PPT-International Environmental law

research Shikha Gupta Joseph shikhajosephhofstraedu Spring 2014 Agenda Basic Definitions Research Process Sources for Research Basic Definitions International Law Public Private . Transparency And Business In International Environmental Law. Larry . Catá. Backer. W. Richard and Mary . Eshelman. Faculty Scholar & Professor of Law, . Professor of International Affairs . Pennsylvania State University . Ben Baseley-Walker,. Legal and Policy Advisor, Secure World Foundation. bbw@swfound.org. +1-202-255-2153. Overview. International Law 101. Foundations. Jus ad bellum/ jus in . bello. General Principles. Cecilia M. . Bailliet. . cecilia.bailliet@jus.uio.no. Hersch. . Lauterpacht. International Law . should. be . functionally. . oriented. . towards. . both. . the. establishment . of. . peace. Chapter . 24. International Law. : formed as a result of international customs, treaties, and organizations - that governs relations among or between nations.. National Law. : law of a particular nation. Joost Blom. Peter A. Allard School of Law. University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Preliminary outline — not for citation or attribution. 1. Introduction. Where legal systems locate . PrIL. in their hierarchy of norms. Dr. Ilias Plakokefalos, Assistant Professor, Utrecht University, Senior Research Associate, Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea. Terminology. Due diligence refers to the nature of a concrete obligation. Loretta . Feris. Institute of Marine and Environmental Law, University of Cape Town, South Africa. PERs under threat. Central-right politics and the retreat from environmental guarantees. Pressure on governments to remove “stumbling blocks” to development. Natural Law - Origins. Stoicism (Reason). Roman Republic (Cicero). Catholicism (Aquinas). International Law (Grotius). English Natural Rights Tradition (Locke). Natural Law – Stoicism . Cleanthes: the good lies in “living . INTERNATIONAL LAW AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF NATIONALIST POLITICS PRESENTED BY AZMIR Shah Zainal Abidin INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION ATTORNEY GENERAL’S CHAMBERS MALAYSIA PURPOSE OF THE TOPIC What is international law? Enacted as: the “National Environmental Policy Act of 1969”, on January 1, 1970Where Law Applies: (NEPA), the federal government is responsible for using “all practicable means, consis WASAWAProfessor Yuji Iwasawa holds the chair of international law at the Faculty of Law in the University of Tokyo He currently serves as the Chairperson of the Human Rights Committee under the Intern On Environmental Law Dinah Shelton and Alexandre Kiss Introduction by Hon Judge Christopher G Weeramantry Judicial Editorial Board Hon Judge Christopher G Weeramantry Former ViceJustice Co-Chair Judge 1. The Importance of Treaties and International Agreements. Treaties and international non-treaty agreements (usually executive agreements) are critical in the foreign policy world.. Treaties such as the WTO treaty contain their own enforcement mechanisms, which are as effective as the signatories allow them to be. . Binod Prasad Sharma. Faculty/ Judge High Court. National Judicial Academy, Nepal. Background. The role of the legal system to ensure environmental justice is only effective if it is universally accessible. .