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    "page_header": "Dignity Law Institute",
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    "page_intro": "<p>The Dignity Law Institute is the only law school program in the country dedicated to the legal right to live with dignity.</p>",
    "page_content": "<p>The Dignity Law Institute offers students opportunities for experiential learning and practical applications in partnership with legal, academic, non-profit, community-based organizations in all parts of the world as well as national and international advocacy groups -- all to advance the human right to dignity! The Institute houses the Dignity Rights Clinic, sponsors research opportunities, and develops working partnerships.</p>\r\n<p>Human dignity recognizes the equal and inalienable value of every member of the human family. It is recognized in the International Bill of Rights, and in most Human Rights Instruments, including the Sustainable Development Goals. It is incorporated into most of the world's constitutions, and courts around the world are increasingly vindicating dignity rights in civil, political, social, economic, cultural and environmental contexts. Dignity Law is an emerging, global, and foundational area of law that touches every aspect of the human experience.</p>\r\n<p><strong>Co-Directors:</strong> <a href=\"ipl://20//WyIyOSJd////\">Erin Daly</a> | <a href=\"ipl://20//WyIxMjIiXQ==////\">James R. May</a></p>\r\n<p>For more information, please email either&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:edaly@widener.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">edaly@widener.edu</a>&nbsp;or James R. May at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:jrmay@widener.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">jrmay@widener.edu</a>.</p>\r\n<h3>Who We Are</h3>\r\n<p><strong>Erin Daly</strong> is Professor of Law, Widener University Delaware Law School (USA), and Vice President, Institutional Development, UNIFA (Universit&eacute; de la Fondation Aristide) in Haiti. She is the author of&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/15052.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Dignity Rights: Courts, Constitutions, and the Worth of the Human Person</em></a><em>&nbsp;(Penn Constitution and Democracy Series</em>)&nbsp;and the co-author of&nbsp;<em>Reconciliation in Divided Societies: Finding Common Ground</em>&nbsp;(Penn Series on Human Rights).</p>\r\n<div style=\"float: left; width: 33%; padding: 5px;\"><img src=\"irl://3299//\" alt=\"dignity rights book collage\" width=\"95%\" /></div>\r\n<p><strong>James R. May</strong> is Distinguished Professor of Law, Widener University Delaware Law School (USA). He is the author or co-author and editor or co-editor of 10 books and more than 100 articles and chapters, including&nbsp;<em>Standards of Environmental Rights&nbsp;</em>(Cambridge University Press),&nbsp;<em>Principles of Constitutional Environmental Law</em>&nbsp;(American Bar Association) and co-editor of&nbsp;<em>Shale Gas and the Future of Energy</em>&nbsp;(Edward Elgar). May has been inducted into Phi Kappa Phi and the American College of Environmental Lawyers. His work focuses on comparative environmental constitutionalism and dignity rights.</p>\r\n<p>Together, they have written and edited numerous books including:</p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT: INDIVISIBILITY, DIGNITY, AND LEGALITY, part of Encyclopedia of Environmental Law (forthcoming Edward Elgar Press 2019)</li>\r\n<li>IMPLEMENTING ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTITUTIONALISM (Cambridge University Press 2018)</li>\r\n<li>NEW FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTITUTIONALISM, (United Nations Environment 2017)</li>\r\n<li>JUDICIAL HANDBOOK ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTITUTIONALISM (United Nations Environment 3d ed. 2019)</li>\r\n<li>THE INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF CRITICAL WRITINGS ON LAW AND THE ENVIRONMENT: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTITUTIONALISM (Edward Elgar 2016, 2 vols.)</li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/global-environmental-constitutionalism/EC9A67A5448AE555015CAA6579104C24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTITUTIONALISM</a> (Cambridge University Press 2015)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>Jointly and separately, they have also written numerous articles and chapters on environmental law, comparative constitutional and international law, and transitional justice.</p>\r\n<p><strong>SELECTED PAST AND PRESENT PARTNERS of the Dignity Rights Institute (Project) at Delaware Law</strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>American Bar Association Center for Human Rights, Dignity Rights Initiative &nbsp;(current)<br /></strong>Business and Human Rights Resource Center <br />Center for Applied Legal Studies, University of Witswatersrand, South Africa <br />Chester Environmental Partnership, Chester, U.S. <br />Coming Clean, Delaware<br />Dignity Media, Nepal<br />Delaware Concerned Residents 4 Environmental Justice<br />Environmental Law Institute<br />Lenape Indian Tribe, Delaware, U.S.<br />Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti/Bureau des Avocats Internationales, Boston, U.S. and Port-au-Prince, Haiti<br />Institute of Romani Culture in Albania (IRCA)<br />Jigme Singjigme Singye Wangchuck School of Law, Bhutan<strong><br />Pakistan College of Law Dignity Rights Center (current)</strong><br /><strong>Pakistan Supreme Court (current) </strong>and High Court of Lahore, Pakistan<br /><strong>Prisoners Legal Advocacy Network (current)<br /></strong>PILnet, New York, U.S.<br />Refugee Legal Support &ndash; UK and Greece<br />SOMRAR &ndash; Human Rights in Somaliland<br />United Nations Environment (formerly UNEP)<br />United Nations International Organization for Migration<br />Universidad del Norte, Baranquilla, Colombia<br />Universit&eacute; de la Fondation Aristide, Haiti</p>\r\n<div style=\"width: 98%; background-color: #ffda00; border-style: solid; padding: 2px;\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 200%; color: #0062a3;\">&ldquo;Human dignity refers to the inherent humanness of each person. It is not an attribute or an interest to be protected or advanced, like liberty or equality or a house or free speech. Rather, human dignity is the essence of our being, without which we would not be human. Human dignity recognizes and reflects the equal worth of each and every member of the human family, regardless of gender, race, social or political status, talents, merit, or any other differentiator.&rdquo;</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: right; font-size: 200%; color: #0062a3;\">-Erin Daly and James R. May,<br /><em>Dignity Rights: A Synopsis</em> (2017)</p>\r\n</div>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>",
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