Category: Community
Climate Justice at the ICJ: Human Rights Implications of the Advisory Opinion
Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh, Annalisa Savaresi, Claudia Ituarte-Lima and Corina Heri The International Court of Justice’s landmark AdvisoryOpinion on the Obligations of States with Respect to Climate Change delivered on 23 July 2025 has unequivocally placed human rights at the centre of the applicable law on climate change. With it, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has consolidated the growing consensus on a global body of law on climate change…
Advisory Opinion 32 of 2025: Climate Emergency and Human Rights. What’s Next?
About the event Background & Rationale On 3 July, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) issued Advisory Opinion 32 of 2025 on the climate emergency and human rights. This decision marks a significant milestone in the development of international law. The IACtHR recognises the importance of a systemic and intersectional approach that connects climate…
Linking the Principles of Restorative Justice and Procedural Environmental Rights
by Patricia Doiron Restorative Justice and Procedural Environmental Rights as Relational Hiking in a mountain range near a flowing river brings a sense of awe, beauty, and connection. When walking through this environment, you might find yourself intersecting with a myriad of ecosystems both consciously and unconsciously. There is the raindrop that falls from the…
How the Aarhus and Escazú Agreements Could be Used in Developing the CEPA Framework for the Right to a Healthy Environment
by Rebecca Waxman On June 13, 2023, Canada recognized the right to a healthy environment for the first time in a national law, through Bill S-5, Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act, which amended the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA). CEPA defines “healthy environment” as one which is “clean, healthy and sustainable.”[1] This…
Reflections on the Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s Citizen Submission Process
by Rowan Markesteyn This post is part of the Lessons from the Aarhus Convention and Escazú Agreement for Procedural Environmental Rights in Canada blog symposium. Public participation in environmental decision-making and access to environmental justice have been globally accepted as fundamental human rights since 1992 when the Rio Declaration adopted principle 10, codifying this idea. Two…
