2004 News & Press Releases

December 2004: CIEL and other civil society organizations express concerns over USTR's proposed appellate mechanism in the investment chapter of the Dominican Republic / Central American - U.S. Free Trade Agreement
December 2004: CIEL chairs UNEP North American Regional Civil Society Forum
December 2004: Inuit Leader Sheila Watt-Cloutier Announces Intention to File a Human Right Claim Against the U.S. for Its Dangerous Greenhouse Gas Emissions
November 2004: CIEL President Daniel Magraw challenges the Washington Post's claim that the Kyoto Protocol is a "Symbolic Treaty"
November 2004: Action Alert: CIEL's analysis of the World Bank's proposed country systems approach identifies nearly 150 areas of policy weakening and 20 areas of strengthening
November 2004: CIEL attends the Fourth Meeting of the Aarhus Convention's Working Group on Genetically Modified Organisms on 18th to 20th October, 2004
October 2004: CIEL and the Bern Declaration organize roundtables on ways to improve compatibility of the patent system with the CBD
October 2004: CIEL participates in the 11th Annual International Law Career Forum hosted by the Washington College of Law's International Law Society
October 2004: Wangari Maathai is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2004
October 2004: CIEL Trustee Delphine Djiraibe awarded the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award for 2004
September 2004: CIEL's President Daniel Magraw comments on Russia's decision to ratify the Kyoto Protocol
September 2004: Autumn Events in the Trade & Environment Community
September 2004: CIEL and other NGOs support the inclusion of the Development Dimension in the World Intellectual Property Organization
September 2004: CIEL Joins 41 Environmental, Health, and Labor Organizations urging Congress to support effective legislation to implement the Stockholm POPs Convention
September 2004: Head of Inuit group testifies about the Melting of the Arctic -- and the threat this represents -- at the McCain climate change hearing
August 2004: CIEL helps protect the rights of Indigenous Communities Displaced by the Ralco Dam along the Upper BíoBío River in Southern Chile
August 2004: New study shows parts of Greenland Ice Sheet thinning at rate of 10 meters per year
July 2004: Eight states file Global Warming Lawsuit against utilities, bolstering claim by Inuit that US greenhouse gas emissions violate their human rights.
July 2004: July 2004: CIEL and partners convince leaders of House Energy and Commerce Committee to delay consideration of POPs Implementation Bill
July 2004: In testimony before Congress, CIEL calls on legislators to reject Republican proposals to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act, and to support a bill that will faithfully reflect the spirit and letter of the Stockholm POPs Convention
July 2004: The Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee releases its report on the U.S. - Bahrain Free Trade Agreement to the United States Trade Representative
June 2004: Methanex Corporation v. United States of America, Application of Amici for Leave to File a Post-Hearing Written Submission
June 2004: California Environmental Law Challenged by Foreign Investors Using NAFTA: Methanex v. United States of America hearing open for public viewing begins Monday, 7 June 2004
June 2004: Environmental, Consumer, Farm Groups Submit Amicus Brief in Controversial WTO Case Involving Genetically Modified Organisms
May 2004: CIEL Celebrates Entry into Force of Persistent Organic Pollutants Treaty
April 2004: Separate Comments on the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement
April 2004: CIEL submits recommendations to the United Nations Environment Programme on the Terms of Reference for the Stockholm Convention Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee
April 2004: CIEL Attorney Publishes Article Suggesting Legal Tools to Limit CO2 Emissions from New Coal-Fired Power Plants
April 2004: Eighteen of America's most prominent environmental organizations express deep concerns about the Bush Administration's approach towards implementing the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
April 2004: The South Centre/CIEL Joint Project on Intellectual Property presents its Quarterly Update of intellectual property developments in multilateral, plurilateral, and bilateral fora
April 2004: CIEL confirms that Bush Administration's claims on constitutionality of proposed Stockholm Convention legislation have no basis in U.S. law.
March 2004: CIEL Sponsors 4th All Asia Public Interest Environmental Law Conference while Launching Two Publications on Community Based Property Rights
March 2004: Groups Defend California’s Right to Protect Public Health: Canadian Corporation’s NAFTA Suit Threatens State Sovereignty
March 2004: CIEL provides Separate Comments to TEPAC Reports on the recently completed U.S. - Australia Free Trade Agreement and the Central American Free Trade Agreement
March 2004: Civil Society Organizations meet in preparation for the Sixth Session of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore at the World Intellectual Property Organization
March 2004: CIEL and other civil society organizations express concerns over U.S. government revisions of its draft model Bilateral Investment Treaty
March 2004: Public interest groups reject the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's February 25th draft amendments to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act that would implement the Stockholm POPs Convention
February 2004: The Center for International Environmental Law is pleased to announce the creation of the Louis B. Sohn Fellowship in Human Rights and Environment
February 2004: Persistent Organic Pollutants treaty achieves fiftieth ratification; Stockholm POPs Convention set to enter into force May 17.
February 2004: CIEL and partner organizations urge the United States Congress to oppose the recently completed Central American Free Trade Agreement, which threatens to undermine environmental protections in both the U.S. and Central America
February 2004: CIEL works to advance specific human rights of indigenous peoples at the Seventh Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 7) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
February 2004: In an unprecedented decision, the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes allows Limited Public Participation in the Methanex vs. the United States case
January 2004: CIEL continues its efforts to bring greater Transparency and Public Participation to trade negotiations
January 2004: CIEL and partners share their Concerns regarding Intellectual Property in the FTAA with the Committee of Government Representatives on the occasion of the Third Issue Meeting in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
January 2004: CIEL participates in civil society hearings in preparation for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
January 2004: Environmental Protection and International Arbitrations: Reflections on the Pig War