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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) Advisory Opinion on Climate Change: A Landmark Decision on International Environmental Law
On 23 July, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its landmark advisory opinion on Climate Change. The Court recognised that climate change poses an existential threat to both ecosystems and human rights. The Court stated that states have human rights obligations to address climate change, and these obligations have an Erga Omnes character, owed…
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One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: The Australian Climate Case and Climate Justice in Australia
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Human Rights Day 2022: A Federal Human Rights Act to Deliver Climate Justice
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Torres Strait Islanders successful in landmark human rights complaint against Australia
In a historic decision, the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee found on Friday 23 September that Australia’s failure to adequately adapt to climate change violates the human rights of Torres Strait Islanders. It is a landmark victory worth celebrating as part of a broader trend in climate change litigation which has seen human rights…
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After the Sharma decision, we’re once again asking what does the human right to a healthy environment mean in Australia?
On 7 April 2022 the globe marks World Health Day and this year’s theme —’Our Planet, Our Health’—draws attention to ‘the single biggest threat facing humanity … [t]he climate crisis’. Australians need no reminders about the already devastating impacts of climate change with record-breaking floods having recently displaced thousands and the 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires…
Castan Centre for Human Rights Law 