www.globalpandemicnetwork.org/>.*
>
> This year, the GNHRE Community page has featured a number of exceptional
> blog posts and commentaries. *Maria-Antonia Tigre and Victoria Lichet* blog
> post in October
> <https://gnhre.org/2020/10/19/the-human-rights-council-urges-states-to-realize-the-rights-of-the-child-through-a-healthy-environment/> discussed
> the UNHRC's recent adoption of a resolution on realising the rights of the
> child through a healthy environment. The blog post explores the critical
> links between the human rights of children and the protection of a healthy
> environment, a critical issue given the heightened vulnerability of
> children to air and water pollution as well as to the effects of climate
> change. In September, *Maria Antonia Tigre & Alex Goodman* wrote an
> excellent blog post on Case ADPF 708
> <https://gnhre.org/2020/09/22/adpf708-climate-fund-what-to-expect-from-brazils-first-public-hearing-on-climate-policy/> involving
> Brazil’s Climate Fund. This case constituted Brazil's first public hearing
> on climate policy. The plaintiff's in the case challenged the Bolsonaro
> government's effective policy of paralysing the Fund. This blog post
> highlights the importance of this case, emphasising the Court's decision to
> hold a hearing and Judge Barroso's statement that “environmental protection
> is not a political option, but a constitutional duty.” In June, *Tracy
> Lynn Field* contributed a fascinating discussion of her new book
> <https://gnhre.org/2020/06/04/blogpost-state-governance-of-mining-development-and-sustainability-by-tracy-lynn-field-edward-elgar-publishing/>, ‘State
> Governance of Mining, Development and Sustainability’. In the post, Tracy
> describes her 'five-year research journey into the languages we speak about
> mining, development and sustainability, and their translation into legal
> and economic concepts and rules', providing us with fantastic insight both
> into the book itself and the road she took to writing it. In February, *Otto
> Spijkers* contributed an important blog post on the Urgenda case
> <https://gnhre.org/2020/02/17/urgenda-and-dutch-dikastophobia-is-this-the-end-of-public-interest-litigation-for-the-environment-and-the-end-of-article-3305a-dutch-civil-code/> in
> the Netherlands and the idea of dikastophobia, challenging us to think
> about the impacts and costs of the case on public interest litigation for
> the environment. *Hector Herrera*'s blog post on fracking
> <https://gnhre.org/2020/01/06/the-legal-status-of-fracking-worldwide-an-environmental-law-and-human-rights-perspective/> provided
> an invaluable human rights perspective on the state of fracking all over
> the globe, discussing recent developments and tracking global trends. The
> post discusses developments in regulation and litigation and makes the
> connections between human rights, climate change and fracking explicit. In
> addition to these insightful and topical blog posts, each of our webinars
> has been accompanied by a blog post.
>
> One of the website’s most popular features is the new *Member Spotlight
> <https://gnhre.org/community/>*, in which we’ve so far featured Gabriela
> Oanta, Monica Feria-Tinta, Maria Antonia Tigre, and GNHRE Founder Anna
> Grear.
>
> Thanks to the extraordinary efforts of Tim Blackman, we continue to
> improve and strengthen the website. Early next year, we’ll roll out a new
> Member Profile page; at that point, we’ll ask you to update your photo and
> biographical information.
>
> We wish you all a very happy and healthy end of 2021 and we look forward
> to bright things ahead in 2021!
>
>
> Warmly,
>
> Erin Daly & Dina Townsend, on behalf of the GNHRE Core Team
>
>
>
> Erin Daly
> Professor of Law, Delaware Law School <http://delawarelaw.widener.edu/>
> Executive Director, Dignity Rights International
> <http://dignityrights.org/>
> Co-Founder, Dignity Rights Project
> <http://delawarelaw.widener.edu/prospective-students/jd-program/jd-academics/public-interest/dignity-rights-project/>
> Director, Global Network for Human Rights and the Environment (GNHRE)
> <http://gnhre.org/>
>
>
>
> *Dignity Rights: Constitutions, Courts, and the Worth of the Human Person
> <http://www.amazon.com/Dignity-Rights-Constitutions-Citizenship-Constitutionalism/dp/0812244400>
> Reconciliation in Divided Societies: Finding Common Ground
> <http://www.amazon.com/Reconciliation-Divided-Societies-Finding-Pennsylvania/dp/0812221249/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8>
> Global Environmental Constitutionalism
> <http://www.amazon.com/Global-Environmental-Constitutionalism-James-May/dp/1107022258/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1415097728&sr=1-1&keywords=global+environmental+constitutionalism>*
> *Implementing Environmental Constitutionalism*
> <http://admin.cambridge.org/academic/subjects/law/environmental-law/implementing-environmental-constitutionalism-current-global-challenges?format=HB>
> *Environmental Constitutionalism*
> <https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/environmental-constitutionalism?___website=uk_warehouse>
> Scholarship on SSRN
> <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=83682>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Srna Sudar, PhD candidate
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