The Centre for Human Rights and the International Development Law Unit (IDLU) at the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria cordially invites you to a lecture on 'The Paris Agreement on
Climate Change: A landmark in the progressive integration of human rights and the environment'

Speaker: Marcos Orellano
Director, Human Rights and Environment Program, Centre for International Environment Law (CIEL)

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Date: Monday 29 February 2016
Time: 17:00 to 18:30
Venue: Room 1-68, Graduate Centre, Hatfield Campus, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
 
Enquiries: Ms Thandeka Rasetsoke (012 420 5296 / [email protected])

Biography: Marcos Orellano

Dr Marcos A Orellana (LLM, SJD) is the Director of the Human Rights and Environment Program at the Centre for International Environment Law (CIEL) and Adjunct Associate Professor at the George Washington University School of Law.

At CIEL Dr Orellana has focused on strengthening tools to secure global environmental justice. Prior to joining CIEL, Dr Orellana was a Fellow to the Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law of the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.

He also was a Visiting Scholar with the Environmental Law Institute in Washington DC and Instructor Professor of international law at the Universidad de Talca, Chile. Dr Orellana has acted as legal counsel to the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs on international environmental issues, such as the Rio+20 process and climate change negotiations.

Dr Orellana has also acted as legal advisor to several International Institutions, including the United Nations Environment Programme and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.  

About the Centre for Human Rights

The Centre for Human Rights was established in 1986 and is celebrating its 30th anniversary during 2016. It is both an academic department and a non-governmental organisation. The Centre works towards human rights education in Africa, a greater awareness of human rights, the wide dissemination of publications on human rights in Africa, and the improvement of the rights of women, people living with HIV, indigenous peoples, sexual minorities and other disadvantaged or marginalised persons or groups across the continent.