Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.1.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # EHRA Environment and Human Rights Advisory ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [EHRA Blog](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/blog/) - A great 12 minute TEDx Bonn talk by Anna Grear titled "The DNA of Our Legal System" can be viewed here. Anna is a powerful and thoughtful presenter and her lecture makes clear the conceptual foundations undergirding the unconscionable growth of corporate power we see today. - [Draft Declaration on Human Rights and Climate Change](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/uncategorized/draft-declaration-on-human-rights-and-climate-change/) - The Draft Declaration on Human Rights and Climate Change is now open for endorsements and review. Please send endorsements and suggested edits or amendments to Dr Kirsten Davies: kirsty.davies@mq.edu.au - [International Tribunal on Human Rights and Fracking](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/uncategorized/international-tribunal-on-human-rights-and-fracking/) - Fracking Goes on Trial A coalition of human rights lawyers and academics has been granted an opportunity to put fracking on trial at hearings to be held in the UK and the United States. The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) will hold a session on hydraulic fracturing and other unconventional fossil fuel extraction processes after - [Anna Grear: "The DNA of Our Legal System"](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/uncategorized/anna-grear-the-dna-of-our-legal-system/) - A great 12 minute TEDx Bonn talk by Anna Grear titled "The DNA of Our Legal System" can be viewed by clicking the title above. Anna is a powerful and thoughtful presenter and her lecture makes clear the conceptual foundations undergirding the unconscionable growth of corporate power we see today. Anna is Reader in Law at Cardiff University - [EHRA presentation in Venice](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/uncategorized/ehra-presentation-in-venice/) - EHRA made a short presentation at the Human Rights and Environment Training Seminar sponsored by the European Inter-University Centre on Human Rights and Democratisation in Venice in late November. The presentation focused on EHRA's approach to developing Human Rights Impact Assessments. The seminar’s three days of presentations, workshops and informal conversations were highly informative, definitely - [Journal of Human Rights and the Environment](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/uncategorized/492/) - The most recent issue of the Journal of Human Rights and the Environment has just been published, and three of its articles are freely available to everyone. The editors' announcement follows... : The relationship between human rights and the environment is a fascinating, uneasy, and increasingly urgent one. JHRE is an international journal providing a strategic academic - [Sandra Steingraber interview](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/uncategorized/sandra-steingraber-interview/) - A radio interview with Sandra Steingraber about the human rights implications of environmental toxics, fracking and climate change was conducted by Dr JJ Brown of ScienceFirst Radio on August 7, 2013. Steingraber is author of Living Downstream (the book and film) and Raising Elijah (the book and facebook page), recipient of the 2011 Heinz Award for - [Human Rights and the Environment Training Seminar](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/uncategorized/441/) - The European Inter-University for Human Rights and Democratisation (EIUC) is offering a Training Seminar on Human Rights and the Environment. It will be held 21-23 November 2013 at The Venice Academy of Human Rights, an international and interdisciplinary program for human rights education, research and debate. Faculty include: Colm Campbell, Professor of Law at the University - [International Symposium](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/uncategorized/international-symposium/) - The second international symposium on human rights and the environment, "Re-imagining the Relationship between Human Rights and the Environment II," is being held this year at the Earth Charter Institute in Costa Rica. Sponsored by the Global Network for the Study of Human Rights and the Environment (GNHRE), this year's conference builds on the work ## Pages - [Home](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/) - Now Available Bearing Witness: The Human Rights Case Against Fracking and Climate Change On May 14, 2018, a respected international human-rights court, the Rome-based Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal, began a week-long hearing on the impacts of fracking and climate change on human and Earth rights. In its advisory opinion, the Tribunal ruled that fracking systematically - [Home](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/) - Now Available Bearing Witness: The Human Rights Case Against Fracking and Climate Change On May 14, 2018, a respected international human-rights court, the Rome-based Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal, began a week-long hearing on the impacts of fracking and climate change on human and Earth rights. In its advisory opinion, the Tribunal ruled that fracking systematically - [What is a Youth Climate Court?](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/youth-courts-a-transformative-climate-justice-project-for-our-time/) - What is a Youth Climate and Human Rights Court? Youth Climate and Human Rights Courts, a new human rights initiative developed over the past 18 months, is designed specifically for young climate leaders of high school and college age who are looking for ways to forcefully press their governments to take action on the climate - [for Environmental Groups](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/ehra-reports-database/reports-for-environmental-groups/) - Reports Prepared for Environmental Organizations Title: Georgia-Pacific Air Emissions and Human Rights Date: February 12, 2008 Prepared for: Concerned Citizens for Clean Air, Seal Rock, OR Matter of concern: Georgia-Pacific Toledo Air Emissions and