Reflecting on the Right to Self-Determination as the Primary Ground for Protection of Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation and Initial Contact
From 21 April to 2 May 2025, the UN Headquarters in New York hosted the 24th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) which endorsed the...
Courting the Heat: India’s Legal Reckoning with Climate-Driven Heatwaves
As India suffers through yet another year of scorching summers, heatwaves have turned into a recurring and lethal aspect of the climate crisis. Statistics capture only a fraction of a...
Hacia Un Sistema De Native Title (Título Nativo) Justo Y Equitativo: ¿Es Suficiente La Conexión “Espiritual” Para Reclamar Derechos De Título Nativo?
El 9 de abril de 2025, la High Court of Australia admitió unanimemente con lugar una apelación en contra de una decisión de la Full Court of the Federal Court...
Unearthing Justice: The Human Rights and Environmental Toll of Mining in Ghana
Ghana, Africa’s biggest gold-producing country and the world’s sixth biggest, relies heavily on mining for its economic growth. The sector contributes significantly to GDP, jobs, and foreign exchange, with a...
Should Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence Be Based on Social Expectations?
A key tenet of business and human rights has become the introduction of mandatory human rights due diligence (HRDD), a process that attempts to introduce the essentials of due diligence...
United States Must Formally Apologize to the Republic of Marshall Islands
Between 1946 and 1958, the United States conducted 67 nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands, causing generations of health, environmental, and cultural damage to the Marshallese people. As a result...
Advancing Environmental Justice: The Supreme Court of Kenya holds State Agencies Accountable for Environmental Harm in Owino-Uhuru case
On 6th December 2024, the Supreme Court of Kenya affirmed the constitutional rights to a Clean and Healthy Environment and the highest Sustainable Standard of Health Care and Sanitation as...
#CancelCoal: South African Youth Successfully Lead Climate Case Against Proposed Coal-Fired Power Station
On 4 December 2024, the High Court of Pretoria in South Africa (SA) handed down a landmark judgment in the “Cancel Coal” case. The High Court upheld a constitutional challenge...
A Climate Policy Under Fire: Germany’s NECP Lawsuit and EU Climate Governance
The Environmental Action Germany (Deutsche Umwelthilfe, ‘DUH’), a non-governmental environmental and consumer protection organisation in Germany, has intensified its legal challenges against the German government by filing a lawsuit over...
Feminist Frontiers in Climate Justice – Climate Injustice: A Gendered Global Crisis (Part 1)
Oxford Human Rights Hub · Feminist Frontiers in Climate Justice – Climate Injustice: A Gendered Global Crisis In this two-part podcast series, we are exploring why efforts to mitigate climate...
Business and Human Rights: A Cautious and Promising Interpretation of the French Vigilance Law
In rulings issued on 18 June 2024, the Paris Court of Appeal deemed admissible the actions brought by several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) against the French multinationals TotalEnergy and EDF on...
ReBuilding Ukraine for All: Inclusive Recovery for a Resilient Ukraine
This is a four part series on the project “ReBuilding Ukraine For All: Inclusive Recovery for a Resilient Ukraine,” led by Professor Freya Baetens, Dr. Ievgeniia Kopytsia, and Dr. Daryna...
