26/07/2024
Re sustainability, should you have the time and are interested:
Good afternoon,
We hope this note finds you well. This is a reminder that TOMORROW, Friday 26 July 2024, an international online symposium on the Natural World, Sustainable Development Goals and the Law will be held online from 3 to 8 p.m CEST. You can Register Now using this link.
This entirely-online international legal conference is a unique opportunity to delve into the most pressing challenges of our time and learn about critical law and governance innovations in climate change, biodiversity and natural resources. The mid-symposium plenary features the world-class biennial Hon Justice CD Gonthier Memorial Lectures, which are provided by eminent international leaders with global insights, experience and impact Justice Kathy-Ann Brown (International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea, Jamaica) and Professor Christina Voigt (University of Oslo, Chair of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law, Norway), and celebrate this biennial’s Weeramantry International Justice Award laureates, as well as the inaugural award of a new Global Fellowship in honour of HE Judge CG and Mrs Weeramantry.
If you have registered already, we encourage you to think about key questions to ask to our esteemed experts during these fascinating sessions. This is a unique opportunity to engage with world-renowned scholars and policy-makers on the challenges facing our world. If you are aware of others who might be interested in this event, please share the registration link widely, helping to democratize access to these global education and knowledge sharing events. There is a free option for anyone who cannot afford registration.
Held entirely online, the global symposium co-hosted by the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL), in cooperation with expert colleagues from the University of Cambridge, McGill University, the University of Montreal, the University of Waterloo, the University of Nairobi, the University of Costa Rica, the University of Chile, UN Environment Programme, the International Development Law Organization, the International Law Association, the International Intertribal Trade and Investment Organization, the Sustainable Development Solutions Network of Canada, and the International Bar Association, along with the McGill Journal of Sustainable Development Law (MJSDL) and the Sustainable Development Law and Policy Journal of Nigeria, among other partners, offering a special, once-every-two-years chance to become more informed and engaged in emerging issues of this field.
Thank you again for your engagement, we greatly look forward to seeing you tomorrow for this groundbreaking symposium on the Natural World, Sustainable Development Goals and the Law.
Highest Regards,
Thalsa Mekaouche,
Communications Officer, Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL)
