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DIALOGO SOBRE LOS DERECHOS DE LA NATURALEZA
Invito a escuchar la discusión sobre un tema que se expande aceleradamente en el mundo, abordado en el marco de los 'Diálogos América Latina-Europa: Transiciones ecosociales y justicia global', realizados en Madrid el 8 y 9 de mayo.

Pleased to announce that my new book 'Constitutional Review and International Investment Law: Deference or Defiance?' is available on Oxford Scholarship online and available to order. Hope it is of interest to both comparative constitutional law and investment law folks.

🔴 #URGENTE
Expertas y expertos de la #ONU UN Human Rights recomiendan a las autoridades de #Ecuador garantizar que las consultas ambientales en proyectos mineros cumplan con las normas de #DDHH , mediante la inclusión de todas las comunidades. 🧵

➡️ bit.ly/4dGF8I4

Sobre la decisión acertada de rechazar los arbitrajes internacionales del punto de vista de una entidad canadiense

canadiandimension.com/articles/view/…

This is insane, and needs to be fixed.

Citizen-science meets rivers activism again (& filling the gap left by government): The Rivers Trust launches The Big River Watch, a monitoring scheme for local volunteers to report details of pollution.
Find out more below, participate, spread the word...
theguardian.com/environment/ar…

As the science around climate attribution evolves, so too does the legal landscape. But how do we bridge the gap between scientific evidence & ‘legal standards of proof’ in corporate climate litigation?
Lucia Saborio Perez of Leigh Day International provides some insight business-humanrights.org/en/blog/climat…

A legal claim potentially worth hundreds of millions to compensate thousands of people for pollution in the River Wye and its tributaries has been extended to include US multi national food producer Cargill Plc. The claim is lead by Oliver Holland ow.ly/5Kwi50RuAtQ

I've organized a conference! Come check it out Wednesday 5 June at LSBU, London. Featuring fab names inc. Prof Caitríona Beaumont Tara Van Ho Andrew Crane Michelle Staggs Kelsall Sanna Ström and many more - please sign up here and tell your friends! School of LSS LSBU Law
eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-right…

Six years as Special Rapporteur, by the numbers:
>500,000 km traveled
>12,000 hours volunteered
>1,000 meetings attended
>500 letters sent to States and businesses
>400 speeches and presentations
-161 States that recognize, in law, the right to a healthy environment

This Wednesday at Bonavero Institute of Human Rights Faculty of Law screening of the documentary “Tribunal” by Malcolm Rogge with a panel discussion Miriam Saage-Maass Phil Bloomer. Please join if you are in Oxford!

Screening on Wed, May 1 at University of Oxford's Bonavero Institute of Human Rights Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, with moderator Ekaterina Aristova and Miriam Saage-Maass of ECCHR and Phil Bloomer of Business & Human Rights. The mission - untangling the web of ISDS, environment, human rights and climate. #bizhumanrights

Sometimes short films both dive deep & hit their marks.
This one does so brilliantly: focusses on how shadowy investor-state treaties allow brutal exploitation of communities on the ground, in Ecuador's Intag Valley.
Dir. Malcolm Rogge 👏
vimeo.com/856405911

Mi informe sobre la represión estatal de las protestas ambientales ya está disponible en español 👉 unece.org/sites/default/…

Coming up next week - May 1 University of Oxford Bonavero Institute of Human Rights Bonavero Institute of Human Rights. A critical look at ISDS.
law.ox.ac.uk/content/event/… With speakers Ekaterina Aristova, Phil Bloomer, Miriam Saage-Maass, and Malcolm Rogge. #bizhumanrights Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) Ladan Mehranvar Leonardo DiCaprio

Today, after years of work, countless hours of negotiations and political turmoil, the #CSDDD is finally ADOPTED! Exactly one year after the tragic collapse of Rana Plaza.

EU:n yritysvastuudirektiivi on viimein HYVÄKSYTTY!

Watch The Tribunal, a short film by Malcolm Rogge in partnership with the Columbia Center for Sustainable Investment about the experiences of community members impacted by Canadian mining in Ecuador:
amnesty.ca/human-rights-n…

Trickle-up economics at work. Increasing inequality and hollowing out the middle - the result of Thatcher-Reagan led State-minimizing tax and regulatory policies. A new gilded age for the ultra rich. The solution = tax policies for reinvestment in public services & institutions.

Forty-odd years after neoliberalism took hold it’s clear it doesn’t work. In fact, it never had either a robust theory or the data to back up its claims. Time to introduce a new, more freeing capitalism that allows all people to live up to their potential. That’s what I do in my