Category: Community
Chevron Overruled: A Devastating Blow to the Environmental Protection Agency
by Dr. Freya Doughty-Wagner Doughty-Wagner is the North American Director for GNHRE and the Chief Content Officer for the American Branch of the International Law Association. This post is written in her personal academic capacity and does not represent the position of any organization. In 1984, in its landmark Chevron USA, Inc. v NRDC decision,…
Slouching towards Strasbourg? Recognizing the Right to a Healthy Environment at the Council of Europe
by Corina Heri Corina Heri is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Zurich. She attended the 9th and 10th sessions of the CDDH-ENV’s work as a FIDH delegate. This post is written in her personal academic capacity and does not represent the position of any organisation. In recent weeks, all eyes have been on…
Issues and Opportunities for AI, The Environment, and Human Rights
by Verity Anne Toews Thomson The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) is bringing a paradigm shift to how and what we can use computers for. In the same way, the internet changed not just how we conducted our work, but also changed how we conducted our lives, AI will be bringing similar, and some say…
“An embarrassing day for the government” – the UK’s Climate Plan a Failure, says the High Court
by Freya Doughty-Wagner On May 3, 2024, the High Court held the UK government’s climate action plan unlawful—“there is not enough evidence that there are sufficient policies in place to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.” Claimants Friends of the Earth, ClientEarth, and the Good Law Project successfully demonstrated the gaps in the government’s lackluster climate plans, contrary to its prescribed…
Climate Change Litigation before the European Court of Human Rights: A New Dawn
by Annalisa Savaresi, Linnéa Nordlander and Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh On 9 April 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) made history by becoming the first international court to grant a complaint filed by climate activists. In Verein Klimaseniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland, the court determined that the respondent state had violated its human rights…
