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The compounded human rights impacts of climate change need to be understood and responded to through inter-generational and planetary earth justice, drawing on children’s human rights and art-based and cultural heritage-based research co-development practices across diverse knowledge systems.  Hub Director Elisa Morgera was invited to share these reflections, as a contribution to the Space Law and Earth Justice […]

“The human right to a healthy environment, which includes a healthy ocean, helps to ensure that no one is left behind in ocean governance”. This was a key message explored at a side event titled “Upholding the Human Right to a Clean, Healthy, and Sustainable Ocean” at the 12th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development in […]

To what extent has the One Ocean Hub achieved its initial objective of co-developing transformative research for sustainable development? And what have learnt, that can be of use to other researchers and change-makers, from our approach to fair research partnerships between Global North/South researchers and diverse knowledge holders, as illustrated in our Code of Practice?   We […]

The UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, Astrid Puentes Riaño, issued a report on the ocean and human rights (A/HRC/58/59), which confirms many of the One Ocean Hub research findings. The report addresses the importance of a holistic, comprehensive, integrated, gender-responsive and human rights- and ecosystem-based approach […]

The One Ocean Hub has published a catalogue of all our publications – have a look at the full range of our research spanning marine and social sciences, law and arts, including inter- and transdisciplinary research.

Before adopting participatory methods for research, it is essential to assess whether you, and your co-researchers, have sufficient time and resources (funding) to ensure genuine collaboration. Reflect on whether the engagement is truly participatory or risks creating an “illusion of inclusion.” Involving community members should avoid research fatigue and not feel obligatory, particularly where cultural […]

The Baku Climate Change Conference (11-22 November 2024, Baku, Azerbaijan) has raised serious doubts about the viability of the UN Climate Summits to meaningfully advance climate mitigation to ensure a safe climate. It has also been unable to provide the finance that is needed, both in quantity and modalities, to ensure the protection of human […]

The One Ocean Hub joins the University of Strathclyde and the Heritage International Institute in leading discussions about the link between heritage and human rights ahead of Human Rights Day!  On the 5 and 6 of December 2024, Hub researchers presented research findings that underscore the connection between the ocean, heritage and human rights at […]

This year’s UN Summit on Biodiversity (COP 16) adopted critical decisions on the need to respect the human rights of Indigenous peoples, local communities, Afro-descendant communities and ocean defenders. One Ocean Hub Deputy Director, Dr. Philile Mbatha, and Hub Director, Professor Elisa Morgera, in her capacity as the UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change and Human Rights, […]