Human Rights Archives - Climate Change Litigation

44 Cases found

Petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Seeking to Redress Violations of the Rights of Children in Cité Soleil, Haiti

At issue: Whether the health harms from trash disposal, exacerbated by climate change, violate Haitian children's human rights.

Jurisdictions:

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Greenpeace Netherlands v. State of the Netherlands

At issue: Whether the Dutch government violated its duty of care to prevent dangerous climate change by failing to attach stringent climate conditions to its coronavirus bailout package of the airline KLM.

Jurisdictions:

Netherlands
- The Hague
  - District Court

Institute of Amazonian Studies v. Brazil

At issue: Whether the Brazilian Constitution guarantees a fundamental right to a stable climate and whether the Brazilian government may be compelled to meet emission and deforestation reduction goals

Jurisdictions:

Brazil
- Federal District Court of Curitiba

PSB et al. v. Brazil (on deforestation and human rights)

At issue: Whether Brazil's failure to curb deforestation and resulting climate change violates fundamental constitutional rights of indigenous peoples and current and future generations.

Jurisdictions:

Brazil
- Federal Supreme Court

Greenpeace Mexico v. Ministry of Energy and Others

At issue: Whether Mexico's energy sector policy violates human rights by promoting fossil fuels at the expense of renewables

Jurisdictions:

Mexico
- District Court in Administrative Matters

Shrestha v. Office of the Prime Minister et al.

At issue: Seeking an order to compel the government of Nepal to enact an adequate climate change law

Jurisdictions:

Nepal
- Supreme Court

Youth for Climate Justice v. Austria, et al.

At issue: Youth filed human rights complaint against 33 governments.

Jurisdictions:

European Court of Human Rights

0907346 [2009] RRTA 1168

At issue: Applicant sought protection under Refugee Act due to sea level rise.

Jurisdictions:

Australia
- Refugee Review Tribunal

Asociación Civil por la Justicia Ambiental v. Province of Entre Ríos, et al.

At issue: Class action asks Argentinian Supreme Court to recognize rights of the Paraná Delta.

Jurisdictions:

Argentina
- Supreme Court

Neubauer, et al. v. Germany

At issue: Youth argued that Germany's GHG reduction goals violated human rights.

Jurisdictions:

Germany
- Federal Constitutional Court

Hearing on Climate Change Before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

At issue: Civil society groups asked IACHR to promote climate policies that protect human rights.

Jurisdictions:

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

In re Court on its own motion v. State of Himachal Pradesh and others

At issue: Court on its own motion issued restrictions to curb black carbon emissions, among other things.

Jurisdictions:

India
- National Green Tribunal

Greenpeace et al. v. Austria

At issue: Greenpeace sued to invalidate tax credits on air travel, arguing that GHGs pose a threat to human rights.

Jurisdictions:

Austria
- Constitutional Court

Lho’imggin et al. v. Her Majesty the Queen

At issue: Indigenous groups alleged Canada's climate policy, approval of GHG-emitting projects violate human and constitutional rights.

Jurisdictions:

Canada
- Federal Court

Canada
- Federal Court of Appeal

Ruling on Modification to Ethanol Fuel Rule

At issue: Whether Mexico's rule increasing the maximum ethanol fuel content is constitutional.

Jurisdictions:

Mexico
- Supreme Court

Rights of Indigenous People in Addressing Climate-Forced Displacement

At issue: U.S. tribes filed human rights complaint with UN, alleging U.S. government has failed to address climate-caused displacement.

Jurisdictions:

United Nations Special Rapporteurs

UN Human Rights Committee Views Adopted on Teitiota Communication

At issue: Kiribati citizen argued New Zealand's denial of refugee status violated international human rights.

Jurisdictions:

United Nations Human Rights Committee

La Rose v. Her Majesty the Queen

At issue: Canadian youth sought declarations that Canada violated their rights by failing to take sufficient action on climate change, and an order requiring the government to implement a Climate Recovery Plan.

Jurisdictions:

Canada
- Federal Court

Canada
- Federal Court of Appeal

Sacchi et al. v. Argentina et al.

At issue: Whether respondents violated children’s rights under international law by making insufficient cuts to greenhouse gas emissions and failing to use available tools to protect children from carbon pollution by the world’s major emitters.

Jurisdictions:

United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child

Maria Khan et al. v. Federation of Pakistan et al.

At issue: Whether the government of Pakistan's inaction on climate change violated the constitutional rights of women and future generations including the right to a healthy environment and a climate capable of supporting human life

Jurisdictions:

Pakistan
- Punjab
  - Lahore High Court