Harry Balfour-Lynn

Environmental Rights Recognition Project @kcllegalclinic | Human Rights Committee @TheLawSociety

[Corina Heri @cohelongo]

A very good morning from the @ECHR_CEDH in Strasbourg, where I’ll be live-tweeting today’s hearing announcing the ECtHR’s first three climate rulings. Excitement is running high, @GretaThunberg is here and the hearing is going to be packed. Stay tuned! 1/x

[Corina Heri @cohelongo]

Unanimously, the court holds that it's not necessary to examine the applicability of Art. 2 ECHR. 16-1: there's a violation of Article 8 ECHR!!!!!!!

[King's Legal Clinic @kcllegalclinic]

Caribbean island #Aruba is consulting on a constitutional right to a healthy environment AND #RightsofNature @KCL_Law students from the Legal Clinic’s ERRP project have just filed a response with help from @GiorgiaPane tomorrow is deadline! https://t.co/oWW5sE2ilu @Harry_B_L

[The Dickson Poon School of Law @KCL_Law]

Addison Luck, an LLM student shares his views on the human right to a healthy environment and why it is important for world leaders at #COP28 to commit to recognising these rights.

@kcllegalclinic
#KCLLaw #climatejustice #climatelaw

[King's Legal Clinic @kcllegalclinic]

Students clearly touched tonight by compelling words from lawyers on the roadmap to a healthy climate Angus Eames from @ClientEarth David WolfeKC of @MatrixChambers @estelledehon and @JJackson46664 thanks also @Harry_B_L @OrlaHeatley #righttoahealthyenvironment @KCL_Law

[The Dickson Poon School of Law @KCL_Law]

To learn more about the project, watch this video:
➡️ https://t.co/JgXnu0RynF
@Landvernd
@friends_earth
@ClientEarth
@Earth_Thrive
@ELF_Law
@UKELA_LAW
@Hannah_Blitzer
@inga_winkler
@OrlaKelleher92
@ciel_tweets
@SREnvironment
@hammersmithandy

[The Dickson Poon School of Law @KCL_Law]

📖 Research in Action
The Environment Rights Recognition Project was set up by @SueWillman and @Harry_B_L at the King’s Legal Clinic @kcllegalclinic to research, lobby and advocate for legal frameworks that protect the environment.

[Tom Hickman @TomRHickman]

Does the Rwanda litigation support an argument for leaving the ECHR? My analysis in the ⁦@LRB⁩ https://t.co/ygGQcjwxUA

[King's Legal Clinic @kcllegalclinic]

Join our amazing team at King's Legal Clinic!

@KCL_Law is seeking to appoint a Supervising Solicitor & Senior Lecturer.

Find out more & apply here > https://t.co/hqelbJPvAJ……

#hiringnow #vacancy

[Tom Hickman @TomRHickman]

Should the UK withdraw from the ECHR? Lawyers are well placed to identify some of the consequences of membership and of leaving but ultimately it’s a political question. Not, though, a very difficult one IMO.

[John H Knox @JohnHKnox]

A year ago, UNGA recognized the human right to a healthy environment. Today @AJILUnbound publishes a symposium on the right with essays by @PhilipGAlston, Carmen Gonzalez, @HeleneTigroudja, @toniatigre, Rosemary Mwanza @Canyiva & @KotzeProfessor. A link & description follow. 1/10

[SREnvironment @SREnvironment]

Compelling new report on why the Council of Europe needs a new protocol on the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment!
The time is now!

[Harry Balfour-Lynn @Harry_B_L]

The paper is available here: https://t.co/CmUo7wG2eu

#RightToAHealthyEnvironment. /6

[Harry Balfour-Lynn @Harry_B_L]

Almost a year to the day since @SueWillman and I set up the Environmental Rights Recognition Project, we’ve published our third paper – it makes the case for why Council of Europe (@coe) Member States should support the proposal for a new ECHR right to a healthy environment. /1

[Harry Balfour-Lynn @Harry_B_L]

We’re extremely grateful to @PhilipGAlston for his foreword to our new paper. Enormous thanks also to all the students from @kcllegalclinic at @KCL_Law and recent postgraduate students from @nyulaw who contributed to the paper. /5

[John H Knox @JohnHKnox]

Next week, the UN General Assembly is expected to vote on whether to recognize the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, which would "signal the need to put human rights at the center of a healthy planet and prosperity for all"
https://t.co/DZTdsI8Xpv

[King's Legal Clinic @kcllegalclinic]

We are proud to support a #ClimateChange conference at @wbnujskolkata in India this weekend, led by @nujslas with @SueWillman, @kmhumanrights of @doughtyStIntl and @mmehtta.

Discover the programme and how to join online
👉https://t.co/5wuIVD7G0c

#Sundarbans