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ICL and Environmental Protection Symposium: Establishing Facts for Strategic Climate Litigation through Private-Public Partnerships
Jun 2, 2020
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Reinhold Gallmetzer
Climate change is the defining issue of this generation, and the present moment is that issue’s defining moment. The potential and actual consequences of climate…
ICL and Environmental Protection Symposium: Environmental Crimes against Humanity
Jun 2, 2020
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Darryl Robinson
In this post, the author argues that mass harms to humans, directly produced through harms to their environment, can in principle satisfy the existing definition…
Somalia: Programme Advisor, Climate Smart Economic Empowerment
Jun 1, 2020
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Norwegian Church Aid
Norwegian Church Aid is an independent humanitarian and ecumenical organization with headquarters in Oslo, Norway. Norwegian Church Aid works together with people and organizations across…
COVID-19 and climate change will change the definition of national security
Jun 1, 2020
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Stewart M. Patrick
The twin global emergencies of COVID-19 and climate change are forcing the U.S. foreign policy establishment to reassess its traditional conceptions of national security. According…
Nigeria: Security Manager
Jun 1, 2020
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Winrock International
Winrock International works with people around the world to increase economic opportunity, sustain natural resources, and protect the environment. Winrock matches innovative approaches in agriculture,…
Sudan: Expanding Wheat Farming in Sudan
Jun 1, 2020
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UNDP
Bread is an essential commodity in Sudan and a staple for millions. Affordability and limited supply are crucial issues; rising costs have sparked protests in…
Nigeria: Emergency Preparedness and Response Coordinator
Jun 1, 2020
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International Rescue Committee
The International Rescue Committee is a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development nongovernmental organization.
The conflict in North East Nigeria has displaced over 1.9 million people…
Afghanistan: Afghanistan Faces Humanitarian Disaster as COVID-19 Spreads Undetected, Warns the IRC
Jun 1, 2020
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International Rescue Committee
As confirmed COVID-19 cases grew 684% in May, many more cases are going untested throughout Afghanistan. Decades of conflict have left millions facing severe food…
ICL and Environmental Protection Symposium: The Environmental Crisis–Cases for ‘Particular Consideration’ at the ICC
Jun 1, 2020
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Richard J. Rogers
In a world consumed by the pandemic, it is easy to forget an even greater threat facing mankind – the environmental and climate emergency. The UN…
Symposium on the Use of International Criminal Law to Protect the Environment
Jun 1, 2020
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Kate Mackintosh
Despite the brief drop in emissions at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic last month, the climate crisis continues to present one of the greatest…
Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam: A Last Chance for Diplomacy
Jun 1, 2020
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Yaseen Mohmad Abdalla
The dispute between Egypt and Sudan on the one side, and Ethiopia on the other, about filling and operating the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)…
Time to Move Beyond Yemen’s SAFER Oil Tanker Blame Game
Jun 1, 2020
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Doug Weir
The SAFER Floating Storage and Offloading (FSO) terminal is a forty-year-old single hulled supertanker moored 7km off the coast of Yemen. Since the Houthis took…
Guinea: Basic Analysis Study of the Migration, Environment, and Climate Change
Jun 1, 2020
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International Organization for Migration
The International Organization for Migration is an intergovernmental organization that provides services and advice concerning migration to governments and migrants, including internally displaced persons, refugees,…
Colombia: Country Manager for the South America Regional Initiative for Transnational Conservation Crimes Program
Jun 1, 2020
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Chemonics
Chemonics International, Inc. is a private international development consulting firm. Chemonics seeks a Colombia country manager for the anticipated USAID-funded South America Regional Initiative for…
Syria: RESTORE WASH Coordinator
Jun 1, 2020
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GOAL
GOAL is an international emergency and development NGO dedicated to alleviating the suffering of the poorest and most vulnerable. GOAL was established in 1977 and…
Iraq: WASH Program Manager
Jun 1, 2020
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Solidarités International
The SI mission has been opened in February 2017, with emphasis on the Mosul response. The mission in composed of one Coordination in Erbil (5…
Syria: Country Director, based in Jordan
Jun 1, 2020
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Solidarités International
Solidarités International is a non-profit organization working in areas of conflict and natural disasters. Its main aim is to provide quick and effective support for…
CAR: Field Coordinator
Jun 1, 2020
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Triangle Génération Humanitaire
Founded in 1994, Triangle Génération Humanitaire, a French association of international solidarity based in Lyon, designs and implements emergency, rehabilitation and development programs in the…
DRC: Food Security and Agriculture Advisor
Jun 1, 2020
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Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40…
Colombia’s Environment in the Post-Conflict Transition – New Setbacks by the Global Pandemic
May 31, 2020
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Torsten Krause, Ana Maria Vargas Falla, Britta Sjöstedt, Sandra Valencia, and Fariborz Zelli
In 2016, Colombia officially emerged from one of the world’s longest internal armed conflicts when the government, under former President Juan Manual Santos, signed a…
The Implications of Israel Annexation Plan of Jordan Valley
May 30, 2020
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Ayman Matar
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has revived an old Zionist ambition to annex Jerusalem, the Golan Heights and the Jordan Valley region, planned by the…
Colombia: From Cocaine to Coffee: The Docu-Film That Tells the Redemption of Colombia
May 30, 2020
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NJ MMA News
A story of redemption , of a new life, of a hope, but also the story of a journey through places of great beauty in…
Colombia: Coronavirus Spread Threatens Colombia's Amazonian Indigenous Communities
May 29, 2020
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Jorge Valencia, The World
Along the Amazon River, people have long moved freely among the small towns that sit where the borders of Brazil, Colombia and Peru converge —…
COVID-19 and Conflict Minerals
May 28, 2020
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Dynda A. Thomas, National Law Review
National Law Review has been following this year’s conflict minerals filings to determine whether reporting companies have highlighted any impact of the COVID-19 shut-downs on…
Myanmar: Investigation Exposes European Firms Exploiting Loophole to Import Myanmar Teak
May 28, 2020
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Mongabay
Investigators have uncovered a scheme by European timber traders to evade E.U. laws by supplying Myanmar teak to the continent’s marine sector, including for decking…
South Sudan: Fixing South Sudan: Roads Minister Calls for Review of Oil-For-Road Projects in South Sudan [Video]
May 28, 2020
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PaanLuel Wël
Overview: Fear and Loathing in the Eastern Mediterranean
May 28, 2020
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Asli Aydıntaşbaş, Julien Barnes-Dacey, Cinzia Bianco, Hugh Lovatt, and Tarek Megerisi
In a world of pandemics, forever wars, and great power showdowns, it might come as a surprise that Europe’s next crisis is emerging from disputes…
Exploring Environmental Harm from Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas
May 28, 2020
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Roos Boer and Wim Zwijnenburg
In conflicts around the world, the use of explosive weapons in populated areas (EWIPA) is one of the greatest risks to civilians. Research by the…
Industries Post-COVID-19: A Gender-Responsive Approach to Global Economic Recovery
May 28, 2020
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Cecila Ugaz Estrada, Müge Dolun, Carmen Schuber, and Nicolas Schmidt
What most crises have in common is that they hit the most vulnerable and marginalized populations—among which women are disproportionally represented—the hardest. The impact of…
Myanmar: Campaigners in Myanmar’s Tanintharyi Region Oppose $21m Conservation Project
May 27, 2020
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Daniel Quinlan, Mongabay
Campaigners in the Tanintharyi region of southern Myanmar have urged international donors to support community conservation efforts, rather than what they see as a top-down…