Invitation: Environmental Peacebuilding Lecture with Ambassador Marie Jacobsson

Oct 31, 2016 | Britta Sjöstedt
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At the event, to be held on 3 November in Washington, Ambassador Marie Jacobsson will receive the prominent Al-Moumin Award for her exceptional contributions to environmental peacebuilding.

Ambassador Jacobsson is a member of the United Nations International Law Commission and she was the instigator for including the topic Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflict onto the Commission’s work agenda. The Al-Moumin Award and Distinguished Lecture of Environmental Peacebuildling acknowledges leading thinkers who are influential within the field of environmental peacebuilding. The Award is named in honor of Dr. Mishkat Al-Moumin. She was Iraq’s first Minister of Environment, and also a human rights and environmental lawyer.