Category: Community
The Future of Future Generations: Reflections from the Republic of Vanuatu and European Parliament Conference
by Freya Doughty-Wagner, JSD Candidate at Washington University in St. Louis. On 28 November, 2023 at the European Parliament in Brussels, MEP Mounir Satouri, Vanuatu Attorney-General Arnold Kiel Loughman, climate justice practitioners, and youth advocates came together to discuss and analyze the UN General Assembly resolution requesting the International Court of Justice to provide…
Gender in Climate Litigation in Latin America: Epistemic Justice Through a Feminist Lens
This piece is part of GNHRE’s series dedicated to climate litigation in Latin America. We will begin with this blog by Natalia Urzola Gutiérrez, an SJD student at Pace University and GNHRE’s COO. In recent years, Latin America has positioned itself as a fertile hub in emerging strategic climate litigation. Latin America’s climate litigation has…
Dedication: Professor Saleemul Huq
This dedication to late Professor Saleemul Huq was written by Moumita Das Gupta. She is an Advocate for the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and Research Fellow for the Centre for Climate Justice, Bangladesh (CCJ-B). Professor Saleemul Huq, a Climate Revolutionary (1952-2023) Dr. Huq was a visionary leader. Even after his passing, he will lead many people around…
Forests in courts: The new wave of litigation concerning the LULUCF sector in Europe
by Justine Bendel, Marie Curie Fellow, University of Copenhagen With the latest amendment of the EU LULUCF Regulation in April 2023, which consolidates EU Member States’ obligation to achieve a binding target for greenhouse gas (GHG) removals by 2030, litigation is bound to increase over time. This post aims to contextualise the recent wave of…
The Australian Referendum: a First Nations Voice to Parliament
by Paul J Govind and Dina Lupin On October 14 2023, Australians will vote in a referendum to decide whether the Commonwealth (national) Constitution should be amended to create a First Nations Voice to Parliament. For 65, 000 years Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have been custodians of the land. Their wisdom and practices…
