Marc Willers KC
@mwillersqc
Barrister @gardencourtlaw. Fighting to protect the environment and rights of Gypsies/Travellers/Roma in the UK and Ireland. Tweeting in a personal capacity.
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http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/marc-willers/ 07-08-2011 19:31:48
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Great podcast from Guardian Environment explaining how and why the KlimaSeniorinnen case was brought by 2500 Swiss Senior Women before the ECHR CEDH and the positive impact that the landmark judgment will have on #climatejustice across the globe for all generations.
Pleased to be representing Mr Black & family who returned to the UK today after being stranded in Trinidad & Tobago for 40 yrs due to the #WindrushScandal . The family fought the Home Office with grace & grit.
Excellent work & support to the family by Gertrude & Windrush Lives
Samples processed by Bangor University wastewater research, breakdown on insta Dr Christian Dunn Teresa May MP Joy Morrissey MP The Guardian Feargal Sharkey The Rivers Trust RiverActionUK Bucks Free Press MaidenheadAdvertiser
You have to say what an extraordinary job MattStaniek
and the team at #savewindermere have done, utterly brilliant.
Steve Coogan explains how corporate greed is poisoning lake Windermere.
The campaign to #savewindermere hitting the news, yet again. MattStaniek you are a hero. Go, go go! 🙌🙌🙌
. Dee Cooper met Social Historian Tony Johnson to talk about the new exhibition being held in Hampshire.
The 'New Forest Romany Heritage Exhibition' celebrates 500 years of Romany history, with photos, stories, newspaper cuttings & council records.
travellerstimes.org.uk/features/celeb…
'Domestic and international law are deeply intertwined ... people obey international law because it's been internalised into [domestic] law ... we paid a decent respect to the opinions of mankind, something that we've lost ...'
Former Dean of Yale Law School, Harold Hongju Koh’s.
Who is Mike Parry and where does he get this drivel? The 2038 Swiss Women who brought the case were assisted in their case by Greenpeace International and the ECHR has nothing to do with the European Union - it is part of the Council Of Europe, which has 46 Contracting States.
The BBC wrongly think that if they pander to the Mail and other right wing rag agenda, the Mail will go a bit easy on them. Pathetic. Well done John O'Farrell calling it out. Same theme my The New European - Think Without Borders column this coming week.
Simon Oldridge Excellent thread Simon.
Changing land use in the UK is critical, both ecologically and economically.
Compared to European peers, we use our land extraordinarily badly:
- Highest % of agricultural land
- Low food yield per capita
- Least forest cover
- Cramped housing
Etc
A statement by Michel Forst Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders :
'It is important for me to stress that professional sanctions can definitely be considered as a form of “penalization, persecution or harassment”
Watch here:
vimeo.com/933654347
#ClimateOfInjustice