Leighton

Publications

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 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, October 27, 2006.

Rapporteur, Final Session, Golden Gate University School of Law, ASIL and Fulbright Symposium, April 2006.

Guest Speaker, World Affairs Council, “Human Rights, Nigeria and Oil,” March 29, 2006, East Bay Chapter.

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, April 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, CoopAmerica Green Business Conference, “Reflections After the Election: Where Do We Go From Here? 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, Mexico), October 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, N.Y. NY, April 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, March 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, February 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, October 1999.

Speaker, Corporate Accountability and Human Rights, 8^th Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law, 9^th Annual Fulbright Symposium on International Legal Problems, Golden Gate University, March 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, KQED Public Radio, National Broadcast March 20, 1998.