India’s “Right Against Climate Change” Meets the 2026 Heatwave: From Aspiration to Enforceable Standard
When Delhi’s India Meteorological Department yellow alert ran through 24 May 2026 with Safdarjung crossing 43.4°C, the constitutional question the heatwave forced into view was no longer whether climate change...
Will Granting Personhood to the Aravallis in India Help the Fight Against Mining?: Lessons from Niyamgiri Incident
The Indian Supreme Court in an order in November 2025 has attempted to create a uniform standard for identifying ‘Aravallis’, a mountain range in India, to curb widespread illegal mining...
A New Avenue for Climate Change Victims: Rethinking the Causation Threshold
2025 was a crucial year for international climate law and human rights. Two advisory opinions (AOs) were issued, one by each of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the...
Migration with Dignity or Statelessness by Design?: A Closer look at the curious case of Kiribati
With regions across the globe experiencing its effect in different forms, climate change has reached every nook and corner of the world. While some regions experience hotter summers, others witness...
Climate Change and the Erosion of Children’s Rights in Bangladesh
In 2023, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child issued General Comment No. 26, recognising climate change and environmental degradation as urgent and systemic threats to children’s rights....
Positive and Negative Rights Strike Again: Mathur v. Ontario
The distinction between positive and negative rights continues to complicate, and defeat, constitutional recognition of social justice issues for Canadians. While many (convincingly) refute the relevance of this distinction, and...
AI Training, Data Centers, and the Right to a Healthy Environment: The Case of xAI in Memphis
The international recognition of the human right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment has gained prominence over the past few years, with confirmation of its existence taking place by...
ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States with Respect to Climate Change: Human Rights-Based Reflections on Due Diligence
I. INTRODUCTION The much anticipated ICJ Advisory Opinion of 23 July 2025 was historic in its affirmation of Member State obligations to act to curb climate change through adaptation and...
Banking on Silence: Basel Committee’s Climate Framework Abandons Human Rights Protections?
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s June 2025 Framework for the Voluntary Disclosure of Climate-Related Financial Risks represents a pullout from human rights protection in financial regulation. By shifting from...
Can the International Court of Justice Finally Declare Fossil Fuel Subsidies a Violation of International Law?
The ICJAO has the historic opportunity to legally interrogate fossil fuel subsidies. Judge Cleveland’s question invites the Court to finally place fossil fuel production and its explicit and implicit financial...
Intersectionality in Climate Jurisprudence – The Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Approach to Climate Vulnerability
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Advisory Opinion on Human Rights and the Climate Emergency released on 3 July 2025 represents a landmark moment for the climate justice movement. The...
Breaking the Cycle of Injustice: The Global South’s Struggle to Climate Equity in International Forums
In the Global South, climate change is not merely an environmental crisis but a major human rights issue. This region experiences the most severe consequences of climate change, from rising...
