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The First Ecocide Treaty?
Culminating in Vanuatu’s long-anticipated proposal to amend Article 5 of the Rome Statute with a new international crime last September, the burgeoning ecocide conversation has recently reached…
Africa’s Turn: The African Court’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change
On 2 May 2025, the African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR, the Court) received a request for an advisory opinion concerning the obligations of states in…
From Extraterritorial Obligations to Aggravated Responsibility: How Regional Human Rights Courts Could Shape the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change
In March 2023, the United Nations General Assembly requested an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on states’ responsibilities under international law…
Critical Minerals, Environmental Harm and the Unspoken Rights of Nature: The Kafue River Spill in Zambia
The global demand for critical minerals has intensified as part of the clean energy transition in line with goals outlined in the Paris Agreement. The…
Green Court – South Korean Constitutional Court Rules Landmark Climate Judgement
In February 2025, the South Korean government promised a long-term plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, whereas previous plans were limited to 2030. In this post, I…
Up in Smoke? Victim Status in Environmental Litigation before the ECtHR
While the ripples of Verein KlimaSeniorinnen continue to spread in the academic world, with discussions about potential implications for the future jurisprudence of the ECtHR, on January…
The Heidelberg Declaration on Transforming Global Meat Governance
Meat is at the center of interrelated environmental and public health crises: climate change, biodiversity loss, deforestation, pandemics, food insecurity, unhealthy and unsustainable diets, and institutionalized animal suffering.
Watch this space, Take 2: Execution of Strasbourg’s Landmark Climate Mitigation Judgment Verein KlimaSeniorinnen v. Switzerland
In July 2024, I wrote, together with Chhaya Bharwaj, that the execution of the first climate mitigation judgment of the European Court of Human Rights, Verein KlimaSeniorinnen v.
International Protection for People Displaced Across Borders in the Context of Climate Change and Disasters: A Practical Toolkit
It is trite to say that there is no legal category of ‘climate refugees’. Nevertheless, climate events and disasters can significantly impact forced displacement scenarios. They may be…
Progression as a Legal Obligation – What to Take from the Climate Change Proceedings before the International Court of Justice
In December 2024, the International Court of Justice held its hearings on the advisory opinion on climate change. Many states, international organizations and NGOs submitted written statements…
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