Alex Smith of The Radio Ecoshock Show interviews Dr. Jonathan Patz on climate change.  He mentions a presentation that Omar Ha-Redeye attended in 2009 where Dr. Patz spoke.

NASA just declared 2009 the second hottest year since modern measurements began in 1880. The warmest year was 2005. And the past decade was the warmest on record. Global climate change is upon us.

In this program, you’ll hear two of the world’s top authorities explain how this will impact our health, and the survival of the species.

I interview Dr. Jonathan Patz, a physician and lead author for the IPCC, on health and climate change. He is now advising emergency doctors and disaster agencies on what to expect as climate disruption proceeds…

Then, we’ll go straight to Paris, for a speech by Thomas Lovejoy, the inventor of the term “biological diversity.” His speech, recorded January 25th, 2010 opened a United Nations conference to celebrate this year of biodiversity. But Lovejoy warns we are entering the sixth great extinction. Don’t miss this powerful overview on climate change and the species, in our second half hour.

Climate change is an important issue, and one that all citizens of the planet must work together to raise awareness of.

Omar Ha-Redeye received two international CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in academic achievement for the highest performance in courses on the Holocaust and genocide, and another in religious laws while studying in Israel.

What does the Swiss minaret ban and the French burqa ban have in common?

Why the European judicial systems are ill-prepared to deal with these issues within a human rights and conflict of laws framework?

See the post on Slaw and the companion paper on SSRN, The Role of Islamic Shari’ah in Protecting Women’s Rights.

Prof. Jeremy Waldron of NYU Law spoke at UWO Law on Nov. 12 and 13.

First, he spoke at the 2009 Coxford Lecture, “Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment: The Words Themselves”.  Kamila Pizon describes the talk on the school’s website.

On Nov. 13, he spoke to law students in a public law class on “The Core of the Case Against Judicial Review.”

The International Law Association hosted Pablo Villeda, Field Office Director of Guatemala for International Justice Mission.  Villeda works with Guatemalan authorities to investigate and prosecute cases of sexual violence.

He received a J.D. from Universidad Rafael Landivar in Guatemala, where he is currently a professor, and has worked as an attorney with a focus on family law and contract dispute.

The World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine has posted pictures from the 2009 conference in Victoria, B.C.

Omar Ha-Redeye was one of the speakers this year.

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Omar Ha-Redeye will be participating in a study abroad program held at Bar Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel.

He will be studying the following topics:

• Holocaust Law
• Genocide Law
• Information Law
• Cyberspace Law
• Jewish Law
• Christian Law
• Islamic Law

The university is one of the few law schools that have a kollel on campus.

Omar Ha-Redeye presented at the 2009 World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine on A New Ethical Model for Examining Emergency Medicine.

A discussion followed between Dr. Peleg of Israel, who advocated a strictly utilitarian approach to emergency medicine, and Omar Ha-Redeye, who pointed out numerous exceptions where this approach had shortcomings.

Omar Ha-Redeye with Dr. Pyrros (L), incoming President of WADEM, and Dr. Kobi Peleg (R), director of the Israeli National Center for Trauma and Emergency Medicine Research

Omar Ha-Redeye was part of a delegation from UWO that presented at the 53 Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations on Efforts by Canadian Organizations to Help Reduce the Social Impact of HIV/AIDS.