If you would like to have something included in the next announcements, please email gnhrewebsite@gmail.com and include ‘Announcements’ in the email title. We are especially interested in submissions outside of Europe and North America.

Call for Abstracts, Papers, and Submissions:

Systemic Integration of Climate Change in International Law (abstracts)
The Centre for International Law at the National University of Singapore, in partnership with Durham University, Centre for Sustainable Development Law and Policy, will be hosting a two-day conference on August 28-29, 2025 on the theme of ‘Systemic Integration of Climate Change in International Law,’ to bring together scholars, policymakers, and legal experts to discuss recent developments in national and international governance on climate change and identify ways in which systemic integration and coherence can be achieved. We invite scholars to submit abstracts considered both for presentation at the conference and for a forthcoming publication on the theme. Abstract deadline: May 9, 2025. See more here.

5th ASEAN Environmental Law Conference (abstracts)
We invite legal experts, scholars and practitioners to submit proposed presentation abstracts for the upcoming 5th ASEAN Environmental Law Conference. The Conference will look at legal approaches to advance regional commitments for environmental justice, and aims to bring together the legal community and experts to exchange knowledge and examine potential legal, policy and community-based actions to transform environmental law principles into practice. The in-person conference will be held July 7-9, 2025 in Bali, Indonesia. Abstract deadline: May 9, 2025. See more here.

The Commons in the Everyday (short stories)
Do you have a story or think piece about how we practice “the commons” in our daily lives? The Emancipatory Futures Studies project, along with CJCM, SAFSC, and EMSF, invites you to contribute to a knowledge commons on topics like simple living, zero waste, water sharing, and harmonious co-existence with nature. Submit a 2000-word story or think piece by the end of May 2025 to be featured on our platform and contribute to a deeper understanding of common living. See more here.

Calls for Input:

Human Rights Defenders Working on Climate Change and a Just Transition – issued by Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders
Purpose: To inform the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders on human rights defenders working on climate change and a just transition, to be presented to the 80th session of the UN General Assembly in October 2025. Deadline: April 30, 2025. See more here.

On the Draft of General Comment No. 27 on Children’s Right to Access to Justice and to an Effective Remedy
Purpose: Call for submissions on the draft of general comment No. 27 on children’s right to access to justice and to an effective remedy. Issues by the CRC. Deadline: June 30, 2025. See more here.

Opportunities:

Utrecht University, Postdoctoral Researcher in Climate and Conflict Studies (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
The CLIMCON project aims to generate new insights into the multidirectional links between climate change and armed conflict. Comparing two areas of protracted armed conflict in the borderlands between DRC, Burundi and Uganda, CLIMCON will examine how the emerging effects of climate change shape processes of armed mobilisation and how armed conflict in turn shapes vulnerability to climate change. Deadline: May 5, 2025. See more here.

Uplift, Political Adviser (London, England)
Uplift is a campaigning and research organisation helping to move the UK towards a fossil fuel-free future and to support a just transition away from fossil fuel production. At this crucial time for accelerating the shift away from oil and gas, we are seeking a Political Adviser to join our Politics Team. As one of Uplift’s Political Advisers, you will play a central role in building political support for the UK’s transition away from oil and gas extraction. Deadline: May 11, 2025. See more here.

University of Chicago – Abrams Environmental Law Clinical Teaching Fellow (Chicago, USA)
The University of Chicago Law School is seeking qualified applicants for a full-time position training and supervising law students as a Clinical Teaching Fellow, appointed with the rank of Lecturer, in the Law School’s Abrams Environmental Law Clinic. Under the supervision of the Clinic’s Director, the successful candidate will help to train and supervise students in all aspects of their clinic work, co-teach the clinic’s seminar component, develop potential projects, assist in publicizing the clinic’s cases and activities, and organize and coordinate relevant events, lectures, and other clinic activities. Deadline: until June 30, 2025, or until the position is filled, whichever comes first. See more here.

Events:

4th IUCN WCEL World Environmental Law Congress (online and in-person)
The IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL) will host its 4th IUCN WCEL World Environmental Law Congress from May 5-7, 2025 in Rabat, Morocco. The title of the congress will be “lntegrated legal protection of Air, Ocean and Land.” For online attendance, please register here. Registration deadline: April 30, 2025. See more here.

Child/Youth Participation, Climate Action, and Success in a Climate Case (online)
Co-hosted by the Youth Climate Justice Project (University College Cork) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law (Columbia University), this online event brings together practitioners, academics, young people, and others to explore the growing phenomenon of child and youth participation in climate litigation. Date: May 21, 2025 at 1:30PM UK Time. Register here.

New Publications/Releases:

Article: A Fresh Look at Margin of Appreciation Through Climate Cases, Viktoriya Gurash; The European Convention on Human Rights Law Review. Read here.

Article: An Ecofeminist Approach to Climate Risks, Angela Hefti; Michigan Journal of International Law. Read here.

Book: Environmental Regulation and the History of Capitalism – The Role of Business from Stockholm 1972 to the Climate Crisis, edited by Sandra Bott, Sabine Pitteloud, Janick Marina Schaufelbuehl. Routledge, Open Access. Read here.

Podcast: How Access to Information Unlocks Climate Action & Human Rights with Prof. Elisa Morgera, Special Rapporteur; Is Climate Change Your Concern? Listen here.

Toolkit: Toolkit for Parliamentarians on the Escazú Agreement: Promoting Human Rights in Environmental Matters, Parliamentarians for Global Action. Read here.