Law & Governance for the Sustainable Development Goals
Integrating environment, human rights and economy through legal scholarship and empowerment
Global Research Centre Dedicated to Law & Governance on Sustainable Development
The CISDL supports understanding, development and implementation of law for sustainable development; leading international research through legal scholarship and knowledge-building, and education through legal dialogue and capacity-strengthening.
Our Global Network
Americas: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, São Tomé and Príncipe, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela
Europe and Central Asia: Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mongolia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, United Kingdom, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Africa: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, The Gambia, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Oceania: Australia, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea
Middle East: Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
East and South Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong-Kong, East Timor, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
Our Programmes
Continuing Legal Education
The CISDL provides both capacity building and continuing legal education courses on sustainable development law. Developed in conjunction with the Canadian Branch of the International Law Association (ILA), these online courses are taught by leading international experts and accredited by the Québec Bar.
Featured Research & Dialogue
Featured Publications
Featured Research & Dialogue
March 16, 2025