CIEL 2011 News

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April 2013	CIEL Supports Introduction of the 2013 Safe Chemicals Act
April 2013	Mining license approved in wake of violence, investigation into murder pending
April 2013	Civil Society and Entrepreneurs Call on World Bank to Clean Up Energy Lending
March 2013	CIEL is hiring a Program Associate for our Sustainable Loreto Project
March 2013	New CIEL blog post asks #Whatwillittake for the World Bank to uphold human rights?
March 2013	Urgent Action: Call for investigation and company departure in response to recurring violence in area of Canadian-owned silver project
March 2013	New CIEL report describes a stronger global system for toxic chemicals
March 2013	Guatemala's Highest Court Denies Justice to Indigenous Peoples Affected by Mining
March 2013	Civil society organizations urge President Obama for a timeout on natural gas exports until critical national economic, environmental and trade concerns are thoroughly analyzed and carefully addressed
March 2013	New CIEL report describes a stronger global system for toxic chemicals
March 2013	Peru's primary newspaper, El Comercio, reports on our work that exposes the effects of oil palm production on deforestation in the Amazon
February 2013	U.S. Court of Appeals Hears Government Secrecy Case: U.S. trade agency continued secrecy denies public access to document related to protection of environment and public health
February 2013	Stronger Laws for Hazardous Chemicals Spur Innovation
February 2013	WHO-UNEP Report on endocrine disruptors highlights need for global action
February 2013	Send a Letter to President Obama: Make climate change a priority in his second term
January 2013	Stronger Laws for Hazardous Chemicals Spur Innovation
January 2013	The World Bank's private sector financing arm doesn't know the environmental and social impacts of nearly half its portfolio
January 2013	EU Commission's proposed regulation on ship recycling is illegal under international and EU law
December 2012	EC Breaches International Law on Ship Recycling File, Independent Lawyers Say
December 2012	At Doha Climate Talks: Failed ambition and unfulfilled promises
November 2012	Doha 2012: Act NOW, the climate won't wait
November 2012	International Organizations Call for Better Protection for Human Rights Defenders in Guatemala
November 2012	Statement by CIEL President Carroll Muffett on the World Bank's Turn Down the Heat Report
November 2012	"High Time to Act" - Civil Society Organisations present Proposal for a new horizontal Nano Regulation
October 2012	CIEL and its partners express deep concerns about the result of the EU Commission review of the legal framework for nanomaterials
October 2012	Civil society fears World Bank poised to weaken its social and environmental policies and procedures
October 2012	CIEL is seeking a Senior Attorney for our International Finance project
October 2012	CIEL advocates for transparency in investment arbitration at UNCITRAL negotiations
October 2012	CIEL participates in Symposium on New Directions for Human Rights and the Environment: A Symposium Inspired by Svitlana Kravchenko
September 2012	Global chemicals conference moves forward on nanotechnology and endocrine disrupting chemicals
September 2012	CIEL joins over 150 countries, and hundreds of civil society and industry representatives meet to negotiate progress on urgent issues in chemical safety under the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM). Learn more about what CIEL is advocating for!
July 2012	Guatemala's Highest Court to Hear Landmark Indigenous Challenge of Mining Law
July 2012	Statement on Appointment of John Knox as UN Independent Expert on Human Rights and Environment
June 2012	Complaint filed against World Bank Group for funding gold mine in fragile Columbian wetlands
June 2012	International NGOs intervene to prevent human rights violations and environmental damage in Kenya
May 2012	International Finance Corporation to be audited for its involvement in privatizing Kosovo's electricity grid
May 2012	At the UN climate talks in Bonn, Germany, CIEL's Niranjali Amerasinghe discusses how a lack of ambition may prevent nations from fulfilling even the most modest of their climate mitigation pledges even as emissions increase worldwide.
April 2012	Save the date: Human Rights at Rio+20 event held at the United Nations, April 27, 2012
April 2012	CIEL reviews the possible impacts of a wave of new dams in the Andean Amazon, the most biologically diverse zone on Earth.
April 2012	Civil society organziations call for greater scrutiny of hedge funds and banks used to finance development
February 2012	Nanomaterials "Just Out of Reach" of European Regulations
January 2012	CIEL's statement on the Obama Administration's Denial of Keystone XL Permit
December 2011	At Climate Talks: Nations agree to do tomorrow what they should have done yesterday
November 2011	This is a critical moment in the development of the international climate regime as Parties negotiate to decide the fate of climate action beyond 2012 in Durban, South Africa.
November 2011	U.S. Senators urge strengthening of the World Bank's new approach to lending - Program-for-Results (P4R) lending.
November 2011	Negotiations on international chemicals management inch forward, and set the stage for a key conference in 2012
October 2011	CIEL welcomes adoption of Maastricht Principles on Extra-Territorial Obligations in regards to human rights.
October 2011	CIEL welcomes new EU definition of nanomaterials as a necessary step towards assuring safety.
October 2011	Basel Convention COP10 makes historic progress on preventing hazardous waste from being sent to the Global South
October 2011	Joint submission by CIEL, Earthjustice and Greenpeace USA on the national interest determination for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline project.
October 2011	October 2011: Aerial spraying of herbicides in Colombia and Ecuador: environmental and human rights impacts.
September 2011	Toxic wastes mandate renewed by U.N. Human Rights Council, despite resistance.
September 2011	In Memoriam: Wangari Maathai (1940-2011)
September 2011	CIEL Calls for the Human Rights Council not to abandon work on toxic wastes.
July 2011	United Nations Environment Programme releases draft mercury treaty for third round of mercury negotiations.
July 2011	Controversial coal projects continue to be registered despite serious concerns.
July 2011	UN panel calls for immediate suspension of coal power projects in the CDM.
June 2011	Senior Attorney Anne Perrault and colleagues discuss Migratory Connectivity and the Conservation of Migratory Animals.
June 2011	CIEL concludes 2011 Senate TSCA bill would enable U.S. leadership on global POPs treaty.
May 2011	CIEL reports on developments under the Stockholm Convention at COP5.
May 2011	CIEL submits report to the Basel Convention Secretariat regarding Shipbreaking.
April 2011	CIEL applauds proposed overhaul of U.S. Chemicals law.
March 2011	CIEL report critiques World Bank energy policy: Analysis Shows Bank Failed to Fully Consider Environmental and Health Costs in Controversial South African Project
March 2011	You are invited: The Second Annual Conference on Developments in International Environmental Law.
March 2011	Getting the International Finance Corporation to respect and protect human rights.
March 2011	Amicus Brief Highlights the Environmental and Human Rights Impacts of Mining in $77 Million Investment Arbitration Case (available in Spanish).
February 2011	The right to development is necessary to effectively address climate change.
February 2011	CIEL joins others in calling for an open and participatory process to design the Green Climate Fund under the UNFCCC.
February 2011	Landmark Judment in Ecuadorian Suit Against Chevron.
February 2011	CIEL Spearheads Efforts for Transparency in UN Arbitration Body.
February 2011	World Bank Inspection Panel under threat.
January 2011	Please join CIEL for Human Rights and Private Sector Investment: Views from the Global South, February 1st, 2011.
January 2011	CIEL co-sponsors the Second Annual Conference on Developments in International Environmental Law

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