The Right to a Healthy Environment with Naim Santoso-Miller – JCU Law

The Right to a Healthy Environment with Naim Santoso-Miller – JCU Law

Naim Santoso-Miller explores how changes to Qld’s Human Rights Act could impact Queensland’s legal and environmental landscape.

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Date and time

Monday, June 16 · 1 - 2pm AEST

Location

JCU: James Cook University, Australia, Cairns, Nguma-bada campus, Smithfield

Bld B1, Room 106 14-88 McGregor Road Smithfield, QLD 4878 Australia

About this event

  • Event lasts 1 hour

This event will also be LIVE STREAMED, please register for ‘General Admission – Online’ Ticket.

The first independent review of Queensland’s Human Rights Act was completed in September 2024, with the release of the report hotly anticipated. The expansion of human rights including the recognition of the right to a healthy environment is one aspect of the review. This could mean legal protections for clean air, safe water and thriving ecosystems. ACT has already led the way, and Qld has the opportunity to follow. Join Naim Santoso-Miller from the Environmental Defenders Office who will delve into how this change could impact Queensland’s legal and environmental landscape.

About the Presenter

Naim Santos-Miller grew up in Townsville, studying a joint Arts-Law degree at James Cook University where he graduated with honours in both Arts and Law. After graduating, he volunteered at the Environmental Defenders Office and was offered a paid position when he was admitted as a solicitor in 2019. In his 5 years of practice, Naim has provided members of the public and community groups free legal advice on a broad range of public interest environmental matters, from protest and freedom of speech to cultural heritage, climate change and the Great Barrier Reef. His practice focuses primarily on achieving environmental outcomes through proactive advocacy to targeted decision makers to minimise cost and time in litigation. He also actively engages in seeking changes to our environmental laws; authoring reports and submissions to proposed laws, and appearing before parliamentary committees.

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James Cook University is committed to creating a brighter future for life in the tropics world-wide through graduates and discoveries that make a difference. From the picturesque Thursday Island to the beautiful Cairns and all the way down to Townsville, Mackay and Brisbane, JCU students are working in the community. Across the world, JCU’s research centres and alumni are working at the cutting edge of their fields to make the world a better place.

Our students can study throughout Queensland in Townsville, Cairns, Mt Isa, Mackay, Thursday Island, or Brisbane, and internationally in Singapore. Exchange programs can also expand study further afield. Students also benefit from incredible research facilities, which include our Orpheus Island Research Station, Fletcherview Research Station, Daintree Rainforest Observatory and 26 specialised research centres and institutes.

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