The Impact of Climate Change on Human Rights

The Law Society of Upper Canada Gazette

August 4, 2016

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Reflections on the Law Society’s Rule of Law event – Climate Justice: The Way Forward Post Paris Agreement by Sara Seck, Senior Fellow with the Centre for International Governance Innovation’s International Law Research Program and Associate Professor at Western Law.

On June 20th, the Law Society hosted a Rule of Law event featuring Her Excellency Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and current Chair of the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice.

The topic for the evening was climate justice.

The event began with opening remarks by The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, who, among …

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