The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) is a dynamic, nonprofit organization that works at the intersection of human rights and the environment. CIEL is comprised of attorneys, campaigners, researchers, and communicators who have extensive experience in leading international strategies to advance everyone’s right to a healthy environment. Many of our program areas explore innovative … Read More.
The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) is a dynamic, nonprofit organization that works at the intersection of human rights and the environment. CIEL is comprised of attorneys, campaigners, researchers, and communicators who have extensive experience in leading international strategies to advance everyone’s right to a healthy environment. Many of our program areas explore innovative … Read More.
Here at the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), we know our strength comes from the people who make up our movement — from our staff, to our partners, to our steadfast supporters. Our “Meet Our Staff” series will introduce you to some of our amazing staff members, who work behind the scenes every day … Read More.
Since 1989, CIEL has used the power of law to protect the environment, promote human rights, and ensure a just and sustainable society. With offices in Washington, DC, and Geneva, Switzerland, CIEL’s team of attorneys, policy experts, and support staff works to provide legal counsel and advocacy, policy research, and capacity building across our four … Read More.
CIEL has offered one ad-honorem fellowship each year, the Louis B. Sohn Fellowship in Human Rights and Environment, for current or aspiring public interest lawyers that have had significant on the ground experience working on human rights issues and who come from historically disadvantaged communities or populations. Louis B. Sohn Fellowship Recipients: 2015 – Spring … Read More.
Since 1989, CIEL has used the power of law to protect the environment, promote human rights, and ensure a just and sustainable society. With offices in Washington, DC, and Geneva, Switzerland, CIEL’s team of attorneys, policy experts, and support staff works to provide legal counsel and advocacy, policy research, and capacity building across our three … Read More.
Amicus Curiae Brief Focuses on Transboundary Environmental and Human Rights Impacts of Aerial Spraying of Herbicides in Ecuador For Immediate Release October 11, 2011 Contact: Dr. Marcos Orellana, Center for International Environmental Law, (202) 742-5847, or morellana@ciel.org. Update: On the 21st of November, 2011, US District Judge Richard Roberts ordered that the motion to file … Read More.
March 4, 2011 Washington, DC: On May 20, 2011, the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), on behalf of civil society organizations of the Mesa Nacional Frente a la Minería Metálica (Mesa), filed a revised amicus curiae brief in the Pac Rim Cayman LLC v. Republic of El Salvador case, per instructions of the arbitral tribunal constituted under the International Center … Read More.
The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), a leading non-profit that uses international law and institutions to defend the right to a healthy planet, has selected Carroll Muffett as its new President and Chief Executive Officer