The Paris 2024 Olympics, dubbed the “inclusive games,” boasted the motto “Games Wide Open” or in French “Ouvrons grand les Jeux.” This slogan aimed to paint a picture of inclusivity, openness, and equality, with a promise of gender parity in athlete participation. But beneath this glossy veneer lay a troubling reality that starkly contrasted these […]
Corruption networks often leave behind digital fingerprints in government datasets. Ironically, these schemes depend on legal mechanisms to secure their ill-gotten gains—think companies, land, and assets used for laundering money. All these activities are recorded in public contracts and government transactions. But when this information is kept in isolated silos, finding and fighting corruption becomes […]
What future for international justice, when major powers sanction Courts like the ICC? On the 22nd of May 2024, the U.S. House Republicans announced plans to vote on legislation to sanction International Criminal Court (ICC) officials, which materialised less than a month later. On the 4th of June, the House of Representatives voted 247-155 in […]
January 2012 saw the onset of the Mali War, plunging the nation into its worst human rights crisis in 50 years. Since the Ministry of Justice referred this matter to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in July 2012, the ongoing query remains: Can Mali see justice restored? Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag […]
Imagine waking up one day to find your home, your heritage and your livelihood ripped away, all in the name of profit. For indigenous people in Papua, this is the terrible reality as they deal with relentless land confiscation and environmental devastation. Recently, the Papuan government issued an environmental feasibility permit to PT Indo Asiana […]
To read part one of this two-part blog post, click here. The ECtHR judgments in these historic climate cases will have far-reaching consequences particularly for those seeking access to justice for climate related harms. Therefore, while these complex judgments affect a lot of issues, the second part of this blogpost will focus on their implications […]
Last week a historic moment in climate and human rights litigation occurred when the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) addressed the issue of climate change and its effects on rights protected under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). On the 9th April 2024 the Strasbourg Court, delivered three widely-anticipated judgments. This post serves […]
Our legal intern Luca Brocca writes about access to justice in environmental matters, the main legal instruments that protect it, and the obstacles to its implementation, through the analysis of concrete cases that illustrate the state of affairs in this area. According to international and European human rights law, the concept of access to justice […]
An introduction to ESG through investor/shareholder activism For giant corporations and businesses around the globe, climate justice goals have often reflected less of a conscious accountability towards the larger issue of environmental rights and more of a strategic matter of regulatory compliance at best. Although concerns on sustainable investment practices and carbon output by […]
Brief journey of the Aarhus Convention Environmental rights and climate justice under the international law regime cannot be discussed without referring to the 1998 Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision–Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters, more popularly known as the Aarhus Convention (the ‘Convention’). Negotiated and adopted under the […]
