Charter of the Global Judicial Institute for the Environment

The Global Judicial Institute on the Environment (GJIE) has the avowed mission to support the role of courts and tribunals in applying and enforcing environmental laws and in promoting the environmental rule of law and the fair distribution of environmental benefits and burdens. The GJIE was established to respond to the need of continued opportunities, led by judges and for judges, for education; capacity building; collaboration; and exchange of information, practices and experiences. The Charter specifies GJIE’s objectives which include: (i) providing research, analysis and publications on environmental adjudication, environmental dispute resolution, court practices and procedures, court administration, legal claims and actions, judicial remedies and environmental justice, including access to environmental information, public participation in environmental decision-making, and access to justice, (ii) strengthening the capacity of judges in administration, and resolution of cases and disputes related to the environment, (iii) providing a forum for convening international, regional, national and subnational judges, court officials and judicial institutions to create partnerships for collaboration and information exchange on environmental law issues, (iv) pursuing such other objectives as consistent with its mission and Charter.