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25 Sep

[Dr Wambua Kituku is the executive director of Kituo Cha Sheria (KITUO), Kenya’s oldest legal empowerment civil society organization (CSO). KITUO is a member of the Global Strategic Litigation Council. He holds a PhD in environmental law from the University of Nairobi and is a licensed attorney.] Introduction The recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change confirms that global warming...

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23 Sep

[Francesca Spry is an associate at Bailey Glasser International, and an Australian-qualified solicitor.] Introduction  Climate change is increasingly driving displacement worldwide. This includes in Africa, where millions of people are displaced every year due to impacts of climate change, such as drought, desertification and flooding.  This year the African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR) is considering a landmark request for an...

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21 Sep

[Beatrice Njeri is a human rights lawyer, an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and Regional Litigator for Africa at the Global Strategic Litigation Council. Maria Jose Alarcon is an Assistant Editor for Opinio Juris. She writes in her personal capacity. The views expressed in this post are her own and do not represent those of the Climate Litigation Network (CLN)...

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22 Jul

[Jasmin Lilian Diab is an Assistant Professor, and Director at the Institute for Migration Studies, at the Lebanese American University] Introduction The language of war is often wielded as a tool of obfuscation, sanitizing acts of violence and displacement under the guise of protection. Nowhere is this more evident than in the forced displacements in South Lebanon amid the Israel-Hezbollah conflict since...

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