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Not Waving But Drowning – Susie Alegre talk on Human Rights, Climate Change and Small Islands at SOAS 29 November 2018

Human rights and climate change are priority issues for many small islands.  The IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels with a focus on the strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development...

Director, Susie Alegre, gives evidence to the Foreign Affairs Committee Inquiry into the Future of UK Overseas Territories

[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...

Publication in the EHRLR: Brexit, Human Rights and Self-Determination – A Perfect Storm in the British Crown Dependencies and UK Overseas Territories?

Island Rights Initiative Director, Susie Alegre explores the implications of Brexit and recent developments including the UK Sanctions and Money-Laundering Act 2018 on the situation of human rights and the right to self-determination of British Overseas Territories in a Point of View article in the...

Island Rights Initiative Associate, Angelique Pouponneau, represents the Alliance of Small Island States at international meetings on climate change

[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...