Introduction
Welcome to the Comprehensive Environmental Law Training Program, designed to provide a thorough understanding of environmental legal frameworks, principles, and practices. This program is tailored to equip participants with the knowledge and skills needed to navigate the complex landscape of environmental law, compliance, and dispute resolution.
Throughout this training, participants will embark on a comprehensive exploration, starting with fundamental modules such as an introduction to environmental law concepts and the foundational principles that guide its application. We will delve into the intricacies of Kenyan environmental legislation, dissecting the constitutional framework and sectoral regulations governing biodiversity, wildlife, water, and more.
As we progress, the program unravels the procedural dimensions in the adjudication of environmental disputes and highlights critical subject areas, including environmental crimes, human rights, and climate justice. Participants will gain insights into the enforcement of environmental rights, understand the linkages between human rights and environmental protection, and exploremh avenues for litigation in pursuit of environmental justice.
Program objectives
- Identify and analyze threats to environmental integrity, with a focus on the Kenyan context.
- Examine key principles of environmental law, including preventive action, precautionary principles, and sustainability.
- Examine sectoral legislation related to biodiversity conservation, wildlife, water, wetlands, noise, air quality, cultural and natural heritage, climate change, toxic substances, and waste.
- Discuss case management specific to environmental matters.
- Investigate environmental crimes, human rights, land use, water rights, and ESIA.
- Analyze challenges associated with environmental adjudication.
- Explore international instruments supporting the right to a healthy environment.
- Understand the role of litigation in realizing environmental justice.
- Conceptualize climate justice and its principles.
- Explore legal frameworks at international, regional, and national levels.
- Understand international environmental problems and the development of international environmental law.
- Review international and regional instruments Kenya has signed.
- Link ADR to environmental disputes and examine its procedural aspects.
- Understand the consequences of non-compliance with international conventions and obligations.
- Join us on this educational journey to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to navigate the intricate world of environmental law.
Target Audience
- This training program is ideal for legal professionals, environmental consultants, policymakers
- Lawyers, Environmentalists
- Government Officers and Practitioners, regulatory compliance officers
- Anyone interested in gaining a comprehensive understanding of environmental law
- It caters to individuals seeking to enhance their expertise in
- navigating the legal intricacies surrounding environmental conservation, management, and compliance.
