Sarah Lewis
Ocean and children’s human rights at the Bonn Climate Conference
For the fourth year in a row, One Ocean Hub participated in the Bonn Climate Conference. This blogpost reflects on the Hub’s contributions to the preparations of the first children’s dialogue at an international climate meeting, and discussions on the ocean-climate nexus. The Bonn Climate Conference encompasses the intersessional meeting of subsidiary bodies under the […]
Historic Opinion of the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea clarifies State obligations at the ocean-climate nexus
The International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) delivered its much-awaited Advisory Opinion requested to clarify States’ obligations to protect the marine environment from climate change. This blog post collects relevant extracts from the first report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change and Human Rights, Hub Director Elisa Morgera, which reflects on the historic importance […]
new podcast: South Africa’s small-scale fishers: Defending their rights to ancestral lands and fishing areas
A new special episode of the One Ocean Hub podcast dedicated to small-scale fishers has just been launched. Joined by Maria Honig (Coastal Communities Lead, World Wide Fund for Nature), Milica Prokic had the honour and pleasure to meet and discuss with small-scale fisher representatives from South Africa in person, as the episode was recorded […]
Hooked on Namibia: recreational angling, small-scale fisheries and the blue economy
Recreational angling (defined here as fishing that is not the individual’s main source of food and is not generally sold) is a significant industry in Namibia, with thousands of anglers visiting every year to take part in either rock-and-surf or ski-boat angling. Recreational angling provides a myriad of economic, social, and ecological benefits to society. […]
Nothing Comes without its World – Shimmering stories of human and more-than-human kinship
In May 2024 the One Ocean Hub team held their closing conference in Cape Town, and as one of the co-founders of the Hub it was a special privilege for me to invite the incredible Hub community to visit and participate in the opening of a new exhibition I curated, drawing deeply from our research […]
Celebrating World Ocean Day with Children and Youth
To mark World Ocean Day on 8 June 2024, Hub Director Elisa Morgera participated in a webinar organized by the UNEP Faith for Earth Youth Council and the Child and Youth Major Group to UNEP. This youth-led event offered a space for guided discussion with youth ocean defenders and allied adult leaders working to support young people in ocean awareness […]
New book assesses how international law is supporting (and how it can better support) equity and sustainability
Hub Director Elisa Morgera has published a new, open-access monograph ‘Fair and Equitable Benefit-sharing in International Law’ with Oxford University Press, assessing how and to what extent international law is supporting equity in environmental sustainability through the concept of fair and equitable benefit-sharing at the intersection of international environmental law, international human rights law, and […]
How can you protect the ocean?
The importance of public participation, meaningful consultation, and the cultural and spiritual heritage of the ocean to South Africa’s small-scale fishers and coastal communities. In 2021, the High Court in Makhanda ruled that Shell and Impact Africa’s exploration right for a seismic survey along the Wild Coast was unlawful due to the lack of meaningful […]
One Ocean Learn launches a new learning pathway focusing on small-scale fishers
In anticipation of the Small-Scale Fisheries Summit (SSF Summit) in Rome (5-7 July 2024), the One Ocean Learn open access learning platform has launched a new Learning Pathway, ‘Recognising the human rights of small-scale fishers’. The Learning Pathway explores the extent to which small-scale fishers’ rights and recognised and protected, highlights the contributions and the knowledge of […]