Adverse Human Health Effects Purpose of the report: to enumerate for CCCA some of the human rights norms and documents that may - [Why Human Rights?](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/why-human-rights/) - Why human rights? Because human rights are recognized as basic moral minimums for governments; and because, as we have mentioned above and will see more fully below, the primary function of any government is to secure the rights of its citizens; and because the climate crisis threatens to undermine the enjoyment of human rights; human - [The Verdict and Mandates](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/the-verdict-and-mandates/) - The verdict Once the jury has voted, decided on its verdict and presented it to the judge, the judge then reads the verdict aloud and enters it as the formal outcome of the trial. Depending on what the verdict is, the judge announces the next step in the trial. If not guilty If the defendant - [Our Mission](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/about-us/our-mission/) - Our Mission Environment and Human Rights Advisory is a non-profit corporation chartered in the state of Oregon in the United States. Its primary work has been to encourage a human and nature’s rights approach to environmental issues. Its projects include: a) Providing environmental Human Rights Impact Assessments to environmental organizations, private firms and government agencies - [The Prosecutor's Argument](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/the-prosecutors-argument/) - The Question Before the Court The Question to which the court addresses itself is this: Has this government adequately met its moral and legal obligation to protect and fulfill the rights of its citizens with respect to mitigating and adapting to the climate crisis? The prosecuting team will be arguing that the government has not - [Specific Rights](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/specific-rights/) - Specific Human Rights Impacted by Climate Change When charging a local government with failing to protect the rights of its community members, especially of its children, the prosecuting attorney’s argument will need to point to specific human rights that are put at risk by the climate crisis. Here we offer several examples of specific human - [Role of Youth Prosecuting Attorney](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/role-of-youth-prosecuting-attorney/) - The youth prosecuting attorney will have one of the more demanding roles in the court proceedings so should probably have assistants assigned to help them with the preparatory research, with organizing and preparing the argument and with finding and preparing witnesses. A prosecuting team member may even help the prosecuting attorney during the trial by - [Role of Youth Jury Members](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/attorneys-and-jury-members/) - The primary responsibility of jury members will be to listen carefully to the arguments made in the courtroom by both sides, perhaps taking notes to help remember key points, then, when court arguments have been completed, to follow the judge’s instructions and move to the Youth Court’s private jury room. Once in their deliberation room - [Role of Youth Judge](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/roles-of-youth-judges/) - The role of the Youth Climate Court judge is to formally open and preside over the trial, indicate to the prosecuting and defense attorneys when it is their turn to speak, and make sure everyone stays within their time limits. The judge makes sure the trial follows the court’s rules, insures that any witnesses who - [How to Start a Youth Climate Court](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/how-to-start-a-youth-court/) - Beginning steps to set up a Youth Climate Court would include: Decide which government (city? county? state?) you want to put on trial for failing to adequately protect young people’s rights. Gather interested teens who will volunteer to be “officers of the court.” Everyone then decides (democratically) who will serve as the judge, the prosecuting - [Contact Us](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/contact-us/) - Contact Us Dr Tom Kerns, Executive Director Environment and Human Rights Advisory PO Box 927 Yachats, OR 97498 How To Help If you are interested in working with, volunteering for or donating to Environment and Human rights Advisory, please contact us directly. If you wish to suggest a situation that might benefit from a Human Rights - [Documents Library](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/about-human-rights/) - International Human Rights Declarations, Conventions and Charters Relevant to Environmental Concerns Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was unanimously adopted by the United Nations in 1948 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Signed by the US in 1977, ratified in1992 and entered into force in 1992, though with - [Articles and Reports](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/information-resources/articles-and-reports/) - Articles Concerned Health Professionals of New York, Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking (Unconventional Gas and Oil Extraction), July 2014 Kerns, Tom, Schopenhauer's Mitleid, Environmental Outrage and Human Rights (2013) Oñati Socio-Legal Series [online], 3 (5), 931-952. Kerns, Tom, Ten practical advantages of a human rights approach to environmental advocacy," Journal of Environmental - [for Government Agencies](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/ehra-reports-database/reports-for-government-agencies/) - Reports Prepared for Government Agencies Title: A Human Rights Impact Assessment of Auckland Transport’s Road Corridor Vegetation Control Remarks to Auckland Transport: by Hana Blackmore and Dr Meriel Watts (video) Date: December 16, 2014 Commissioned by: Weed Management Advisory Prepared for: Dr Lester Levy, Chairman, Auckland Transport and Len Brown, Mayor Auckland Council Matter of concern: Human health impacts associated with Auckland - [for Private Corporations](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/ehra-reports-database/reports-for-private-corporations/) - Reports