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From 19 to 21 August 2024, the 10th Asia Pacific Mediation Forum was held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The objective of the forum was to discuss the resolution of climate and environmental disputes, bringing together over 350 participants from 23 countries, including State Ministers, Chief Justices, judges, magistrates, scholars, diplomats, and experts. Within the theme of “Regional Challenges, Regional Solutions, Global Outcomes: Using Mediation to Resolve Environment and Climate Change Disputes”, some common messages and recommendations arose from multiple sessions of the conference

A high-level dialogue between Chief Justices, Supreme Court Justices and experts in exploring approaches and solutions to climate change-related disputes arising before domestic courts across the globe. Climate Change is a global issue that requires the attention and action of institutions and stakeholders at every level around the world. An important element of this effort is the role of national and international Courts, often tasked with deciding disputes with complex temporal and spatial environmental ramifications. The session is envisaged as a knowledge-sharing platform where Supreme

In cooperation with UNEP, the International Association of Judges (IAJ), IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL), the International Council of Environmental Law (ICEL) and the European Union Forum of Judges for the Environment (EUFJE) The event will be an immersive one-day Dialogue that seeks to facilitate knowledge exchange between judges and interdisciplinary climate experts, and to build the capacity of judges so that they may better grasp and resolve the proliferating set of climate change disputes. In this way, the GJIE and CHRGJ seek to contribute to the development of

At the margins of the 3rd Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-3), 13 to 19 November 2023, a virtual side event will be held on “ The Role of Judges in Addressing Plastic Pollution”, organised by the Global Judicial Institute on the Environment (GJIE) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in cooperation with the International Union for Conservation of Nature World Commission on Environmental Law (IUCN WCEL), the International Council of

The Conference brought together various stakeholders, who included: judges of the court, the Judiciary leadership, the national and county governments, different state agencies, academia, civil society, United Nations agencies, development partners, among others, to mark 10 years since establishment of the Environment and Land Court of Kenya (ELC) in 2011. The main objectives of this conference were to highlight achievements and constraints and provide a platform for discussion on matters related to the environment and land. Organizers: The Environment and Land Court of Kenya (Photo: Report of

The two - day Symposium will bring together Supreme Court Justices and senior judges as key actors in the implementation of the Environmental Rule of Law. It will be held in conjunction with the United Nations’ Stockholm+50 Conference commemorating the 50 th anniversary of the original United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in 1972.

The World Judicial Conference on Environment was held in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province. Over 160 participants, including Chief Justices, Justices, Presidents and judges of supreme courts, constitutional courts, supreme administrative courts and local courts, and foreign diplomats from 27 countries and representatives of international organizations attended the Conference. Under the theme of “The Role of the Judiciary in Advancing Ecological Civilization: Building a Shared Future for All Life on Earth ”, participants exchanged ideas regarding the role of the judiciary in