Human Rights, Transitional Justice, and Environmental Protection

About

This year’s Summer School on Human Rights and Transitional Justice addresses the confluence of two global crises: environmental protection and the response to mass atrocity. Protection of the environment and natural resources is a key element in building a positive future after mass atrocity, but the law and practice in this area is unsettled and rapidly evolving. How can protecting the environment help build a positive peace? Where do the laws of armed conflict fall short in preventing and remedying environmental harm? Should the anthropocentric assumptions of international criminal law be challenged in the context of transitional justice and environmental harm after mass atrocity?
The Summer School builds on the years of effort by the International Law Commission on armed conflict and the protection of the environment, as well as a multi-year project centered at Leiden University on jus post bellum and the protection of the environment. Covering a range of pressing contemporary topics such as where environmental harm is potentially prohibited by international criminal law, legal frameworks for environmental justice, mechanisms of transitional justice, investments in extractive industries in the transition to peace, and case studies on issues such as environmental protection and the transition to peace in Sierra Leone and the UN Compensation Commission.

Course leader

Daniëlla Dam-de Jong, Assistant Professor of International Law, Leiden University Jens Iverson, Assistant Professor of International Law, Leiden University

Target group

This summer school is aimed at advanced students, researchers and professionals working in the field of transitional justice, human rights and/or environmental protection. Applicants with a background in other disciplines that are relevant to the theme of the summer school will be considered as well.

Course aim

The Summer School offers a unique opportunity to learn about human rights, transitional justice and environmental protection. The course also provides for plenty of opportunities to network with fellow students and practitioners from all over the world.

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