News and Blogs
Reflecting on the role of the UN in supporting the human right to a healthy environment
What is needed to bridge the gap between human rights practices and the human right to a healthy environment? The UN Development Programme (UNDP) invited Hub Director Elisa Morgera to contribute to answering this question during the UNDP Annual Meeting on Rule of Law and Human Rights (20-22 June 2023). Continuing Hub engagement with the […]
Including blue economies in human rights processes on just transitions and foreign investment protection
Human rights issues in the context of extractive industries, transitions to net-zero emission futures, and foreign investment are being investigated by different UN bodies. The Hub made two submissions to ensure that sufficient attention is also paid, in this connection, to negative human rights impacts in the context of blue economies. The first was directed […]
Contributing to stakeholders’ preparations for the SDG Summit
Over 150 people attended a conversation on progress and recommendations on SDG 15 (life on land) and SDG 16 (peace, justice and strong institutions), in preparation for the SDG Summit on 18-19 September 2024. Hub Director Elisa Morgera was invited to deliver a keynote speech by the Stakeholder Forum, following on her contribution on SDG […]
Spotlight on early-career researchers: Kirsty McQuaid
introducing Kirsty My name is Kirsty McQuaid, and I am a South African postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Plymouth (UK) and the South African National Biodiversity Institute (South Africa). I am a deep-sea benthic ecologist, which means I work on understanding animal communities that live on the seafloor in areas deeper than 200m. […]
The threat of plastic pollution in Ghana
This blog post aims to address the critical issue of plastic pollution in Ghana. Hub researchers Bhavani Narayanaswamy and Geslaine Goncalves (Scottish Association for Marine Science, SAMS, UK) are working together with Joseph Aggrey-Fynn and Benjamin Nyarko and students at the University of Cape Coast (UCC, Ghana) exploring the challenges posed by plastic consumption and […]
Hub’s Engage event launched planning for ‘Hub 2.0’
During the ‘Engage with Strathclyde’ week in early May 2023, a Hub event ‘Future of Ocean Research at University of Strathclyde‘ brought together researchers and partners to help scope future opportunities for collaboration at the human rights and environmental sustainability nexus. The event’s opening words were delivered by Professor Sir Jim McDonald, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Strathclyde University. In […]
Further integrating human rights in the global plastics treaty negotiations
In the lead up to the next phase of the global plastics treaty negotiations (29 May – 2 June 2023, Paris), which are also tasked to deal with ocean plastic pollution, a new research paper and policy brief addressed to international negotiations advances understanding of the implications of the human right to health for State […]
Reflecting on SDG14 in the lead-up to the 2023 SDG Summit
The Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future invited Hub Director Elisa Morgera to contribute to the “Countdown to the 2023 SDG Summit“ webinar series, which is supported by the UN Department on Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the European Union on how to enable integrated approaches to implementing the SDGs. Morgera contributed to the seventh webinar focused on the implementation of SDG 13 (climate action) & SDG 14 (life […]
Influencing the WHO negotiations of a new pandemic instrument
Hub research on fair and equitable benefit-sharing, One Health and fair research partnerships is contributing to the negotiations of a new international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and recovery under the aegis of the World Health Organisation (WHO). On 26 April 2022, Hub Director Elisa Morgera was invited to speak at a hybrid event titled “Averting a collision course? Beyond the pandemic instrument and the International Health Regulations” (Geneva, Switzerland), with the participation of international […]
