Category: Community
Supporting Procedural Environmental Human Rights in Canada: a role for the National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines?
by Sara Seck This post is part of the Lessons from the Aarhus Convention and Escazú Agreement for Procedural Environmental Rights in Canada blog symposium. We began this series of blog posts over a year ago with the aim of exploring how international law might inform and support the protection of procedural environmental human rights in…
Saving the Green Deal: A Climate Justice and Human Rights Imperative
by Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh, Annalisa Savaresi, and Corina Heri Introduction The European Green Deal — the EU’s flagship strategy to reach climate neutrality by 2050 and halt environmental degradation—launched a significant wave of EU environmental reforms under the von der Leyen I Commission. It set goals including climate neutrality and zero pollution, alongside more stringent enforcement…
The Supreme Court of Kenya Advances Jurisprudence on Access to Effective Remedies for Victims of Business-Related Environmental Human Rights Violations
by Rosemary Mwanza, Faculty of Law, Stockholm University Background On December 6th, the Supreme Court of Kenya rendered a landmark judgment in the Owino Uhuru litigation, a protracted legal battle addressing severe environmental pollution and public health crises in the Owino Uhuru settlement, a low-income settlement in the Mikindani area of Changamwe, Mombasa. Over the…
“A Horror Story” – How the Law Simultaneously Addresses and Facilitates Environmental Racism in ‘Cancer Alley’
by Leyla Bakhoukh-Choy This blog is part of the ‘Environmental Justice and the Law – A Student Blog Symposium.’ Take a deep breath. Now imagine the air you just breathed in is carcinogenic. This may sound like the premise of a dystopian novel, but for residents living in the communities along the banks of the Mississippi…
Tainted Tides: Caitlin Edwards’ Struggle Against Environmental Injustice
by Agata Sudol This blog is part of the ‘Environmental Justice and the Law – A Student Blog Symposium.’ The Story: Whether summer is just around the corner or long behind us, families are always planning trips to the beautiful beaches of the UK and looking forward to a swim in the sea. However, it…
