Environmental Law

[Ananya Bhargava is an undergraduate law student at Jindal Global Law School with research interests in feminist critiques of law and exploring international law through a critical and socio-political lens] On the opening day of COP 29 Summit, a group of climate justice NGOs staged a protest to demand the world to persuade Israel to end all atrocities in Gaza. The...

[Paula Wojcikiewicz Almeida holds a PhD summa cum laude in International and European Law at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. She is a Professor of International Law at FGV Rio Law and Director of FGV Rio Law's Centre for Global Law and the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on EU-LA Global Challenges. Valentine Tissot Pinheiro holds an LL.M. in Public International Law...

[Mamta Borgoyary is an Executive Director at SHE Changes Climate] I believe that 2025 will mark the beginning of a paradigm shift in social transformation, guiding us towards a world that is rooted in justice, compassion and equity. The adoption of the  General Recommendation 40 (GR40) by CEDAW, represents a pivotal step toward elevating women’s participation in historically underrepresented critical spaces,...

The inimitable Sam Moyn and I have a chapter on the Vietnam War and international law in the Cambridge History of the Vietnam War: Volume 3, Endings and Aftermaths, which was just published by Cambridge University Press. Here are the opening paragraphs: There have been thousands of histories of the Vietnam War, but none assigns a pivotal role to international law....

In my capacity as Special Adviser on War Crimes, I have been assisting the Prosecutor with the development of the OTP's forthcoming policy on Environmental Crimes Under the Rome Statute (ECP) -- a policy he announced in Paris last February. “Damage to the environment poses an existential threat to all life on the planet,” the Prosecutor said. “For that reason,...

[Pedro Serodio holds an LL.M in International and European Law at the Universität des Saarlandes and a Legal Assistant at MarketVector Indexes, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany] Introduction The global issue of deforestation and its environmental consequences stand at the forefront of Brazil's agenda as it directs a critical crossroads. In this context, the Brazilian Ecological Transition Plan, an initiative by the...

[Roberta Chardulo Andrade, PhD, is a T32 Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Penn State College of Medicine, and she is interested in topics that lie at the intersection of international law, international relations, and planetary health.] [Funding statement: This publication was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as...

[Eoin Jackson is a PHD Candidate at LSE] At present, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) is considering its Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights. The proceedings follow on the heels of the landmark European Court of Human Rights decision in KlimaSeniorinnen v Switzerland, where the Court issued a declaratory judgment that the human rights of the...

[Lucas Carlos Lima is a professor of international law at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais] It was expected that the advisory opinion on the climate emergency and human rights requested by the Republic of Colombia and the Republic of Chile to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (‘IACtHR’ or ‘Court’) would attract a high level of participation. While the 2017 Advisory...

[Patricio Trincado Vera is a Research Assistant at the Transboundary Legal Studies Department at Groningen University.] March 2024 was a month with significant advances in the area of human rights and environmental protection on a regional level. The European Court of Human Rights has been at the centre of the debate with the three judgements on climate change and environmental issues...

[Ignacio Portela Giráldez is a Ph.D. student researching novel climate litigation pathways under the UN Convention on the Law of The Sea. He is a teacher of International and Political Studies at the University of New South Wales (Canberra) and lecturer in International Environmental Protection at the Open University of Catalonia.] The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has finally ruled...

[Peter Splinter is currently an independent consultant working on the relationships between human rights and environmental protection. He has previously represented Amnesty International at the United Nations in Geneva and worked with the Canadian foreign and justice ministries as a diplomat and legal counsel.] With reference to the recent authorisation of the exploitation of the Rosebank oil and gas field by...