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Climate justice - A camel in a desert in Saudi Arabia. In the background, an oil facility of the oil giant Saudi Aramco.
4 November 2022 by Benjamin Bibas
Redefining climate justice COP27 is being held from November 6 to 18 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, but the logic of "climate justice" that has prevailed until now – a solidarity obligation of developed States to those of the South – hardly works any longer. Th [...]
The Skin of a Sumatran tiger is seen in a plastic bag after the arrest of a trafficker in Bandah Aceh. Where wildlife crime is particularly common.
26 September 2022 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Let’s look at wildlife crimes This is about killing and trafficking for profit of our biodiversity by criminal syndicates. This is about crimes that are actually not isolated from other crimes, including corruption, drug dealing and human trafficking. How do w [...]
A patrol of Senegalese soldiers in the forest of Casamance (Blaze Forest)
27 June 2022 by Mustapha K. Darboe
Swiss first step to investigate environmental crimes in Gambia Three years ago, the Swiss NGO TRIAL International filed a complaint against a Swiss businessman operating in the Gambia with the complicity of its former president Yahya Jammeh. The Swiss national is accused of having committed a [...]
Masked protesters (Shell logo) raise their fists and hold up
24 March 2022 by Janet H. Anderson
The unresolved responsibility of Big Oil companies in Nigeria On March 23 a Dutch court ruled that it was impossible to hold the oil company Shell liable for the 1995 trial and execution of Nigerian writer Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight of his fellow Ogoni community leaders. The ‘Ogoni 9’ case has [...]
An outdoor trial with lawyers, military, civilians and the public standing around
23 September 2021 by Ephrem Rugiririza and Claude Sengenya
In Congo, Mihonya trial shows link between environmental and war crimes A former army captain who deserted to form a militia in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo was sentenced on September 21 to life in prison. Chance Mihonya was found guilty of crimes against humanity, war crimes and environme [...]
Pygmy (Twa) child in the bush (DRC)
6 September 2021 by Ephrem Rugiririza et Claude Sengenya
DRC: Indigenous Twa are freed but still landless A Congolese military court has released seven members of the Twa ethnic group convicted for "wicked destruction of nature" after settling in a park in the south of the country. But the struggle continues for these indigenous peopl [...]
30 November 2020 by Maud Sarliève
Corporate responsibility: Switzerland says no but the UN must say yes The Swiss rejected legislation requiring multinationals to be responsible, at home and abroad, for environmental and human rights abuses related to their activities. As Maud Sarliève explains, Switzerland is thus moving away from [...]
27 November 2020 by Julia Crawford
World watches as Swiss vote on “responsible business” On November 29 the Swiss vote on a proposal that would make Swiss-based multinationals accountable for environmental crimes and human rights abuses in relation to their activities abroad. Here is how to understand an initiative th [...]
9 November 2020 by Maud Sarliève
Multinationals and human rights: do states understand the urgency of a treaty? Compel multinationals to respect human rights: a draft international treaty, sponsored by the United Nations, has been under discussion for the last six years. The sixth round of negotiations ended on October 30th and there is no [...]
6 November 2020 by Kira Walker
War, law and biodiversity: a race against time November 6 is the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict. Biodiversity is in free fall globally, declining faster than at any other moment in human history. Current global ef [...]
27 August 2020 by Ephrem Rugiririza and Claude Sengenya
Bled by armed groups, Congo’s Virunga Park wants justice Armed groups that have been roaming eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for decades are known for killing and raping civilians. But they are also responsible for environmental crimes of ever-growing proportions, particularl [...]
20 April 2020 by Claude Sengenya and Ephrem Rugiririza
DRC: Outcry as indigenous people convicted for “wicked destruction of nature” Eight members of the Batwa ethnic group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo were on February 4 given heavy sentences for “wicked destruction of nature” in a national park. The indigenous people are defending their right to acc [...]
5 December 2019 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Ecocide and environmental crimes draw public attention at the ICC It was perhaps the most-talked about topic in the corridors and surrounding cafés at the International Criminal Court Assembly of State Parties, in The Hague this week. How to address climate change-related violations of human rig [...]
5 December 2019 by Maud Sarliève
Climate change: How to make corporations responsible? ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SERIES (3/3) This week, the 25th Conference of Parties, or “COP25”, begins in Madrid. Until December 13th, the 196 State Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will be discussing [...]
4 December 2019 by Shireen Daft
Environmental destruction is (already) a war crime, but is almost impossible to commit An open letter from 24 scientists, published in the journal Nature in July 2019, calls for the elaboration of a fifth Geneva Convention to protect the environment during armed conflicts. But the destruction of the environment is a [...]
3 December 2019 by Benjamin Bibas
Indigenous people are winning court battles ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SERIES (2/3) The Amazonian ecosystem is under threat, yet indigenous people have been fighting for it for more than 20 years before the Inter-American Commission and Court of Human Rights, winning some victor [...]
2 December 2019 by Jojo Mehta
Ecocide as an atrocity crime – an idea whose time is overdue ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SERIES (1/3) Ecocide, a Vietnam war ‘veteran’ concept used to describe the destruction caused by Agent Orange, is also the 5th missing element of crime of the Rome Statute, dropped from the International Crim [...]
26 November 2019 by Justice Info
Justice Info's ASP external event: Ecocide, the ICC and multilevel litigation for a global crisis ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICEEcocide, the ICC and multilevel litigation for a global crisis A Justice Info debate THE HAGUE, DECEMBER 3, 2019 - 6:30 PM - GRAND CAFÉ UTOPIE CONTEXT     Calls for environmental justice are increasing. Along [...]
11 October 2019 by Benjamin Bibas
Christel Cournil: Now is the time to link the climate issue to human rights JUSTICEINFO.NET IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS Christel Cournil Professor of public law at Sciences Po Toulouse, co-author of “Les procès climatiques : entre le national et l’international” (2018). Swedish activist Greta Thunberg filed [...]