While the White House takes a sledgehammer to critical climate policy, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights announced a ...

A round-up of news from around the region, including a long-anticipated decision from the International Court of Justice on ...

The ruling has been hailed by UN human rights experts as a transformative step in advancing climate justice and environmental protection through the lens of international human rights law.

Advisory Opinion OC-32/25 issued by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights marks a legal milestone in the evolution of ...

“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 ...

Historic climate change proceedings to open at UN’s top court Small nations that say they're devastated by an environmental crisis they haven't caused are hoping an opinion from the International ...

While the verdict will sting for activists, the loss still plays its part in advancing climate litigation.

Equatorial Guinea has accused France of "neo-colonial" behavior in a legal battle over a luxury mansion in Paris ...

A landmark case brought against the Commonwealth by Torres Strait traditional owners has been dismissed, in a case of great significance for Pacific Island communities who have found themselves ...

Niki Widdowson, ‘Torres Strait Islander climate change decision by Fed Court at odds with UN’, Media Alert, QUT,16 July 2025, ...

The ECHR is an important part of the Council of Europe, which is the continent’s foremost human rights institution. Russia was expelled from the council over Moscow’s invasion and war in Ukraine.

THE bombing of the Rainbow Warrior on 10 July, 1985, with the death of Greenpeace photographer Fernando Pereira, was a ...