The AOSIS Fellowship Programme is a unique opportunity for young professionals from Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) countries to get hands-on training and experience on issues of law, policy, and science, and to build enduring capacity in AOSIS member governments to engage in international...
Island Rights Initiative Director, Susie Alegre, will be speaking about human rights and austerity in the context of semi-autonomous and dependent territories at the Wilmer Hale conference Human Rights and Small States: Challenges, Resilience, and Advocacy on 12th November 2020. Details for joining are available...
[caption id="attachment_21592" align="alignleft" width="280"] Dr Nasia Hadjigeorgiou[/caption] The Republic of Cyprus adopted the first responsive measures to COVID-19 on 10 March 2020, by closing down all educational institutions. A few days later, the country went into a lockdown, similar to others that have been enforced throughout...
Of the 16 countries yet to report a coronavirus case (as of15 April 2020), 12 were small island states. Their relative isolation and the ability to effectively close borders at short notice may have helped to keep coronavirus pandemic which has left some of the...
Island Rights Initiative's report Mapping the UK's responsibilities for human rights in UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies has been updated to include recent developments since December 2019 - read the updated report here.....
Thanks to a grant from the Legal Education Foundation the Island Rights Initiative has been able to map the UK’s constitutional relationships with its Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories from a human rights perspective. This report identifies the key legal and constitutional responsibilities the UK has...
[caption id="attachment_21127" align="alignleft" width="280"] Susie Alegre[/caption] Our Director, Susie Alegre, has given evidence to the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee Inquiry into the Future of UK Overseas Territories. Her written evidence focused on key areas that need urgent review to strengthen the protection of human rights...
The Island Rights Initiative is delighted to have been awarded a grant by the Legal Education Foundation to map the UK's constitutional relationships with its Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories from a human rights perspective. The UK has Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories (CDOTs) around the world....
[caption id="attachment_21435" align="alignright" width="280"] Angelique Pouponneau[/caption] Angelique Pouponneau, associate of the Island Rights Initiative, represented the Alliance of Small Island States at the stakeholder meeting of the Taskforce on Displacement of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage (WIM) from the 14th to the 15th...
