Call for Papers
We are glad to launch a new call for papers to highlight new perspectives on Green Rights in international environment law. Contributions should take the form of short articles (1000-2000 words). Articles can be submitted as long as this call for papers is online on the Green Diplomacy Blog’s website. Upon acceptance, their publication will be planned according to the blog's program and priorities.
Green Rights – A New Generation of Human Rights
Summary
We are glad to launch a new call for papers to highlight new perspectives on Green Rights in international environment law. Contributions should take the form of short articles (1000-2000 words). Articles can be submitted as long as this call for papers is online on the Green Diplomacy Blog’s website. Upon acceptance, their publication will be planned according to the blog’s program and priorities.
1. The Blog
Green Diplomacy is a blog by jurists for diplomats. It aims to provide diplomats dealing with climate negotiations with actionable proposals in the form of short articles. Its scope covers international environmental law and governance, and it focuses on publishing action-oriented pieces, as its purpose is to feed ongoing discussions with legal proposals, targeting an audience primarily composed of significant diplomats as well as other relevant stakeholders such as NGOs, business representatives, and state actors.
Its Advisory Board is chaired by former COP 21 President Laurent Fabius and comprises eminent jurists and experts such as Antonio Benjamin, Samantha Besson, David R. Boyd, Dan Esty, Sandrine Maljean-Dubois, Makane Mbengue, Nilüfer Oral, Nicholas Robinson, Jeffrey Sachs, Jorge E. Viñuales, and Christina Voigt. The Blog includes many Partners including the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (IUCN-WCEL), the International Council on Environmental Law (ICEL), the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), the Common Home of Humanity, and the Club des Juristes.
General overview
By adopting the 1966 the two Covenants on Civil and political rights, then on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the UN General Assembly ushered a new era of international recognition of inalienable and universal rights, and inspired decades of international treaties and domestic policies. These two texts committed their parties to guarantee and perfect two series of human rights. By proclaiming those rights, the United Nations were not only acknowledging the importance of pre-existing domestic legislations that were not yet incorporated to international law: they set in stone these rights and paved the way for future generations to enjoy and develop them.
The recent landmark resolution of the UNGA to recognize the right for all to live in a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment could signal the birth of a third generation of human rights, deeply tied to the protection of our environment. This new generation of human rights, that takes its roots in the 1992 Rio Declaration that reaffirmed the strong bond between human rights and the environment through sustainable development, raises a number of issues, that our platform Green Diplomacy is designed to investigate:
What legal form should these new “Green Human Rights” take to be efficiently integrated into domestic constitutions and legislations? What should be the material content of these new rights? What concrete steps should international diplomats take to enforce the principles and rights brought forward by the 1992 Rio declaration and the 2022 AGNU Resolution on the right to live in a healthy environment?
To give new, action-oriented perspectives on these fundamental issues, the editorial board of the Green Diplomcay Blog is pleased to invite contributions on topics relating to green rights and their enactment.
Topics:
The main topics we would like to assess in the following months are:
- How can international law and diplomacy usher the development of new rights in the field of environment?
- How can Human Rights and Environmental rights interact? How could the principle of precaution or, for instance, freedom of opinion and expression advance the goals of environmental protection?
- How could a set of internationally recognized green rights shape the domestic practices in climatic and environmental litigation?
- What should be the role of the science-policy dialogue in shaping the next generations of human rights through a better comprehension of the impact climate change has on human societies? How could the “One Health Approach” inspire a new generation of Human Green Rights?
- What could be the content of the third generation of human rights, in the perspective of the right to a healthy environment and the content of the 1992 Rio Declaration?
- What rights already enforced regionally could be recognized on a multilateral level to promote a new generation of “green rights”?
This list is not exhaustive. Potential authors may propose other topics, provided they be directly linked to the topic of Green Rights.
Guidelines for submission:
Content
- Actionable content: the content of the contributions is expected to be concrete, precise, and directly related to International Environmental Law issues. Contributions should include actionable proposals. Green Diplomacy is an action-oriented blog.
- Intelligible style: publications are expected to be intelligible by decision-makers with a self-contained writing style that is sufficiently comprehensible by jurists and non-jurists alike.
- Key Proposals: in addition to the text of the article itself, submissions should be complemented by a short text summarizing the contribution’s key proposals in a brief abstract.
- Language: the language of publication is English.
Format
- Length: the length of a contribution should be between 1000 and 2000 words, inclusive of any references.
- Footnotes: footnotes may be used on the Blog. However, it is preferable that all references be included through hyperlinks. No distinction is made between endnotes and footnotes.
- Headings: if the contribution has subdivisions, they should be numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2, …), 1.2, etc. The introduction is not included in section numbering. Headings should be in bold.
- Citations: citations and references should be put in parentheses immediately after the propositions or quotations that they support.
- Hyperlinks: insert embedded hyperlinks to relevant supporting material and legal texts, including statutes, treaties, and cases. In Microsoft Word, hyperlinks can be easily embedded by selecting text, right-clicking, and choosing the link option in the contextual menu.
Submission
- Author profile: if this is your first time contributing to Green Diplomacy, and if you’re not a contributor to the former Pathway to the 2022 Declaration blog, we will create your author profile. Please submit a short biography ranging from 100 to 200 words in the description section and, if applicable, a hyperlink to your professional web page and details of any LinkedIn or Twitter profile you may have. Please also attach a color photo of yourself in the form. You may additionally send any other photographs that are relevant to the content of your post.
- Keywords: a short list of keywords must also be included to ensure proper referencing of the article.
- Revisions: contributors can expect to be asked to revise their contributions and publication is never guaranteed.
Calendar:
- Deadline: contributions can be submitted as long as this call for papers is online on the Green Diplomacy Blog’s website.
- Publication: Publications will be arranged based on the currents needs and publication program of the Green Diplomacy blog.
- How to contact us or submit a post: Enquiries and posts should be sent by email at papers@greendiplomacy.org