LEES Winter School
International PhD program LEES
International and public Law, Ethics & Economics for Sustainability
Day 2
Tuesday 29 November
International Law and Human Rights
Annalisa Savaresi
Associate Professor
Center for Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Law (University of Eastern Finland)
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Climate Change and Human Rights Law
In this class we will look at the interplay between human rights and climate change law. We will ascertain how human rights law obligations can support action to tackle the climate emergency. We will furthermore consider how human rights law may support internationally coordinated action to address specific challenges associated with climate change, like that of people displacement. At the same time, we will look at the challenges that climate change poses to the implementation and enforcement of human rights law, and at the solutions that are being devised in order to overcome these challenges.
Recommended Reading:
- Sébastien Jodoin, Annalisa Savaresi and Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh, ‘Rights-Based Approaches to Climate Decision-Making’ (2021) 52 Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 45
- A. Savaresi ‘UN Human Rights Bodies and the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change: All Hands on Deck’ 4 Yearbook of International Disaster Law (2022)
- OHCHR, ‘Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Issue of Human Rights Obligations Relating to the Enjoyment of a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment’ (2019) A/74/161
- OHCHR, ‘Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change’ (2022) A/77/226
Constitutional Law and Economics
Stefan Voigt
Professor of Law and Economics
Universität Hamburg
CESifo Fellow
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Emergency Constitutions – Who has them, who uses them, and are they effective?
This lecture analyzes constitutionalized emergency provisions. It includes an overview over the existing provisions, describes under what conditions states of emergency are most likely to be called and analyzes their effects. The lecture is based on some 10 papers (mostly together with Christian Björnskov) on the topic. We are currently preparing a book manuscript entitled “State of Emergency”.
Mind the Gap – Analyzing Constitutional Compliance
The gap between de jure constitutional provisions (“black letter law”) and their actual implementation has received very little systematic attention from both lawyers and social scientists. This lecture summarizes a research project jointly run by colleagues from the University of Warsaw and the Institute of Law and Economics at the University of Hamburg and inquires into the various factors determining the de jure/de facto-gap.