Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 19th, 2012
Stanley Johnson of the Guardian quoted Professor Robinson at the World Congress on Justice, Law, and Environmental Sustainability in his recent blog entry: “Prof[essor] Nicholas Robinson, a former chairman of IUCN’s Commission on Environmental Law, said: ‘It is probably utopic to expect that judges by themselves will be able to solve the environmental problems of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 19th, 2012
Professor Robinson is currently involved in the UNEP World Congress on Justice, Governance and Law for Environmental Sustaiability. The meeting schedule and photos of the event by IISD are available at www.iisd.ca/uncsd/rio20/unepwc/ His report on yesterday’s meeting: Judges agreed that there is a need for building the capacity of environmental courts and tribunals, and that [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 18th, 2012
Professor Nicholas Robinson reports that his lectures Thursday at the Jurists conference (at the Botanical Garden) and Friday at the Planeta Verde/Judicial conference (at the Rio Supreme Court) went well. He acknowledged Pace alum Prof. Romulo Sampaio and 4 of our LL.M. students who attended. Alumna Lia Demange was there both days, coming from Sao [...]
