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Strategic litigation
Chathamhouse
Climate change and human rights-based strategic litigation
Human rights-based climate change litigation is a fast-growing trend: between 2015 and mid-2020, 40 such cases were brought before national courts and international bodies. An increasing proportion of cases are being brought by young people on behalf of future generations.
This Chathamhouse briefing paper cites a number of prominent, recent examples to show how activists are challenging not just inaction on climate change, but also governments’ failure to honour existing commitments and climate change strategies that themselves contribute to human rights violations.
This Chathamhouse briefing paper cites a number of prominent, recent examples to show how activists are challenging not just inaction on climate change, but also governments’ failure to honour existing commitments and climate change strategies that themselves contribute to human rights violations.
