Cultural and Environmental Rights are Human Rights: Lessons from the Gunma Declaration on Heritage Ecosystems
In February 2026, United Nations Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Alexandra Xanthaki, issued a landmark report arguing that cultural relationships with the environment are a core component...
Kulturelle und ökologische Rechte sind Menschenrechte: Lehren aus der Gunma Declaration on Heritage Ecosystems
Im Februar 2026 veröffentlichte die UN-Sonderberichterstatterin im Bereich kulturelle Rechte, Alexandra Xanthaki, einen wegweisenden Bericht, der darlegt, dass kulturelle Beziehungen zur Umwelt ein zentraler Bestandteil des internationalen Menschenrechtsschutzes sind. Der...
Struggling to Breathe in the Appalachian Coal Mines: The “Exorbitant Cost” of Human Rights
Crystalline silica is an abundant mineral, serving as the basis of a 124 billion dollar market in 2024 alone. Coal miners in the United States Appalachian Region face a high...
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...
The Lidho Judgment: Where Does Implementation Stand?
On 5 September 2023, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights delivered its first-ever environmental ruling. In Ligue Ivorienne des droits de l’homme (LIDHO) and others v. Republic of...
In Re Saranda Wildlife Sanctuary: Forests v. Forest Dwellers?
On 13 November 2025, the Supreme Court of India in In Re Saranda Wildlife Sanctuary ordered the State of Jharkhand to declare 31,468.25 hectares (approximately 314 sq. kms) of the...
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....
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...
THE CENTRE FOR CHILD LAW AND OXFORD HUMAN RIGHTS HUB URGE THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEAL TO PUT CHILDREN FIRST IN LANDMARK CLASS ACTION CASE ABOUT LEAD POISONING
The Centre for Child Law (CCL), together with legal scholars from the Oxford Human Rights Hub (“the Amici”), will appear before the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein as amicus...
Recognition Is Not Justice: What Australia’s River Law Reveals About Indigenous Rights
In 2017, Victoria enacted the Yarra River Protection (Wilip-gin Birrarung murron) Act, the first law in Australia to recognise a river as a living entity. For the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung 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...
