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World Court to issue climate change opinion on July 23
The top United Nations court will on July 23 issue a nonbinding opinion on countries' legal obligation to fight climate ...
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Powerless Rights? Structural Limitations of Advisory Opinion OC-32/25 in the Face of the Climate Emergency
Advisory Opinion OC-32/25 issued by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights marks a legal milestone in the evolution of ...
‘We are not going to act like victims’
“We have not created the issue. We are the victims of the issue. However, we are not going to act like victims. We are going ...
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Why the World Cannot Afford Another Climate U-Turn: Omotola Osude on the Global Fallout of U.S. Environmental Backtracking – Omotola Osude
Omotola Osude, a Nigerian legal scholar and climate justice advocate, is raising an alarm that is being heard far beyond her ...
Inter-American court says states must protect people from climate change
It underlined that "the right to a healthy environment" is included among the rights protected by the American Convention on ...
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Top Latin American court upholds right to “healthy climate”, urges fossil fuel control
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has urged states to regulate fossil fuel extraction and exploration, in a landmark ...
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Inter-American Court of Human Rights says states must protect people from climate change
Decision means that around 20 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean – including Argentina – must undertake legal ...
Latin America’s top human rights court says countries have a duty to act on climate change
In a landmark advisory opinion, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled that governments have a legal obligation to ...
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UN rights commissioner welcomes Inter-American Court advisory opinion on climate crisis
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday praised the recent advisory opinion on the climate crisis from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) as a ...
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Inter-American court affirms legal right to a healthy climate
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.
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Inter-American court says states must protect people from climate change in "groundbreaking" ruling
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled Organization of American States members must take "all necessary measures" to ...