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Passing along some exciting new from our latest podcast guest, Me Vega Cárdenas, President of the International Observatory of Nature’s Rights: "It is with great pleasure and enthusiasm that the International Observatory of Nature’s Rights (OIDN) officially invites you to the launch of its first book: A Legal Personality for the St. Lawrence River and Other Rivers of the World. The texts in this collective work deal with the implications of granting a legal personality and ...rights to the St. Lawrence River, examine the epistemological foundations of the paradigm of recognition of the Rights of Nature, and present concrete cases of recognition of Rivers as subjects of law. This book answers questions about the implications of such recognition and contributes to the process of building a new law that has just begun in Quebec and Canada with the adoption in February 2021 of resolutions conferring the status of "legal person" to the MagPie/Muteshekau Shipu River." Sign the petition here: https://www.thepetitionsite.com//déclaration-du-fleuve-sa/ Hope to see you all at the event! https://fb.me/e/2asKPYx16

In this episode by Associate Editors Ashley Light, Emily Michelin and Angela Yang, we learn about environmental personhood from a lawyer directly involved in the Magpie River Legal Personhood Project! Me Vega Cárdenas, Professor of Law at the Université de Montréal and President of the International Observatory on the Rights of Nature, tells about the significance of the Magpie River being granted legal personhood: The decision means that the river is no longer an object t...hat we exploit but a person, a subject that we respect it means that the river is alive in law. Provoking a paradigm shift inspired by indigenous juridical traditions, this decisions is a recognition that the Magpie River is no longer the object of protection but a holder of rights. This is the last episode of our first podcast series - we were lucky to have such inspiring guests on each episode and to be able to spotlight such important issues in the area of sustainability law. A huge thank you goes out to our Podcasts Committee for all their hard work! Listen below, and don't forget to subscribe! https://anchor.fm//Ep--4-Interview-with-Me-Vega-Crdenas--M https://open.spotify.com/episode/1p5zRwZJgrBmbiQYSXABKq

Webinar Panel Event: Environmental Racism in the Canadian Context

The MJSDL will be hosting an event alongside the McGill Journal of Law and Health on a topic where issues of environmental justice intersect with those of health justice: Environmental racism in Canada. Join us and a variety of environmental justice experts for this panel event on Wednesday, April 6th at 6 pm!

Dr. Iris Goldner Lang, a past guest in our Speaker Series, has recently published a blog piece on the potential of "digital green passes" and "vaccination certifications" in the EU. Read her insights here: https://verfassungsblog.de/vaccination-for-vacation/ Just yesterday, the European Commission released its official proposal for digital green passes. Information on the key elements of these new migration regulations can be found here:... https://ec.europa.eu/commis/presscorner/detail//ip_21_1181

Update from Professor Abate, presenter of our past Anthropocene Accountability event: Attached is a revised version of Prof. Abate's article - "Anthropocene Accountability Litigation: Confronting Common Enemies to Promote a Just Transition" - which has been accepted for publication in the Spring 2021 symposium issue of the Columbia Journal of Environmental Law! We congratulate him on this exciting news and hope you enjoy the piece: https://www.docdroid.net//abate-anthropocene-accountabilit

The McGill Tribune's account of Professor Abate's webinar on Anthropocene Accountability can be found here: http://www.mcgilltribune.com//monmouth-university-profess/ Professor Abate has also kindly shared his manuscript with us. Please find it here: https://www.docdroid.net//abate-anthropocene-accountabilit