
A recent ruling by the Court of Appeal in The Hague signals new hope on the horizon for victims seeking a judicial ...

Indigenous rights are currently going head to head with global climate injustice in Queensland, Australia. An ...

The 24th of June 2015 was a historic day for climate litigation: the district court in The Hague ordered the Dutch ...

The issue of long-term governance is gaining attraction around the world. Many governments are looking into ...

In December 2014, governments, businesses and civil society gathered at the Palais des Nations, the UN’s ...

A 21-year legal battle that has made its way through the courts of Ecuador and the United States will arrive next ...

The declaration of Aboriginal title by the Supreme Court of Canada on June 26, 2014—a first in Canada—is a ...

In April this year, the Chinese legislature amended significantly the Environmental Protection Law adopted in ...

Editor's note: the first part of this post was an introduction to the right of indigenous peoples to prior and ...

Editor's note: this post forms the first in a two-part series on the rights of indigenous peoples in the Americas. ...

Is climate change just an environmental issue or also a human rights issue? Do we need a new international ...

New Zealand’s Immigration and Protection Tribunal recently considered a “climate change refugee” case under its ...