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Michelle T. Leighton
Director of the Human Rights Programs
Telephone: (415) 422.6304
Facsimile: (415) 422.6433
Email: mleighton@usfca.edu
Profile
Publications
"Sentencing Our Children to Die in Prison: Global Law and Practice,"
42 University of San Francisco Law Review __ (Summer 2008) (forthcoming).
Report on Human Rights Violations: Sentencing Our Children to Die in Prison,
The Frank C. Newman International Human Rights Clinic and The Center for Law
and Global Justice, University of San Francisco School of Law, in association
with Human Rights Advocates (2007) (principal author).
“Desertification + Migration = Security?," published in the Desertification
and Security Conference Proceedings, German Federal Foreign Ministry of Economic
Cooperation and Development (2007).
Governing Global Desertification: Linking Environmental Degradation, Poverty
and Participation (London: Ashgate Press, 2006) (contributor).
The Human Right to Water: Exploring Public and Private Legal
Obligations for the Equitable Distribution, Transfer and Use of Water,
American Bar Association, Section on Environment, Energy and Resources (2003
Fall Meeting, Wash. D.C.).
Developing Indicators and Monitoring Tools to Promote Science and
Community-Based Policies for Dryland Biodiversity Protection…Sustainable
Use of Biodiversity of Global Significance in Arid/Semi-Arid Zones (GEF, 2003)
(co-author).
Beyond Good Deeds: Case Studies and a New Policy Agenda for Corporate Accountability
(NHI, July 2002) (co-author).
"Civil Society Concerns in the Context of Economic Globalization,"
15 The Transnational Lawyer 105 (Winter 2002) (co-author).
World Atlas on Desertification and Drought, 2d
ed., (1997, UN Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya) (contributor).
Restoring the Waters (1997, Nat.
Res. Law Center,
U.of Colorado) (contributor).
A Contribution to the Environment and Security Debate: NHI'S U.S.-Mexico
Case Study on Desertification and Migration, Environmental Change
and Security Project Report (Spring 1997, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington,
D.C.) (co-author).
International Environmental Law Anthology, A. D'Amato, ed., (Anderson
Pub. Co., 1996) (contributor)
Opportunities for Addressing Interrelated Problems of Dryland Desertification,
Biodiversity Loss, and Climate Change, Global Biodiversity Forum (IUCN,
Dakar, 1998).
Environmental Degradation and Migration, Research Paper, U.S. Congressional Commission on Immigration Reform
(Dec.1997).
Desertification and Migration: Case Studies and Evaluation,
Desertification and Migration, J. Puigdefabregas & T. Mendizabal (Logorno,
Spain, 1995) (co-author).
"Reevaluating the California Tanner Act: Public Empowerment
v. Efficient Waste Disposal," California Real Property Journal
(Spring 1995, State Bar of California) (co-author).
"International Legal Protection for Victims of Environmental Abuse,"
18 Yale Journal of International Law 355 (1993). [Westlaw]
Presentations/Speeches
Speaker, "Desertification, Climate Change and Migration: Perspective on
the African Continent," Climate Change, Environmental Degradation and Migration:
Addressing Vulnerabilities and Harnessing Opportunities, conference organized
by the Government of Greece, Human Security Network and the International Organization
for Migration, Geneva, Switzerland, Feb. 19, 2008.
Speaker, Desertification and Security Conference, German Federal Foreign Office,
Berlin, Germany, June 26, 2007.
Speaker, “Iraq for Sale: The
War Profiteers,” Corporate Accountability, Amnesty International and Stanford
Centre on Ethics, Stanford University, Feb. 25, 2007.
Closing Lecture, Climate Change Liability Symposium, Stanford Environmental
Law Journal and Journal of International Law, Stanford School of Law, Feb. 24, 2007.
Closing Lecture, Second International Symposium on Desertification and Migration,
sponsored by the Ministry of Environment, Government of Spain, Oct. 27, 2006.
Rapporteur, Final Session, Golden Gate University School of Law, ASIL and Fulbright Symposium,
Apr. 2006.
Guest Speaker, World Affairs Council (East Bay Chapter), “Human Rights,
Nigeria and Oil,” Mar.
29, 2006.
Panel Member, World Affairs Council, “Environmental Challenges to the
Protection of Human Rights: Global Issues and Local Perspectives,” June
1, 2005.
Speaker, Golden Gate University School of Law, Fulbright Symposium, Apr.
2005.
Speaker, California’s Right to Know, California Legislative
Briefing Session, Senate Select Committee on International Trade, State Capitol,
Sacramento,
Oct. 10, 2003.
Plenary Speaker, “Reflections After the Election: Where Do We Go From
Here?" CoopAmerica Green Business Conference, San Francisco, Nov. 3, 2004.
Speaker, Encuentro Internacional de Doctores y Doctorandos en Derecho Ambiental,
El Acceso al Agua Potable en el Eiglo XXI, Mexico
City, Oct.
23, 2003.
Plenary Speaker, Panel on Water and International Law, American Bar Association,
Section on Environment, Energy and Resources, Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C.
2003.
Speaker, CERES Annual 2003 Conference on Advancing Sustainable Governance,
Workshop on Emerging Issues in Social/Sustainability Reporting, New York,
NY, Apr. 1, 2003.
Speaker, Symposium on Holding the U.S. Accountable: Human and Civil Rights
Violations Post 9/11, UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law, Mar. 15, 2003.
Speaker, Symposium on International Environmental Governance,
Int’l Comparative Law Review and West-Northwest Journal, Hastings College of the Law, Feb. 21, 2003.
Panel Member, Symposium, Holding Multinational Corporations Responsible
Under International Law, Hastings College of the Law, Feb. 23-24, 2001.
Speaker, Symposium on Biotechnology and Law, McGeorge School of Law, May 2000.
Speaker, Environment Panel, National Summit
on Africa, Washington, D.C., Feb. 2000.
Speaker, Human Rights and Environment Session, Environmental Grantmakers
Association Annual Meeting, Monterey, CA, Oct. 1999.
Speaker, Corporate Accountability and Human Rights, 8th Annual
Meeting of the American Society of International Law, 9th Annual
Fulbright Symposium on International Legal Problems, Golden Gate University,
Mar. 19, 1999.
Speaker, Opening the International Court of
Justice to Claims of Non-State Actors, International & Domestic Perspectives
Conference, Stanford Law
School, May 2, 1998.
Radio Interview, Living on Earth, hosted by Steve Curwood, broadcast
nationwide on KQED Public Radio, Mar. 20, 1998.
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