The Right to a Healthy Environment

Naim Santos-Miller grew up in Townsville, studying a joint Arts-Law degree at James Cook University where he graduated with honours in both Arts and Law. After graduating, he volunteered at the Environmental Defenders Office and was offered a paid position when he was admitted as a solicitor in 2019. In his 5 years of practice, Naim has provided members of the public and community groups free legal advice on a broad range of public interest environmental matters, from protest and freedom of speech to cultural heritage, climate change and the Great Barrier Reef. His practice focuses primarily on achieving environmental outcomes through proactive advocacy to targeted decision makers to minimise cost and time in litigation. He also actively engages in seeking changes to our environmental laws; authoring reports and submissions to proposed laws, and appearing before parliamentary committees.