Access to #information is a pre-condition for protecting and exercising all #HumanRights in the context of the #ClimateCrisis . Pls contribute to, & spread the word about, this call: ohchr.org/en/calls-for-i…

📢Registration has opened for the 2024 Law Society Ireland Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) covering all things Environmental, Social & Governance #ESG . This is a free course, open to all and delivered entirely online.
Register today: mooc2024.lawsociety.ie

#MOOCESG #legaleducation

Environmental defenders are nature’s truest allies. Journalists are some of the most important defenders we have

World #PressFreedom Day focuses on journalism in the face of the #EnvironmentalCrisis . As UN Environment Programme says, journalists save lives & unearth truth: unep.org/news-and-stori…

Violent attacks against environmental journalists on the rise, report finds theguardian.com/environment/ar…

💥 COURT WIN 💥 The High Court has now told the UK government not once, but twice, that its climate strategy is not fit-for-purpose, and is therefore unlawful.

Full story here: clientearth.org/latest/news/we…

Protecting those who protect our planet!

Tune in to UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳's #WorldPressFreedomDay Conference in #Chile , highlighting the threats faced by environmental journalists.

Let's unite to safeguard #PressFreedom and environmental voices worldwide!
unesco.org/en/articles/wo…

📢 We're hiring ‼️

Applications are open for temporary advisors at the Irish Mission for the 79th United Nations General Assembly. 🇺🇳🇮🇪

Apply by 17.00 EST ⏰ on Friday 17 May 2024.

More info here: bit.ly/TempAdvisors

Since 2016, 2,691 rights defenders were killed. Over 1/2 were environmental defenders.

This is unacceptable.

2024 is the biggest election year in history- a tremendous opportunity for change. Don't let it go to waste. Vote for defenders. For our planet. For our rights Global Citizen ⭕

Representatives from the European Commission & Member States will be joining us in an upcoming webinar to explore how we can accelerate the renewable energy transition that:

🧑‍🤝‍🧑Involves strong public participation
🏞️Respects & protects nature

Register here👇
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

In today's Irish Times - a development that will no doubt frame discussion at tomorrow's open-to-all event.

PELGBA are running a free event tomorrow at 2.30pm on planning and the renewable energy sector with key speakers from the industry.

More at: ti.to/BarofIreland/p…

Today, I start as the UN Special Rapporteur for the human right to a clean, healthy & sustainable environment.
I am grateful w the United Nations Human Rights Council for trusting me with such an important mandate, lead before by David Boyd Dr. David R. Boyd & John H Knox

🧵👇🏽
ohchr.org/en/special-pro…

Interested in a career as an 🇮🇪 Irish-language translator or proofreader with the EU 🇪🇺 institutions?

Applications are now open for 9-month internships with the institutions in Brussels or Luxembourg, starting in October 2024 & funded by Tourism-Culture-Arts-Gaeltacht-Sport-Media 👉acadamh.ie/acadamh/ionad-…

📢 WE’RE HIRING 📢

✅ Are you interested in working at the Irish Mission to the UN in Geneva?

✅ Do you have experience working in human rights?

Applications for Graduate Policy Officer - Human Rights close on Friday 17 May

➡️ ireland.ie/en/un/geneva/a…

Congratulations to our colleague Dr Henrietta Zeffert who has recently published a new book: Home and International Law: 'Dispossession, Displacement and Resistance in Everyday Life' which draws from Dr Zeffert’s fieldwork in Cambodia, Palestine and the UK
ucc.ie/en/law/news/dr…

My book 'European Human Rights Grey Zones - The Council of Europe and Areas of Conflict' will be launched this day 3 weeks!

It is a tremendous honour to confirm that Prof. Colin Harvey (QUBHumanRightsCentre) and Prof. Siobhán Mullally (@IrishCentreHR) will speak at the launch.

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We've opened a few more in-person tickets this morning for tomorrow's hybrid event on the ECHR climate seniors case.

Next Thursday!

'[Is]Land Grabbing, Community Standing & Access to Justice: The Case of Barbuda'

UCD Environmental Law & Justice Research Group UCD Sutherland School of Law and PROPERTY inJUSTICE

2-4pm Thu 9 May 2024
L143 & on Zoom

#Barbuda #Escazú GLAN | Global Legal Action Network

eventbrite.ie/e/island-grabb…

Thanks to Solomon Fine Art for publishing a catalogue for my next exhibition Pilgrim

Pilgrim opens this Thursday the 2nd of May at 6pm. All are welcome

It runs then until the 25th of May. I hope you might get to see it

Thanks to Michael Waldron
for the wonderful introduction

Kicking off talks in the barn at 10am is a session on The Circular Economy.
Join researcher from Circular Bioeconomy Research Group IKC3 Project Circular Bioeconomy Cluster South-West at Munster Technological University to learn about shifting to a Sustainable Mindset in Industry, Marine and Agri-Food sectors.
#WildMind

wildmind.ie/events/event/t…