Laura Meriläinen
Get engaged in the Hub-FAO collaboration on small-scale fishers’ human rights during IYAFA
The Hub and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) are launching a deeper reflection on how to ensure the protection of small-scale fishers’ human rights during the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA). We will start with: a high-level event titled “Exploring Challenges, Opportunities and Alliances for the Protection of Small-scale Fishers’ […]
in-person event in lisbon: The future and ocean WE (ALL) want: Inclusion and integration for strong, sustainable and equitable blue economies
In person event in Lisbon When: 28th June 2022, 13:00-15:00 Lisbon Time (12:00-14:00 GMT) Venue: Alfama room, Tivoli Oriente Hotel, Lisbon, Portugal (across the street from the Conference Blue Zone) Advancing inclusive, sustainable and equitable blue economies at the UN Ocean Conference Side-event report The side-event titled ‘The future and ocean WE (ALL) want: Inclusion […]
Hub-led events in june 2022
HUB-LED PANELS FOR THE 2022 SUMMER/WINTER SCHOOL ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT For the second year running, the One Ocean Hub will share research findings and methods at the Summer/Winter School on Human rights and the Environment (20-28 June 2022) co-hosted by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Global Network for Human Rights […]
One Ocean Hub’ Upcoming Event for the World Ocean Week 2022
For third year running, the One Ocean Hub has been among the ‘Friends of United Nations (UN) World Oceans Week’ and contributed to the worldwide celebrations and discussions on matters concerning the ocean. This year’s theme ‘Revitalization: Collective Action for the Ocean’ sheds light on how the ocean connects, sustains, and supports us all. Yet […]
Reflections on the new UN process to develop a treaty on plastics
The monumental decision to begin negotiations on a legally binding international instrument on plastic pollution was taken in early March 2022, at the second part of the 5th United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA 5.2). This blog post provides some initial reflections on the need for a new international treaty, the mandate agreed upon at UNEA […]
DEEP Fund: New artistic projects and outcomes
New project The Hub is delighted to announce the addition of a new Deep Fund project led by Drama Queens in Ghana. Pa Suɔmi (Love for the Ocean) focuses on relationships between the sea and women in the coastal towns of Ada and Elmina. Traditional knowledge, oral histories and story-telling reveal powerful beliefs and values […]
Hub led panels for the 2022 Summer/Winter School on Human Rights and the Environment
For the second year running, the One Ocean Hub will share research findings and methods at the Summer/Winter School on Human rights and the Environment (20-28 June 2022) co-hosted by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Global Network for Human Rights and the Environment (GNHRE). The School aims at raising awareness and building the […]
Sharing learnings on the role of arts in transdisciplinary ocean research
Hub early-career researchers Mia Strand (Nelson Mandela University, South Africa) and Marly Muudeni Samuel (Glasgow School of Art, UK), with Director Elisa Morgera (Strathclyde University, UK), participated in two events to share experiences and learnings on the use of arts in transdisciplinary ocean research in April 2022. The first event was an exploratory workshop on […]
Including cultural rights and creative capacities in blue economies to achieve the SDGs
On 27th April 2022 the Hub submitted written evidence to the UN Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights to provide ‘inputs to a report on cultural rights and sustainable development.’ The submission was co-authored by Hub early-career researchers Dr Senia Febrica (University of Strathclyde, UK), Mia Strand (Nelson Mandela University, South Africa) and Dr Holly Niner […]