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Welcome from the Editors to the Inaugural CLA Climate Justice Newsletter on Earth Day 2026

17/04/2026

Welcome from the Editors to the Inaugural CLA Climate Justice Newsletter on Earth Day 2026

Welcome to the inaugural Climate Justice Newsletter, which brings together legal scholarship, practice‑based reflection, and critical analysis of...

Credit Where it’s Due: Carbon Markets and Community Rights By Natasha Jackson and Margherita Cornaglia

16/04/2026

Credit Where it’s Due: Carbon Markets and Community Rights By Natasha Jackson and Margherita Cornaglia

Silenced for Speaking Out: Protecting Environmental Defenders from SLAPPs By Steven Thiru, President, Commonwealth Lawyers Association

16/04/2026

Silenced for Speaking Out: Protecting Environmental Defenders from SLAPPs By Steven Thiru, President, Commonwealth Lawyers Association

Where are the Children? Stark Omissions in the ICJ’s Climate Ruling By Fiona Ey

16/04/2026

Where are the Children? Stark Omissions in the ICJ’s Climate Ruling By Fiona Ey

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Gambia Constitutional Building Process - A Second Bite at that Cherry by Salieu Taal and Siddharth Sijoria

13/04/2023

Gambia Constitutional Building Process - A Second Bite at that Cherry by Salieu Taal and Siddharth Sijoria

CLC23 Diary by CLA Council member, Laurie Watt

13/04/2023

CLC23 Diary by CLA Council member, Laurie Watt

CLC23 Conference Report by Sharon Tam, YCLA representative for Hong Kong

13/04/2023

CLC23 Conference Report by Sharon Tam, YCLA representative for Hong Kong

CLA Malawi Law Society Cyclone Freddy humanitarian appeal

23/03/2023

CLA Malawi Law Society Cyclone Freddy humanitarian appeal

Declaration on preserving and strengthening the independence of the Judiciary and on ensuring the independence of the legal profession

15/02/2023

Declaration on preserving and strengthening the independence of the Judiciary and on ensuring the independence of the legal profession

Tribute to Hamish Adamson OBE, First Executive Secretary of the CLA

14/02/2023

Tribute to Hamish Adamson OBE, First Executive Secretary of the CLA

The Sustainable Development Goals: A Common Future

14/02/2023

The Sustainable Development Goals: A Common Future

Commonwealth Law Ministers adopt a new set of principles on Freedom of Expression

14/02/2023

Commonwealth Law Ministers adopt a new set of principles on Freedom of Expression

Join the CLA Australasia Hub and the Society of Lawyers in India (SOLI) for a lecture on "Constitutionalism, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights - A Review of 2022 and Challenges in 2023"

19/12/2022

Join the CLA Australasia Hub and the Society of Lawyers in India (SOLI) for a lecture on "Constitutionalism, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights - A Review of 2022 and Challenges in 2023"

Preventing and eliminating Child, Early, and Forced Marriage (CEFM) in the Commonwealth

16/12/2022

Preventing and eliminating Child, Early, and Forced Marriage (CEFM) in the Commonwealth

YCLA’s Vivian Kuan on achieving the Chevening scholarship and where she is now

16/12/2022

YCLA’s Vivian Kuan on achieving the Chevening scholarship and where she is now

CLA's President Brian Speers on his trip to Abuja

16/12/2022

CLA's President Brian Speers on his trip to Abuja

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