The Elisabeth Haub College of Legislation at Rate College is delighted to announce that the 2023 Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Regulation and Diplomacy will be jointly awarded to Ambassador Marja Lehto of Finland and former Ambassador Marie Jacobsson of Sweden for their pivotal roles advancing environmental legislation and policy to secure the ecosystem in instances of armed conflicts.
Ambassador Lehto is Senior Qualified on General public International Legislation for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland and, till lately, Ambassador Jacobsson served as Principal Authorized Adviser on Intercontinental Legislation, Ministry for International Affairs of Sweden. Though Members of the UN International Regulation Fee (ILC), each served successively as Distinctive Rapporteur for the topic of the “Protection of the Setting in Relation to Armed Conflict.” In this role they labored tirelessly for a 10 years to acquire the Draft Concepts of International Regulation to Defend the Atmosphere in Periods of Armed Conflicts (PDF) and then skillfully led the adoption of the draft rules by the ILC and their acceptance by the United Nations Standard Assembly in 2022.
The rules lay out the urgent need to have and common targets to boost and advance the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of the setting for existing and potential generations, exclusively with respect to the defense of the surroundings just before, in the course of or right after an armed conflict, such as in predicaments of profession. Remarkably, above the several years, extra than 60 States engaged with the subject, offering help and observations as did international governmental and Non-Governmental organizations.
“We are honored to acknowledge two exemplary gals for their groundbreaking operate and leadership building principles that will guide and protect the long run of our earth,” claimed Horace E. Anderson Jr., Haub Law Dean and President of the Haub Award Jury. “The Elisabeth Haub University of Law’s No. 1 ranked environmental law method is committed to advancing the rule of environmental regulation throughout the world and to acquiring the skill, expertise, determination and passion for the cause that the two Ambassador Lehto and Ambassador Jacobsson so admirably exhibit.”
The prestigious Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy was founded in 1997 by the Elisabeth Haub College of Law at Speed University, in cooperation with the Haub Relatives, to honor the legacy of Elisabeth Haub (1899–1977), a famous philanthropist and advocate for robust legal guidelines for the conservation of nature. The award was first proven to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Stockholm Conference and the 5th anniversary of the United Nations Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit and is deemed the world’s most distinguished award in the area of environmental legislation. Selected annually by an esteemed jury, the award recognizes the innovation, ability, and achievements of lawyers, diplomats, worldwide civil servants and other advocates who do the job to generate the earth environmental get.
“Through the prestigious Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Regulation and Diplomacy we intention to realize the tireless efforts of two bold women whose leadership, insight, and commitment are earning a variation in our battle to make a extra sustainable planet,” said Pace University Trustee Liliane A. Haub. “The worth of protecting the organic ecosystem and its crucial resources all through and right after armed conflicts has getting to be increasingly important, and their perform will have an critical influence on our humanity, specially for people whose nations around the world are in disarray.”
“The rules react to a very long-time quest for a consolidated lawful framework for the security of the ecosystem in armed conflicts. Their temporal scope derives from the recognition that to be effective, safety of the setting has to be constant: ahead of, all through and just after armed conflict,” mentioned Ambassador Marja Lehto. “The conferment of the prestigious Elisabeth Haub Award to this operate amplifies the concept that the natural environment is no a lot more a silent casualty of war.”
“The war on aggression in opposition to Ukraine has evidently shown the need and complexity in managing environmental challenges in times of an armed conflict. These types of problems do not prevent when a war is more than. The rules evidently show that publish-conflict rebuilding and restoring cannot be left to a war-torn Point out, but demand cooperation of the worldwide community”, extra Ambassador Marie Jacobsson. “The Elisabeth Haub Award illustrates the requirement of submit-conflict environmental peace-constructing.”
The ceremony for the 2023 Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy honoring Ambassador Marja Lehto and Ambassador Marie Jacobsson will acquire place on Monday, October 23 at 4:00 p.m. EST and be broadcast nearly.
