Climate Justice at the ICJ: Human Rights Implications of the Advisory Opinion

The Global Network for the Study of Human Rights and the Environment (GNHRE), together with the SEVEN – University of Amsterdam, The Center for Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Law – CCEEL at the University of Eastern Finland and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, are hosting a webinar on the recently released climate justice advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

In a panel moderated by Annalisa Savaresi (Professor of International Environmental Law, University of Eastern Finland), the following panellists will discuss how the ICJ’s advisory opinion reframes States’ climate obligations through a human rights lens, and what this means for climate justice, advocacy, and future litigation:

• Astrid Puentes Riaño (UN Special Rapporeur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment);
• Vishal Prasad (Director Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change)
• Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh (Associate Professor of Sustainability Law, University of Amsterdam)
• Mamadou Hébié (Associate Professor of International Law, Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies)

The welcoming remarks are given by Claudia Ituarte-Lima, Director of GNHRE and Leader of the Human Rights & the Environment thematic area at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute.