Category: Community
The Flint Water Crisis: A Real American Horror Story
by Eva-Mae Eighteen This blog is part of the ‘Environmental Justice and the Law – A Student Blog Symposium.’ In international jurisdictions, the State must address environmental injustice, but in the city of Flint, the State itself was the perpetuator of injustice. Like a chess game, white versus black, the Flint Water Crisis demonstrated a…
Beneath the Surface: The Plight of Bouazar’s Cobalt Miners
by Salma Bennagi This blog is part of the ‘Environmental Justice and the Law – A Student Blog Symposium.’ Introduction Bouazar, Morocco, shelters a concerning reality beneath its surface—a cobalt mining operation where human rights and environmental justice face grave challenges. Approximately 1,200 miners undertake the perilous task of excavating cobalt over six hundred meters…
Shadows over the Arctic: Legal Battles for Indigenous Environmental Justice in Norway
by Ramadan Metalia This blog is part of the ‘Environmental Justice and the Law – A Student Blog Symposium.’ Introduction When you think of environmental justice, you may picture battles over dirty industries and pollution. However, even green energy projects like the ambitious Fosen Vind onshore wind farm in Norway can raise an array of…
Environmental Justice and the Law – A Student Blog Symposium
by Dina Lupin The GNHRE will publish five blog posts written by final-year students who participated in the ‘Environmental Justice and the Law‘ module at the University of Southampton this year. Throughout the module, we tried to untangle the complex interrelationships between law (and, in some cases, its absence) and different kinds of environmental justice. We looked at…
Dearth of Protections for Earth Protectors: Lessons from Aarhus on Canada’s Protection of Indigenous and Environmental Human Rights Defenders
by Erin Dobbelsteyn This post is part of the Lessons from the Aarhus Convention and Escazú Agreement for Procedural Environmental Rights in Canada blog symposium. Around the world, people who promote human rights relating to the environment, challenge extractive industries, expose environmental crimes, and protect biodiversity and sustainable ecosystems are increasingly subject to threats, violence, and…
