A key aspect of the rich and long-awaited Inter-American Court of Advisory Human Rights Advisory Opinion 32/25 on Climate Emergency and Human Rights (AO-32) is the treatment of future generations (FG) with regard to Inter-American regional human rights protections. (A general discussion of the decision is here). The position of FG and their rights…

It was immediately evident that the European Court of Human Rights judgment in Verein  KlimaSeniorinnen v. Switzerland was groundbreaking in multiple regards and will prove fundamentally important in terms of shaping and, in many ways, advancing climate justice litigation at the European, international and domestic law levels. That decision, as well as those in…

22 August 2023 saw the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child publish its much-anticipated General Comment No.26 on Children’s Rights and the Environment, with a Special Focus on Climate Change (GC26). The General Comment sets out a framework for a child rights-based approach to environmental protection, addressing issues ranging from access to justice and remedies…