Understanding One of the Worst Environmental Disaster in Brazil’s History
On November 5 2015, the Fundão dam—property of the mining company Samarco—collapsed, sending more than forty billion litres of ore tailings into a small town called Bento Rodrigues district, in...
Nigerian Farmers Can Sue Shell in Dutch Court: Precedent for Transnational Cases against Multinationals
A recent ruling by the Court of Appeal in The Hague signals new hope on the horizon for victims seeking a judicial remedy for corporate negligence or human rights abuse....
Indigenous Rights Litigation meets Global Climate Change in Queensland Australia
Indigenous rights are currently going head to head with global climate injustice in Queensland, Australia. An important and novel judicial review case is afoot in the Federal Court of Australia,...
Courts and Climate Change: Breakthrough for Judicial Activism in the Netherlands
The 24th of June 2015 was a historic day for climate litigation: the district court in The Hague ordered the Dutch government to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by at...
Taking the Needs of Future Generations into Account: the Case of Wales
The issue of long-term governance is gaining attraction around the world. Many governments are looking into mechanisms that could be helpful in integrating the needs of future generations better into...
Finance and Human Rights: Developments in Brazil and Peru
In December 2014, governments, businesses and civil society gathered at the Palais des Nations, the UN’s headquarters in Geneva, best football pool picks this week http://www.tiger-computing.co.uk/digs/college-football-rankings-predictions-week-13/ college football picks week...
Indigenous Ecuadorians Bring Protracted Legal Battle Before the Supreme Court of Canada
A 21-year legal battle that has made its way through the courts of Ecuador and the United States will arrive next month at the Supreme Court of Canada. From 1972...
Establishing Aboriginal Title in Canada: Tsilhqot’in Nation v British Columbia
The declaration of Aboriginal title by the Supreme Court of Canada on June 26, 2014—a first in Canada—is a momentous decision that should have long-lasting significance for the Tsilhquot’in Nation,...
Chinese Environmental Protection Law – The Illusion of Enhanced Human Rights Safeguards
In April this year, the Chinese legislature amended significantly the Environmental Protection Law adopted in 1989. This post seeks to predict the amendment’s implications on Chinese citizens’ substantive and procedural...
The Right to Prior Consultation of Indigenous Peoples in the Americas (Part II)
Editor’s note: the first part of this post was an introduction to the right of indigenous peoples to prior and informed consent. In this second part, our authors address two...
The Right to Prior Consultation of Indigenous Peoples in the Americas (Part I)
Editor’s note: this post forms the first in a two-part series on the rights of indigenous peoples in the Americas. The second part will be posted tomorrow. Neither the...
Should There Be A Human Rights Approach for Environmental Protection?
Is climate change just an environmental issue or also a human rights issue? Do we need a new international environmental treaty to address the rights of people displaced from their...
