Lara Ibrahim is currently a Judicial Fellow at the International Court of Justice. She is a DPhil candidate in the Faculty in Law at the University of Oxford, where her doctoral research focuses on extraterritorial human rights obligations of States in the context of climate change. Prior to this, Lara completed the Bachelor of Civil Law at the University of Oxford and her undergraduate Law degree at the University of Sheffield.
Extraterritorial Human Rights and Climate Change at the ECtHR: The End of the Road?
On 9 April 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR or Court) handed down its judgment in the case of Duarte Agostinho and Others v Portugal and 32 Other States. The case, brought by six youth applicants from Portugal, was an ...
COP28 and Its Shortcomings: The Inadequate Protection of Human Rights
The 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), or COP28, was held from 30 November to 12 December in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). This annual meeting ...
Giving Voice to the Vulnerable: How Advisory Opinions Have the Potential to Advance Climate Justice through International Courts
In the context of the current climate crisis, climate change litigation has taken a new form over the past year. There have been increasing requests for advisory opinions from international courts and tribunals, focussed upon ...
