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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- Sep 4, 2015
- 1 min
Deutsche Welle interviews DS Director Scott Leckie on what to do about that fact that up to a quarte
Germany’s international broadcaster Deutsche Welle released print and radio interviews today with DS Director Scott Leckie. In the...
- Aug 25, 2015
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LATEST DS BOOK HOT OFF THE PRESSES – REPAIRING DOMESTIC CLIMATE DISPLACEMENT: THE PENINSULA PR
Our book Repairing Domestic Climate Displacement: The Peninsula Principles is now available from Routledge. Edited by DS Director Scott...
- Aug 14, 2015
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Now Available – Updated Guidance Note on Land Solutions to Climate Displacement in Bangladesh
An updated version of the Guidance Note on New Land for Climate Displaced Persons in Bangladesh is now available. This Guidance Note...
- Aug 10, 2015
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If the Spratley’s can be transformed so dramatically, can the Pacific’s sinking islands
Preventing climate displacement on many of the world’s atoll nations, and saving those nations from what could be their eventual demise...
- Aug 1, 2015
- 1 min
Exciting Internship Opportunity with DS in Geneva!
DS has an exciting new internship opening and is looking for a motivated applicant to fill the position. If you have experience or...
- Jul 30, 2015
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Now Available – Bengali Version of the Pocket Guide on the Rights of Climate Displaced Persons
Bangladesh HLP Initiative has released a Bengali language version of the Pocket Guide on the Rights of Climate Displaced Persons. An...
- Jul 29, 2015
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Workshop for Bangladeshi Lawyers and Judges on the Rights of Climate Displaced Persons
On 9 July 2015, The Bangladesh HLP Initiative held an orientation on the rights of climate displaced persons for lawyers and judges from...
- Jul 14, 2015
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Report on Building Climate Resilience following Side Event at UN Human Rights Council
On 18 March 2015, Displacement Solutions (DS) co-hosted a Side Event at the UN Human Rights Counsel on the application of the Peninsula...
- Jul 13, 2015
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UN Awards DS Certificate of Merit for Disaster Risk Reduction
After having been long-listed for the Nippon Foundation’s Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction in December 2014, DS is honoured to...
- Jul 1, 2015
- 1 min
Hope from the Pope
The recent encyclical by Pope Francis, subtitled “On the care for our common home”, calls on every human being to take responsibility for...
- Jun 30, 2015
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TIME: Quotes of the Day
In 2008, TIME quoted DS Director Scott Leckie saying “Are they actually asking to re-establish the Maldives elsewhere?” Seven years...
- May 16, 2015
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Where Will We Go? Exhibition: Now in Naarden, Holland
The ‘Where Will We Go?’ exhibition is currently stationed in Naarden, Holland, and was successfully opened on 13 May 2015 by the Dutch...
- May 2, 2015
- 2 min
Planned Relocation Underway for the Community of Gardi Sugdub, Panama
More than 30,000 people from the Gunayala island communities of Panama are facing climate displacement and will need to move from their...
- Apr 26, 2015
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Forthcoming report: Judicial Approaches to Climate Displacement
DS is currently preparing a report entitled “Judicial Approaches to Climate Induced Displacement: A Guide for Lawyers and Judges” as part...
- Apr 26, 2015
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DS undertakes mission to Bangladesh
In April 2015, DS representative Ezekiel Simperingham visited Bangladesh as part on the ongoing Bangladesh HLP Initiative. During the...
- Apr 9, 2015
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DS Director Teaches Climate Change and Human Rights Course at Mahidol University
Scott Leckie had the pleasure of teaching his Climate Change and Human Rights law school course to a group of enthusiastic graduate...
- Apr 8, 2015
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2015 DS Mission to Colombia Examines Climate Displacement
As a result of extreme weather-related events associated with “La Niña” phenomenon, during 2010 and 2011, Colombia suffered the worst...
- Feb 21, 2015
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2015 DS Mission to Panama
DS will return to Panama in 2015 on its third mission looking into the role of the Peninsula Principles in guiding planned relocation due...
- Feb 14, 2015
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DS Director Addresses the Mornington Peninsula Vignerons Association
On 7 February 2015, the DS Director Scott Leckie addressed the Mornington Peninsula Vignerons Association (MPVA) at the 2015 Mornington...
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