Scott Leckie

Director and Founder, Displacement Solutions

Scott Leckie

Director and Founder, Displacement Solutions
Scott Leckie is the director and founder of Displacement Solutions (www.displacementsolutions.org), an organization dedicated to resolving cases of forced displacement throughout the world, in particular displacement caused by climate change and conflict. He has established several human rights organizations and institutions, and regularly advises several United Nations agencies on various housing, land and property rights issues. He has worked on these questions in 82 countries. He has been active on various international human rights standard-setting initiatives, and was the driving force behind more than 50 international human rights standards, most recently the Peninsula Principles on Climate Displacement. Mr. Leckie has written or edited 15 books and over 150 articles and reports on issues including land solutions for climate displacement, housing rights, economic, social and cultural rights, forced evictions, the right to housing and property restitution for refugees and internally displaced persons and other human rights themes. He lectures frequently and teaches several human rights courses at various universities around the world, including the world's first law school course on climate change and displacement at the College of Law of the Australian National University and University of Melbourne Law School.
Last updated: Apr 26, 2023

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