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Melinda Janki

International lawyer challenging dangerous deep water petroleum production offshore Guyana

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  • UN High Level Panel on the Death Penalty – Geneva (2019) Available here: UN High Level Panel on the Death Penalty_2019
  • Water is Everywhere in Georgetown, Guyana – Our Disrespect for it will kill us (2018) Available here: https://www.thenatureofcities.com/2018/05/27/water-everywhere-georgetown-guyana-disrespect-will-kill-us/
  • Written Submission on Dangerous Dogs: submission to the Dangerous Dogs Breed Specific Legislation Enquiry, UK Parliament (2018). Available here: Dangerous Dogs_Written Submission 5th June 2018
  • Written Submission on Animal Sentience, Enquiry UK Parliament (17 January 2018) Available here: UK_Written Submission on Animal Sentience_17 Jan 2018
  • LGBTI Rights – World Human Rights Day 2017 Available here: LGBTI Rights_Guybow Presentation_9 Dec 2017
  • Georgetown Guyana – The Birding World’s Best Kept Secret? (2016) Available here: https://www.thenatureofcities.com/2016/10/17/georgetown-guyana-the-birding-worlds-best-kept-secret/
  • Constitution Reform – Preliminary Recommendations/Suggestions to the Steering Committee (2015) Available here: Constitution reform_Preliminary recommendations
  • Training Manual on the Amerindian Act 2006 Justice Institute Guyana (2014)
  • Submission on the death penalty, Select Committee, National Assembly Guyana (March 2013) Available here: Death penalty_Submission to the Select Committee_15 March 2013
  • Making an Amerindian Land Claim Justice Institute Guyana (2012) Available here: making-an-amerindian-land-claim-_text-only
  • The legality of the UK’s grounds for the use of force against Iraq in 2003 Available here: iraq_submission-international-law-janki-2010-09-12 (2010)
  • Access to Justice Insight November/December 2013 Available here: access-to-justice-1
  • Protecting Amerindian Traditional Knowledge: a brief look at Article 8(j) of the Convention on Biological Diversity The New Guyana Bar Review Vol 3 No 1 Jan 2011 Available here: protecting-amerindian-traditional-knowledge_new-guyana-bar-review-2011
  • West Papua and the Right to Self-determination under International Law West Indian Law Journal Vol 35 No 1 (2010) Available here: west-papua-and-the-right-to-self-determination-under-international-law
  • Case Study on Guyana in Legal Frameworks for REDD, ed. John Costenbader, (2009)
  • A Rights-Based Approach in Protected Areas in Conservation with Justice, Greiber, Janki et al, (2009) Available here: Conservation With Justice ELP 71
  • Legal Frameworks for REDD IUCN (2009) Available here: legal_frameworks_for_redd
  • Indigenous Peoples Rights and the Environment: Issues and the Future (UN High Level Expert Meeting) (2009) Available here: indigenous-peoples-rights-and-the-environment_unep-high-level-expert-meeting
  • The WaiWai Protected Area – Our land: Our Life in Governance for Sustainability, eds. Bosselman, Engel and Taylor (2008) Available here: the-waiwai-protected-area-our-land-our-life
  • A survey of Legal and Policy Measures related to Indigenous and Community Conserved Areas in 21 Countries (Section on Guyana) TILCEPA/IUCN (2008)
  • The Amerindian Veto over Mining International Bar Association Current Practice (2007) Available here: the-amerindian-veto-over-mining
  • Land claims settlements – An alternative Commonwealth Model? The Commonwealth Lawyer (2006) Available here: land-claims-settlements-an-alternative-commonwealth-model
  • Implementing Article 8(j) of the Convention on Biological Diversity IUCN (2006)
  • The Amerindian Act 2006 – Entry into Force (2006) Available here: the-amerindian-act-2006_entry-into-force
  • UNWGIP Cooperation with other UN Bodies (2005) Available here: unwgip.7a_cooperation-with-un-bodies
  • UNWGIP Legal Commentary on the concept of Free Prior Informed Consent (2005) Available here: unwgip.5a_fpic
  • Customary Water Law – Guyana (2004) Available here: customary_water_law_guyana__2004
  • Towards limited self-determination in Guyana in OAS Workshops on International Law (2005) Available here: towards-limited-self-determination-in-guyana
  • The Right to Property enshrined in the Constitution of Guyana Guyana Law Review (2002) Available here: the-right-to-property-enshrined-in-the-constitution-of-guyana
  • The Water and Sewerage Act 2002 Guyana Law Review (2002)
  • Tourism legislation in Guyana (IGI International/ USAID) (1997)

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