Prepared for Private Corporations Title: A Human Rights Assessment of Forest Capital Partners’ Proposed Aerial Spray Adjacent to Waldport, Oregon Cover letter: to Forest Capital Partners Date: April 2, 2009 Commissioned by: Community Rejecting Aerial Spraying of Herbicides, Waldport, OR Prepared for: Forest Capital Partners, LLC Matter of concern: Aerial herbicide sprays over areas immediately adjacent - [Personal Narratives](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/personal-narratives/) - Personal Narratives of Environmental Assault This page collects stories from individuals, families and communities describing how exposure to environmental toxics has affected their lives. Sidonie Smith and Kay Schaffer argue, in their 2004 book, Human Rights and Narrated Lives, that personal life narratives have been a significant factor in driving the emergence of the human - [How to Help](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/how-to-help/) - How To Help If you are interested in working with, volunteering for or donating to Environment and Human rights Advisory, please contact us directly. If you wish to suggest a situation that might benefit from a Human Rights Impact Assessment, please contact us. If you are interested in undertaking a formal study of the human - [Our Approach](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/about-us/our-approach/) - Our Human Rights Approach to Environmental Advocacy Environmental advocacy is hard work, challenging, often discouraging and requires drawing, when possible, on deep reserves of perseverance and resilience. Environmentalists often contend with enormously powerful industries – forestry, agriculture, oil and gas, etc — and with powerful government interests. Both industry and governments have enormous resources at their - [HRIA Toolkit for Pesticide Issues](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/ehra-reports-database/hriaptoolkit/) - HRIA/P Instructional Guidebook Template for Assessment Report This Human Rights Impact Assessment for pesticide issues (HRIA/P) Toolkit, consisting of the instructional Guidebook and the Assessment Report Template, has been developed for use by environmental and/or human rights practitioners and by communities impacted by pesticides. Its purpose is to engage the affected community in assessing the impacts - [Organizations & Websites](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/information-resources/organizations-and-websites/) - Related Organizations and Websites Global Network for the Study of Human Rights and the Environment Advocates for Environmental Human Rights Center for Human Rights and the Environment (CEDHA) Headquarters in Còrdoba, Argentina The University of Minnesota Human Rights Library is an online searchable collection of Human Rights documents, treaties, bibliographies and other educational materials Information - [Partners](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/about-us/partners/) - Partner Organizations Global Network for the Study of Human Rights and the Environment Center for Human Rights and Environment (CEDHA) General Paz, 186 - 10mo. Piso, "A" Córdoba 5000, Argentina Rights Based Approach to Conservation Beyond Toxics 1192 Lawrence St Eugene, OR 97401 Concerned Citizens for Clean Air PO Box 264 Seal Rock, OR 97376 - [Books & Case Studies](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/information-resources/books/) - Books: Boyd, David, The Environmental Rights Revolution: A Global Study of Constitutions, Human Rights, and the Environment, University of British Columbia Press, 2011. Davies, Kate, The Rise of the U.S. Environmental Health Movement, Rowman & Littlefield, 2013. Drinan, Robert F, The Mobilization of Shame, A World View of Human Rights, Yale University Press, 2001. Defending - [Human Rights Assessment Reports](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/ehra-reports-database/) - [Global Network for the Study of Human Rights and the Environment](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/global-network-for-the-study-of-human-rights-and-the-environment/) - Global Network for the Study of Human Rights and the Environment The Global Network for the Study of Human Rights and the Environment (GNHRE) is a recently established project with two main elements: a JISCMAIL network of scholars. a website hosting a virtual research repository. The JISCMAIL list aims to build a creative, interactive space for - [Resources for Litigation](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/information-resources/resources-for-litigation/) - The Inter-American Human Rights System The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 1889 F Street, N.W. Washington, D.C., 20006 Since 1965 the IACHR has been expressly authorized to examine complaints or petitions regarding specific cases of human rights violations. IACHR instructions for filing a petition alleging human rights violations The IACHR also provides a simple and - [Journal of Human Rights and the Environment](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/journal-of-human-rights-and-the-environment/) - Journal of Human Rights and the Environment Co-Editors in Chief Anna Grear, Senior Lecturer in Law, Head of International Law and Human Rights Research Unit, Bristol Law School, University of the West of England, UK Karen Morrow, Professor of Environmental Law, University of Swansea, UK Aims and Scope ‘I do not know of any journal - [Board of Advisors](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/about-us/board-of-advisors/) - Board of Advisors Hana Blackmore, President and Convener The People’s Inquiry Inc Auckland, New Zealand Maxine Centala, Director Concerned Citizens for Clean Air Seal Rock, Oregon Bruce Kochis, PhD, Director Human Rights Education and Research Network University of Washington Romeo Quijano, MD, Professor Dept of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Medicine University of the Philippines - [Information Resources](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/information-resources/) - [About Us](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/about-us/) ## Categories - [Uncategorized](https://www.environmentandhumanrights.org/category/uncategorized/)