On June 27th, over 40 civil society organisations and prominent individuals from at least 15 countries across the Caribbean have signed on to an open ...

Under Joe Biden, filing lawsuits against energy producers and accusing them of harming the environment was cool. Under Donald ...

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has praised the recent advisory opinion from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) as a 'landmark step forward,' urging ...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) published its opinion on Thursday that all countries in the Americas have legal obligations under human rights law to confront the climate crisis.

Equatorial Guinea on Friday filed a case with the International Court of Justice against France over a luxury mansion in ...

Latin America's top human rights court has issued a groundbreaking advisory opinion linking states’ human rights obligations ...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has urged states to regulate fossil fuel extraction and exploration, in a landmark ...

It underlined that "the right to a healthy environment" is included among the rights protected by the American Convention on ...

An advisory opinion from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights also concluded that governments have special obligations to ...

In a landmark climate decision, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights recognized that the right to a healthy climate is an ...