The Vance Center and its African partners West African Bar Association, Pan African Lawyers Union, and West African Civil Society Forum, organized a four-part webinar series on democracy, electio... Read More
The 2022 Goldman Environmental Prize for South & Central America has been awarded to two Ecuadorian Indigenous land defenders, Alex Lucitante and Alexandra Narvarez. The Goldman Prize is the worl... Read More
(Photo credit: Shutterstock) The Environment Program recently co-sponsored an expert seminar on “United Nations Recognition of the Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment: Past De... Read More
The Vance Center continued its African Legal Fellows bi-monthly webinar series, with Aluko & Oyebode and Paul Weiss hosting a discussion on Cross-Border Legal Work in the Era of Covid-19. Afr... Read More
(Photo Credit: Amazon Frontlines) The Constitutional Court of Ecuador relied on an amicus brief facilitated by the Vance Center in an historic decision on the rights of Indigenous peoples to free... Read More
The Vance Center Environment Program facilitated the filing of an amicus brief on behalf two UN Special Rapporteurs, in support of a claim by Indigenous Ecuadorian communities affected by a massi... Read More
