Editorial: Climate change litigation and human rights: stocktaking and a look at the future

Savaresi, Annalisa; Alabrese, Mariagrazia; Scott, J. A.

doi:10.4337/jhre.2022.0001

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“…The intervention of the court manifests in granting remedies which are often couched in terms of obligations to protect, respect and fulfil human rights. 78 These remedies are wide-ranging 'including restitution, compensation, rehabilitation, and measures of satisfaction such as public apologies, public memorials, guarantees of non-repetition and, perhaps most importantly, changes in relevant laws or practices.' 79 This judicial attitude resonates with the argument that 'the protection and development of human rights should be the main concern in climate change litigation'.…”

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A human rights approach to climate litigation before the ECOWAS court

Adigun

2023

Environmental Law Review

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Climate change can be litigated through tort, common law, statute/policy, public trust doctrine or human rights among others. While climate change litigation appears to have developed in states of the Global North, its use is still relatively recent in states of the Global South. Nor has it been seriously considered from the perspective of international tribunals from the Global South. Therefore, this study examines a human rights approach to climate change litigation in the Economic Community of West African States Court of Justice (ECOWAS Court). This study finds that there are some developments in certain jurisdictions which make a human rights approach promising in terms of locus standi, justiciability, causation and separation of powers and that they can be related to the jurisprudence of the ECOWAS Court. It also finds that the doctrine of exhaustion of local remedies does not apply to the ECOWAS Court. Based on these findings, it is argued that a human rights approach can be successfully deployed to litigate climate change before the ECOWAS Court and that it can wake up West African States from their lethargy in terms of policy on, and treatment of, climate issues. The study concludes that individuals and NGOs may adopt a human rights approach before the ECOWAS Court to influence policy change and/or state behaviour in West African States.

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A human rights approach to climate litigation before the ECOWAS court

Adigun

2023

Environmental Law Review

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Achievements and Hurdles Towards Women’s Access to Climate Justice

Vido

Fornalé

2023

Women’s Empowerment and Its Limits

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Miljöorganisationerna försvarar de mänskliga rättigheterna: granskning av klimaträttegångar i Finland, Sverige och Norge

Raikas

2024

NAT

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I klimaträttegångar som miljöorganisationerna inlett har man i Finland, Sverige och Norge behandlat de utmaningar för de mänskliga rättigheterna som klimatförändringen medför. I artikeln granskas ländernas klimaträttegångar i ljuset av rättsdogmatiken och rättsjämförelsen. I den nordiska rättspraxisen har barns och kommande generationers rättigheter, rätt till miljö och sporadiskt även andra mänskliga rättigheter lyfts fram. Klimaträttegångarna är en starkt antropocentrisk fråga och dessutom medför de på grund av sin politisktjuridiska karaktär utmaningar också med tanke på den tredelade maktfördelningsläran, men ändå har de blivit en viktig del av miljöorganisationernas klimatpåverkan i de nordiska länderna. Resultatet av artikeln ger ett mångsidigt perspektiv på den nordiska rättspraxisen om klimaträttegångar och på vad miljöorganisationerna kan göra för de mänskliga rättigheterna.

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Editorial: Climate change litigation and human rights: stocktaking and a look at the future

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A human rights approach to climate litigation before the ECOWAS court

A human rights approach to climate litigation before the ECOWAS court

Achievements and Hurdles Towards Women’s Access to Climate Justice

Miljöorganisationerna försvarar de mänskliga rättigheterna: granskning av klimaträttegångar i Finland, Sverige och Norge

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