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Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)

 

Center for International Environmental Law (Switzerland)
15, rue des Savoises
CH-1205 Geneva
 

 

Tel: (+41 22) 789 0738
Fax: (+41 22) 789 0500
Email: geneva@ciel.org
Web Site: www.ciel.org
 


Center for International Environmental Law
(United States)
1367 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite #300
Washington, DC 20036, USA
 

 


Tel: (+1 202) 785 87 00
Fax: (+1 202) 785 87 01
Email: info@ciel.org
 


Info contact (Geneva): Johanna Borcic
Email: jborcic@ciel.org
 

 


Established: 1989
Staff: 5 in Geneva, 25 worlwide
 


President: Daniel Magraw
 


What is it? CIEL is a public interest, not-for-profit environmental law firm founded to strengthen international and comparative environmental law and policy. Its aim is to promote sustainable societies, incorporate fundamental principles of ecology and justice into law, and to inform and train public interest environmental lawyers.
 


What does it do? CIEL provides environmental legal services in both international and comparative national law, including: policy research and publication, advice and advocacy, education and training, and institution building. Its main areas of focus are:

 

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Biodiversity & Wildlife
 

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Climate Change
 

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Human Rights & Environment
 

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International Financial Institutions
 

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Law & Communities
 

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Law & Technology
 

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Persistent Organic Pollutants
 

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Trade & Environment

 


Cooperation CIEL works with NGOs, governments and international organizations from its offices in Washington D.C., USA and Geneva, Switzerland.
 


Publications International Environment Law and Policy, which is a text book for classrooms and a reference for academics, practitioners, and policymakers; Balancing Acts: Community-Based Forest Management and National Law in Seven Asian and Pacific Countries; Hybrid Liability Revisited: Bridging the Divide Between Seller and Buyer Liability; The WTO Services Negotiations: Some Strategic Considerations (in collaboration with South Centre).