Selangor Bar Environment & Human Rights Sub-Committee

CMCO = personal & professional development time!

Lockdown your diary for all FIVE episodes of the brand new "BarChats: EnviroRights" series on .

Designed for the ordinary lay person, we hope that by the end of the series you'd have levelled up 5 times over!

Episode 0 starts tomorrow, 15 October, 8:30pm!
Register here: http://bit.ly/BCECCC_EP0

The Environment & Climate Change Commitee is organizing a 5-part series of webinars for members of the public. Do check out our first episode this Thursday (15 Oct) at 8:30pm! Share with your friends as well. Register here http://bit.ly/BCECCC_EP0

A breakdown of the 5 series are as follows:

✦Episode 0: Sg Kim Kim and then Sg Gong - Do We Have the Right to be Angry?

- Prelude to the series aimed at attracting the lay person to environmental law using Sg Kim Kim & Sg Gong as an example

✦Episode 1: Where Do Environmental Rights Come From & What Are They?

- Introductory episode that explores the various sources that empower Malaysians with environmental rights

✦ Episode 2: How Does The Law Protect the Environment?

- An episode to inform the lay person of the web of institutions that have the legal duties to protect & managed the environment

✦ Episode 3: How Easy Is It To Enforce Environmental Rights?

- This episode discusses the complications faced in practically enforcing environmental rights given the complexities of the sources of rights & institutions involved

✦ Episode 4: So What? What Can I Do?

- Concluding episode that explores how the lay person could participate in upholding the law & inspire further interest from the legal community

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Take part in the short survey here: https://bit.ly/TouristSurveyMPA

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