Introduction
Loss and Damage is an area of climate negotiations that is of particular relevance to island States. Islands are the ‘canary in the coalmine’ - they have contributed the least to greenhouse gases emissions, but will be the first to fall victim to the consequences...
In recent years, the world has seen an increase in natural disasters. In 2017 alone there has been flash flooding in Bangladesh, the mudslide in Sierra Leone, and three hurricanes in the Caribbean Sea and off the coast of the United States ravaging people and...
Island Rights Initiative Associate and former Attorney-General of Anguilla, Rupert Jones writes in the Guardian about UK responses and responsibilities for British Overseas Territories devastated by Hurricane Irma:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/12/hurricane-irma-british-territories-aid-anguilla...
This week, Ministers from across the British Overseas Territories will meet in London for a Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) on Brexit. Now that the dust is settling following the General Election in the UK and negotiations on Brexit are actually under way, this JMC will...
The Independent Jersey Care Inquiry Report released this week holds many lessons for Jersey, but the issues it reveals about the challenges of protecting human rights in small island communities resonate far beyond the Channel Islands.
Chair, Frances Oldham QC highlighted the role of the ‘Jersey...
Island Rights Initiative Director, Susie Alegre, will be speaking on human rights, Brexit and British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies at an early evening event on Thursday 15th June in London hosted by Doughty Street Chambers and co-organised with the Centre for Small States, QMUL.
At...
The Island Rights Initiative has grown out of two passions – a drive to promote human rights internationally and a deep-rooted sense of being an Islander, no matter how far I may be from the sea.
I was born and grew up in the Isle...
