Law & Governance for the Sustainable Development Goals

Integrating environment, human rights and economy through legal scholarship and empowerment

Global Research Centre Dedicated to Law & Governance on Sustainable Development

The CISDL supports 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.

Our Global Network

Americas: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, BrazilCanadaChileColombiaCosta Rica, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti,  Honduras, JamaicaMexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, São Tomé and Príncipe, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, United StatesUruguay, Venezuela 
 
Europe and Central AsiaAfghanistanAlbaniaArmeniaAustria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, GermanyGreeceHungary, Iceland, IrelandItalyKazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mongolia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, NetherlandsNorwayPolandPortugalRomania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, SwedenSwitzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, United Kingdom, Ukraine, Uzbekistan 
 
AfricaAlgeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South AfricaSudanTanzania, The Gambia, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe 
 
OceaniaAustralia, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea
 
Middle East: Bahrain, EgyptIran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen 
 
East and South AsiaBangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong-Kong, East  Timor, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam 

Our Programmes

Continuing Legal Education

The CISDL provides both capacity building and continuing legal education courses on sustainable development law. Developed in conjunction with the Canadian Branch of the International Law Association (ILA), these online courses are taught by leading international experts and accredited by the Québec Bar.

Featured Research & Dialogue

Featured Publications

Featured Research & Dialogue