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The Center for International Environmental Law is pleased to announce
the creation of its International Environmental Law Award. This award
recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the
effort to achieve solutions to environmental problems through international
law and institutions.
The CIEL International Environmental Law Award reflects two realities.
The first is that international environmental law (including international
law regarding human health) has emerged as a rich and distinct field of
public international law. International environmental law now includes
important principles of customary international law and more than one
thousand international instruments, supported by bilateral, regional and
global institutions. At the same time, and as befits the fact that all
fields of international law are closely interrelated, environmental and
health issues in international law are increasingly being integrated with
other areas, such as human rights, trade, investment, intellectual property
and national security.
The second reality underlying the CIEL International Environmental Law
Award is that the world is still confronted by serious environmental problems
that require international solutions. These threats include loss of biodiversity,
pollution from toxic chemicals and heavy metals, pollution and shortages
of freshwater, climate change, pollution and overexploitation of marine
resources, unregulated biotechnology, transboundary air pollution, and
soil erosion and degradation. International law and institutions are essential
elements of any effective and sustainable solution to these problems.
Previous Recipients of the International Environmental Law Award
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2008 Antonio A. Oposa Jr.
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2007 Edith Brown Weiss (See also Remarks by CIEL President Daniel B. Magraw, Jr.)
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2006 Raúl Estrada-Oyuela
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2003 Louis B. Sohn
For more information, please contact info@ciel.org.
This page last modified on 21 April 2009.