The Vance Center recently helped prepare legal arguments for an amicus curiae brief submitted by Astrid Puentes Riaño, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustai... Read More
Senior Staff Attorney Sam Bookman spoke at two events during the first week of the the UN Climate Change Conference, known as COP. On November 13, Bookman spoke on a panel, “Bar Association... Read More
Panelists (L-R): Prof. Kivutha Kibwana of Daystar University; Patricia Kameri-Mbote, Director of UNEP’s Law Division; Adaobi Egboka, Director, Africa Initiatives at the Vance Center; and Ma... Read More
L-R: Kelsey Jost-Creegan, Sarah Sax, Adam Weiss, Jovana Ríos Cisnero, Cristel de León, and Nathalya Desterro after the panel discussion at the New York City Bar Association, September 25, 2025.... Read More
The Peace Palace (Vredespalais), which houses the International Court of Justice, in The Hague, Netherlands. Source: Wikimedia Commons, licensed under a Creative Commons CC0 1.0 License. The Inte... Read More
Participants in the environmental litigation training workshop in Cape Town, December 2024. Photo credit: Natural Justice. More than 50 lawyers from 10 southern African countries convened in Ca... Read More
