Rosemary Mwanza, Stockholm U. Law School: 2025 opinions by international courts lay legal underpinnings to criminalizing #ecocide: iccforum.com #JusticeMatters #ICC #InternationalJustice #CrimesAgainstHumanity #environment @canyiva.bsky.social @uclapromiseeurope.bsky.social @law.ucla.edu @hrw.org

Several African countries employ Russian mercenaries (Africa Corps) to fight regional Islamic militias. Members of Africa Corps are engaging in gender-based sexual violence (among other atrocities). The article fails to mention how these mercenaries could be held accountable for these war crimes.

Cooperation isn’t enough anymore.

Significant methane leaks at two biogas plants discovered, raising questions about the climate credentials of so-called ‘green’ energy projects tied to the dairy sector changingmarkets.org/report/metha...

“Can you imagine if a Muslim judge on the Court had said Allah told him to side with Palestine?” For Zeteo, Alonso Gurmendi on the Christian Zionist ICJ judge who keeps backing Israel because “the End Times” are here. She should be removed, or forced to recuse:

Next in our blogging series is Reflections on the Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s Citizen Submission Process by Rowan Markesteyn - read here: gnhre.org?p=18339

The U.N. has identified Kabwe, a city of almost 300,000 people in Zambia, as one of the most polluted places on the planet. Who is to blame? And can justice be done?

From @canyiva.bsky.social: ‘The Supreme Court of Kenya Advances Jurisprudence on Access to Effective Remedies for Victims of Business-Related Environmental Human Rights Violations’ gnhre.org?p=18275

Final announcements for 2024! (1/4) -Calls for abstracts/papers on: climate change and reparations, a global ecological-economic framework, and law and indigenous knowledge -Opportunities with UCLA Emmett Institute, King’s College, and University of Gothenburg gnhre.org?p=18269

Whoa—the Montana Supreme Court holds that its state constitution protects the right to "a stable climate system," and strikes down a law that barred consideration of greenhouse gas emissions when permitting new fossil fuel projects. juddocumentservice.mt.gov/getDocByCTra...

Next year has exciting things in store!

GNHRE is proud to co-organize a workshop on the R2HE with @dinalupin.bsky.social, @canyiva.bsky.social, @unisouthampton.bsky.social & Stockholm University in April 2025. Abstracts due January 31, 2025.