Human Rights Archives - Climate Change Litigation

38 Cases found

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

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

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

Commune de Grande-Synthe v. France

At issue: Whether the French government’s failure to take further action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions violates domestic and international law

Jurisdictions:

France
- Council of State

EU Biomass Plaintiffs v. European Union

At issue: Whether the European Union’s 2018 revised Renewable Energy Directive illegally treats forest biomass as a renewable fuel by not counting CO2 emissions from burning wood fuels

Jurisdictions:

European Union
- General Court (known as Court of First Instance before 2010)

Friends of the Irish Environment v. Ireland

At issue: Whether Ireland’s National Mitigation Plan violated statutory law, the Irish Constitution, and human rights obligations because it is not set to reduce greenhouse gas emissions sufficiently over the near-term.

Jurisdictions:

Ireland
- High Court of Ireland

Notre Affaire à Tous and Others v. France

At issue: Whether the French government’s failure to take further action on climate change violates a statutory duty to act under domestic and international law

Jurisdictions:

France
- Administrative Court of Paris

Friends of the Earth Germany, Association of Solar Supporters, and Others v. Germany

At issue: Whether the German government violated plaintiffs’ fundamental rights by failing to meet greenhouse gas emission reduction goals

Jurisdictions:

Germany
- Federal Constitutional Court

ENVironnement JEUnesse v. Canada

At issue: Whether the Canadian government violated fundamental rights of citizens aged 35 and under by failing to set a greenhouse gas emission reduction target and plan to avoid dangerous climate change impacts

Jurisdictions:

Canada
- Quebec
  - Quebec Superior Court