Category: Community
Climate Justice as Substantive Equality: What the Bonaire Judgment Adds to “Equity” in Climate Law
Written by Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh On Bonaire’s low-lying southern coast sit the so-called “slave huts”: small coral stone buildings that carry the physical memory of a colonial economy built on racialised coercion and extraction. In Greenpeace Netherlands v The State of the Netherlands (Bonaire), the District Court of The Hague notes that this tangible cultural heritage—alongside lighthouses and…
Fear of the Light: Dimming Accountability Under the Aarhus Convention
Emily Barritt and Päivi Leino-Sandberg Connecting the aims of environmental protection with those of human rights, theUNECE Aarhus Convention is an ambitious piece of international law. Together, with its sister treaty, the Escazú Agreement, (see GNHRE’s blog symposium), it gives life to the Rio Declaration, Principle 10 promise that: Environmental issues are best handled with…
Legal Roundtable: Adjudicating Climate Disputes in a New Era – Implementation and Conciliation
How is the landscape of climate change related disputes evolving in light of recent Advisory Opinions? What is therole of conciliation – the default of most States under the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement – in resolving suchdisputes? How can different forms of dispute settlement assist in addressing climate reparations?Hosted by Intl Council for Commercial…
Concept Note, ILA Caribbean Branch & The UWI Cave Hill With Partners, Webinars On The Advisory Opinions
CONCEPT NOTE Webinar Series on Advisory Opinions on Climate Change Background & Context Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are the canaries in the coalmine of the climate crisis and have become the champions of climate justice in the international arena. Over 2023 and 2024, the cause célèbre of climate change has exploded into the lexicon…
Environmental Justice in dark times: A Student Blog Symposium
By Dina Lupin Photo by Jorge Fernández Salas on Unsplash I teach a final year, elective module called “Environmental Justice and the Law” to law students at the University of Southampton. As I prepare to teach the module each year, I review and revise the curriculum, update the reading list, and reconsider the assessment. I…
