Indonesian Nickel: What Is Its Role In The Just Transition?

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Jun 25, 2025
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Indonesia's nickel industry is made possible by foreign investment, with extraction fueling global clean tech supply chains, while local communities bear the environmental and social consequences Fair trade advocates in the Global North imagine a technology transfer and ethical downstreaming investment, but essentially a systemic shift in transportation models and a reduction of mineral consumption is necessary for climate action For long term resilience in terms of both the environment and global trade, Indonesia has the opportunity to invest in public welfare, green education for workers, and economic diversification beyond nickel

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Sacchi et al. v Argentina et al.

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May 14, 2025
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A group of 16 children affected by the consequences of climate change filed a complaint against six States for violating their rights by failing to fulfil the States’ international commitments to reduce emissions. The claim was deemed inadmissible for failure to exhaust domestic remedies but recognised the extraterritorial application of human rights obligations in the context of climate change and the victim status of the authors of the complaint.

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Six Youths v. Minister of Environment and Others

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Feb 25, 2025
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Six young climate activists filed a claim against Brazil’s former Ministers of the Environment and International Affairs and the federal government for decreasing the country's ambitions to reduce emissions within their updated 2020 NDCs under the Paris Agreement. The claimants’ request for urgent injunctive relief due to the urgency of the climate crisis was denied, and the final judgement is still pending.

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Mathur, et al. v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Ontario

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Feb 25, 2025
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The case of Mathur v. Ontario represents the first case in Ontario in which the court ruled that climate change may threaten fundamental rights under the Constitutional Law. By Leon Qiu Country: Canada Defendants: State of Ontario Law Applied: Canadian Charter of Rights and FreedomConstitutional LawEnvironmental LawDomestic Human Rights Law Key words:  Mitigation Human Rights...

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Criminal Law And The Environment: What Are The Difficulties?

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Oct 27, 2022
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Within the strict interpretation of the law, “corporate environmental crimes are strictly speaking not a crime”. The 2008 Environmental Crime Directive states that there is no need to demonstrate the defendants' intention, negligence or fault concerning the harm caused.

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Duarte Agostinho and Others v. Portugal and 32 Other States

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May 28, 2022
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by Anna Bortolussi Country Portugal, European Union Defendant(s) States Law Applied International Human Rights Law; International Environmental Law; European Convention on Human Rights; United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); Paris Agreement. Key words States; Human Rights; Mitigation; Climate Justice. Case Information: Court(s): European Court of Human Rights Dissenting Judgement? No Filing Date: 2020 Last Update: 2022 Status: Pending ISSUES...

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Environment Jeunesse v. Canada

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May 28, 2022
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by Temi Lawal Country Canada Defendant State Law Applied Civil Law; Constitutional Law; Domestic Human Rights Law; Canadian Charter or Rights and Freedoms; Quebec Charter or Rights and Freedoms; Quebec Code of Civil Procedure. Key Words States; Human Rights; Mitigation; Climate Justice. Case Information: Court(s): Quebec Court of Appeal, Quebec Superior Court Dissenting Judgement? No  Filing Date: 2018 Last Update: 2022 Status: Pending...

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Neubauer, et al. v. Germany

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May 27, 2022
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by Anna Bortolussi Country Germany  Defendants State Law Applied Constitutional Law; International Human Rights Law; Domestic Environmental Law. Key words Germany; Federal Court; Constitutional Law; Environmental Law; Human Rights Law. Case Information: Court(s): Federal Court of Germany Dissenting judgement: NoFiling date: 2020Last Update: 2021Status: Decided ISSUES The Federal Court of Germany was asked to determine whether, as the claimants alleged, Germany’s Federal...

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La Rose v. Her Majesty the Queen

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May 27, 2022
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By Virginia Raffaeli Country:  Canada Defendants:  State Law Applied: Constitutional Law; International Human Rights Law; Canadian Charter or Rights and Freedoms; Constitution of Canada. Key words:  Human Rights; Mitigation; Just Transition; Public Trust. Case Information: Court(s): Federal Court; Federal Court of AppealDissenting Judgement: NoFiling Date: 2019Last Update: 2021Status: Pending ISSUES Whether a group of Canadian youths raised valid causes of action...

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