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...Reports to the Membership
Reports from the Secretariat/GB to the Membership
- 2008 Report presented in Mexico City
- Report to Wuhan Collegium, November 2009
Bylaws and Guidelines
The bylaws of the IUCN Academy, are provided below. The bylaws linked below were adopted on July 6, 2024 at the Academy’s annual Colloquium in Ahmedabad, India.
In addition, please find below Guidelines that have been developed in support of Academy governance. These Guidelines have been reviewed and approved by the Board. Please check back as we will continue to post approved guidelines.
- Bylaws of the Academy
Adopted by vote of the members on July 6, 2024. - Guideline (1) on Roles and Responsibilities of Governing Board Members
- Guideline (2) on Composition and Functions of the Teaching and Research Committees
- Guideline (3) on Administrative Committees of the Governing Board
- Guideline (4) on Terms of Reference and Composition of Administrative Committees of the Governing Board
- Guideline (5) on Academy Fellows
- Guideline (6) on Use of the IUCN Academy Name
Collegium
The IUCN Academy is a network of university-based law faculties and environmental law centres, each of which is a member institution. Each member institution may nominate a representative as a member of the Academy's Collegium (annual general meeting). The representative is eligible to elect the members of the Governing Board of the AcademyOur Aims
The IUCN Academy of Environmental Law is uniquely positioned in building environmental law education capacity and promoting the conceptual development of environmental law.
The Academy recognizes that environmental legal education is a vital contributor to the rule of law and to robust environmental governance essential for sustainable development and can be achieved through:
- Development and delivery of programs aimed at building university teaching capacity in environmental law;
- Generation of global research programs with major partners to feed into national and international environmental law and policy agendas; and
- Convening major international conferences and exchange through the efforts of its Secretariat and its electronic communications.
As countries seek to achieve global environmental sustainability and to increase their capacity for the development and implementation of international and national environmental law, the IUCN Academy can draw on its international resources to help achieve the following:
- Build individual talent and institutional capacity in environmental law and policy as a vital contributor to effective international environmental governance
- Advance understanding of some of the most pressing environmental law and governance issues and propose strategies to address these issues from a legal perspective
- Contribute to developing new legal mechanisms to meet urgent demands for sound global, regional and national governance
