News and Blogs
Reflecting on the range of views submitted to the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea on Climate Change
After 30 years of science on the ocean-climate nexus, 2023 is to be remembered as the year when the international community has scaled up climate change action to the level of international courts and tribunals. Three requests for an Advisory Opinion have been submitted to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), […]
SAFER LAB has been selected to host the eleventh World Recreational Fisheries Conference
The Southern African Fisheries Ecology Research (SAFER) Lab, a working group under the leadership of Hub researcher, Prof. Warren Potts (Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, Rhodes University, South Africa) has been awarded the rights to host the next World Recreational Fisheries Conference (WRFC) in 2026. “This is the first time this global conference will […]
UN Guidance on children’s human right to a healthy environment calls for protecting marine ecosystems, transforming industrial fisheries, and preventing marine pollution
August 2023: The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has published its awaited new General Comment No. 26 on children’s rights and the environment, with a special focus on climate change. The General Comment clarifies that States must take immediate action to protect children from the triple planetary crisis (climate emergency, biodiversity loss […]
Considering the Human Rights of Future Generations in Ocean Governance
The newly published Maastricht Principles on the Human Rights of Future Generations mark a significant step in clarifying States’ obligations in the context of intergenerational equity, which is a pillar of international environmental law, including climate change and biodiversity law, as well as of the law of the sea. This blog post reflects on the […]
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 […]
