On 20 May 2026, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution A/80/L.65 welcoming the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change. The draft, tabled by Vanuatu and a cross-regional Core Group attracted 90 co-sponsors and was adopted by a recorded vote of 141…

On Bonaire’s low-lying southern coast sit the so-called “slave huts”: small coral stone buildings that carry the physical memory of a colonial economy built on racialised coercion and extraction. In Greenpeace Netherlands v The State of the Netherlands (Bonaire), the District Court of The Hague notes that this tangible cultural heritage—alongside lighthouses and salt pans—sits in coastal…

For the last six years, together with a handful of colleagues and friends from around the world, we have worked with the Government of Vanuatu to develop and implement a legal strategy to turn the aspiration of a group of students from the Pacific into a reality, bringing climate change before the International Court of…