2022 – 2027 Focus
To support understanding, development and implementation of law for sustainable development; leading international research through legal scholarship and knowledge-building, and education through legal dialogue and capacity-strengthening.
2022 – 2027 Objectives
- To achieve research and education impact by coordinating the provision of CISDL expertise and analysis in international treaty negotiation and implementation, in collaboration with CISDL partners and networks, building a strong and coherent legal presence in international agendas related to sustainable development, and successfully consolidating global partnership initiatives to strengthen the contributions of law and governance towards implementation of international treaties on sustainable development;
- To advance education by creating and launching new international education and capacity-building on law and governance for sustainable development; offering hybrid or in-person courses alongside international treaty events and in leading universities worldwide, together with partners; developing and disseminating online courses on legal aspects of global Sustainable Development Goals; and leading international student essay competitions;
- To promote world-class scholarship through engaging the CISDL fellowship and networks in our flagship series of Cambridge University Press books on the implementation of treaties for sustainable development; publishing other world-class books, compendia, manuals, working papers and blogs on law and sustainable development; developing law and governance textbooks on sustainable development with leading publishers; and expanding the CISDL website and social media presence;
- To promote new ideas, dialogue and collaboration on justice for sustainable development, continuing the successful Hon Justice CD Gonthier Memorial Lectures at the McGill University Faculty of Law with world-class events in 2024 and 2026, implementing the new global awards and fellowship to honour the legacy of HE Justice CG Weeramantry, co-hosting further international symposia, roundtables, workshops and other forums, and supporting the formation of an international association or academic society on sustainable development governance and law.
In 2022-2027, CISDL will continue to lead legal scholarship and empowerment research and education projects in six key programme areas linked to the 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). These will encompass the social and economic aspects of international law on biodiversity and on climate change; the ecological and social aspects of international law on trade, investment, and finance and on natural resources; and the economic and ecological aspects of international law on health and on human rights. Cross-cutting sustainable development governance issues, such as the contribution of law and justice to global sustainability, indigenous people’s rights, and the interests of future generations, will be the seventh programme focus.
Download here: CISDL_LRS 2022-27 – Final
