Climate Change and Human Rights Law School Course Goes Digital
DS Director Scott Leckie recently completed teaching his popular law school course at Monash Law School in Melbourne on Climate Change...
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Jun 14, 20181 min read
Australia’s Torres Strait Islands and Climate Displacement
A new DS report released today explores the effects of climate change and rising sea levels on one of Australia most vulnerable...
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Oct 11, 20171 min read
DS signs MOU with United Nations
Displacement Solutions and the United Nations Human Settlements Agency – UN Habitat – today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)...
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Sep 28, 20171 min read
Human Rights and Climate Change taught again at Melbourne Law
DS Director Scott Leckie again taught his law school course on Human Rights and Climate Change at Melbourne Law School from 18-22...
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May 24, 20172 min read
New DS Project to Prevent Climate Displacement Commences in Myanmar: Establishing the Myanmar Nation
In Myanmar, land disputes and displacement are widespread and likely to worsen as the effects of climate change increase across the...
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Mar 20, 20172 min read
Land Solutions for Climate Displacement Works in Colombia: Government-Supported Gramalote Relocation
On 11 March 2017, a group of 54 families moved in the newly built town of Gramalote, Colombia some seven years after the decimation of...
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Aug 25, 20161 min read
Major UN Boost for the Peninsula Principles on Climate Displacement Within States
A report just issued by the United Nations Human Rights Council gives extensive and positive coverage to the Peninsula Principles on...
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Aug 25, 20161 min read
Using Planning Law to Prevent Climate Displacement – New DS Publication
Based on our extensive experience working in more than 20 climate-affected countries, DS believes that in order to effectively address...
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Aug 4, 20161 min read
DS Director teaches law school course on ‘Climate Governance and Citizen Justice’ at Mon
DS Director Scott Leckie taught a new law school course at Monash Law School in Melbourne, Australia from 19-23 September 2016 on...
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Jun 20, 20161 min read
Peninsula Principles Now Available in Japanese
The Peninsula Principles on Climate Displacement Within States are now available in Japanese. The full text is available here:Â Japanese...
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May 10, 20161 min read
DS-Backed Where Will We Go Exhibition Launched at UN’s New York Headquarters
Kadir van Lohuizen’s extraordinary Where Will We Go Exhibition, backed by DS, UNEP, the Netherlands government and others, opened today...
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May 2, 20161 min read
DS ROUNDTABLE ADOPTS ‘THE CLIMATE LAND STATMEMENT’
After two intensive days of discussion, the DS-hosted Roundtable on Improving Land Access for Climate Displaced Persons and Communities...
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Mar 24, 20161 min read
DS Annual Report 2015
DS has just released its Annual Report 2015 which gives a brief overview of all of our activities last year, and our plans for the...
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Mar 8, 20161 min read
Press on Climate Displacement and the Bangladesh HLP Initative
The Bangladesh HLP Initiative has been active in supporting and encouraging print and electronic media in Bangladesh to report on the...
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Jan 9, 20161 min read
New Review of Scott Leckie and Chris Huggins’ Book – Conflict and HLP Rights – fro
A book review of DS Director Scott Leckie’s and Chris Huggin’s 2011 book Conflict and Housing, Land and Property Rights: A Handbook on...
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Jan 9, 20161 min read
Great News to Start 2016!
Our One House at a Time Project in Bangladesh has gotten off to a great start in 2016 with a generous donation by the Dutch NGO Stichting...
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Dec 20, 20151 min read
Now Available – Bengali Version – Guidance Note on Land Solutions to Climate Displaceme
A Bengali version of the Guidance Note on New Land for Climate Displaced Persons in Bangladesh is now available. This Guidance Note...
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Nov 7, 20151 min read
EU Workshop in Dhaka – Growth and Climate Change: Opportunities and Challenges in Bangladesh
On 27 October 2015, on behalf of the Bangladesh HLP Initiative, Young Power in Social Action (YPSA)Â presented at the Delegation of the...
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Oct 20, 20151 min read
Dhaka Tribune – The Critical Role of Land in Solving Climate Displacement
On 17 October 2015 the Dhaka Tribune published an article by Displacement Solutions on “The Critical Role of Land in Solving Climate...
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Oct 13, 20151 min read
Dhaka Tribune – The Urgent Need for Rights Based Solutions to Climate Displacement in Bangladesh
On 10 October 2015 the Dhaka Tribune published an article by Displacement Solutions on “The Urgent Need for Rights Based Solutions to...
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