News and Blogs
One Ocean Hub panels for the 2023 GNHRE & UNEP Summer/Winter School for Human Rights & the Environment
Panel Series: 11 – 15 September 2023. The Hub collaborates again with Global Network for Human Rights and the Environment (GNHRE) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in co-organising a series of panels for the GNHRE & UNEP Summer/Winter School for Human Rights & the Environment. This year the School will examine the themes […]
Clarifying States’ duties to protect the ocean from climate change impacts, through a human rights lens
Webinar 5 September 2023, 3-4.30 pm (BST) Register here The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) has been requested to clarify what States need to do (and do better) to effectively mitigate climate change and prevent further negative impacts on the ocean. To support ITLOS deliberations and the work of the many […]
Global Coalition on the Human Right to a Healthy Environment, of which the Hub is part, honoured with the 2023 UN Human Rights Prize
The Global Coalition of over 1350 civil society organisations, Indigenous peoples, social movements and local communities for the universal recognition of everyone’s human right to a healthy environment, of which the One Ocean Hub is part, has been awarded the United Nations Human Rights Prize 2023. The UN Human Rights Prize is a prize awarded […]
Empatheatre short film ‘Indlela Yokuphila: The Soul’s Journey’ at the United Nations World Ocean Week
Ancestors were present in this year’s UN World Oceans Week in the form of a digital storytelling and research project. The five-minute film, which took five years to create, explores an aspect of intangible ocean heritage and involved the participation of Indigenous knowledge holders from South Africa. The film and underlying research were headed […]
Empatheatre performance ‘Lalela uLwandle’ sparked conversation around ocean governance during UN celebrations of World Oceans Week
Acclaimed South African theatre collective, Empatheatre took centre stage at the United Nations World Ocean Week in New York 7 June 2023 where they performed ‘Lalela uLwandle (Listen to the Sea)’ – a play that explores intergenerational environmental injustices and sheds light on inclusive forms of ocean governance. Having made an impression at last year’s […]
Exploring opportunities for the scientific community from the BBNJ Agreement
What are the implications and opportunities for the scientific community arising from the international agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement)? An informal roundtable organised by the Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative (DOSI) addressed this question on 1 June 2023, on the side-lines of the International Symposium […]
Sharing law and art-based research insights with UN Nippon Fellows
As part of our ongoing partnerships with the UN Division on Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, linked to the UN Nippon Fellowship Programme and capacity-building, Hub Director Elisa Morgera and Dr Dylan McGarry (Rhodes University, South Africa), gave a presentation on “Inter- and Trans-Disciplinary Approaches for the Transformative Application of International Marine […]
New book on State Ocean Jurisdiction sheds light on improved ocean governance for sustainable development
Prof Patrick Vrancken’s (Nelson Mandela University, South Africa) just published a new international law book, titled State Ocean Jurisdiction. The monograph proposes a systematic analytical framework, which assists in understanding and applying the various instruments in international law that allocate powers and responsibilities to States in relation to the ocean, with a view to improving […]
Celebrating the diverse vibrancy of indigenous customs at the 7th Melanesian Arts and Culture Festival
The One Ocean Hub is partnering with the Vanuatu Cultural Centre to showcase the unique heritage of artists, performers and cultural practitioners in Melanesia, and promote regional cooperation and advance mutual respect. The Hub will present the exhibition Undercurrents: Art and Ocean in Melanesia at the 7th Melanesian Arts and Culture Festival in Port Vila, Vanuatu, 19 – 31 July 2023, […]
