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19 Cases found

District Court Mönchengladbach-Rheydt, Urt. v. 14.3.2022 – 21 Cs – 721 Js 44/22 – 69/22

At issue: Whether climate protests can be covered by fundamental rights protection.
Jurisdictions:
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R v McKelvey and others (Doctors for XR protest on Lambeth Bridge)

At issue: Whether health professionals' blocking traffic 'for health's sake' was illegal under the Public Order Act of UK.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • Magistrates Court
        • West London Magistrate's Court
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Décrochons Macron

At issue: Whether climate activists acted in a “state of necessity” to warn about the President’s climate inaction. Whether unhooking presidential portraits to denounce the President’s climate inaction is an action of general interest and a form of expression protected by freedom of expression.
Jurisdictions:
  • France
    • Court of Cassation
  • France
    • Court of Appeal of Lyon
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Police v Hanafin

At issue: Whether protestors who trespassed on an oil platform should be convicted.
Jurisdictions:
  • New Zealand
    • New Zealand District Court
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R. v Brown (Extinction Rebellion protest, London City Airport)

At issue: Whether choosing to prosecute an XR protester for the offense of public nuisance was an abuse of process where alternative statutory offenses were available.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • Court of Appeal
        • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
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Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport v Climate Activists

At issue: Whether climate activists protesting the expansion of a Paris airport acted in a “state of necessity” to warn about the effects of climate change.
Jurisdictions:
  • France
    • Criminal Court of Bordeaux
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ADP Group (Paris Airports) v. Climate Activists

At issue: Whether climate activists protesting the expansion of a Paris airport acted in a “state of necessity” to warn about the effects of climate change.
Jurisdictions:
  • France
    • Court of First Instance of Bobigny
      • Tribunal Correctionnel (penal matters)
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R v. Bramwell et al (“The Shell Six case”)

At issue: Whether extinction rebellion protestors who caused damage to Shell's headquarters to protest the environmental damage caused by the company should be convicted of criminal damage.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • Crown Courts
        • Southwark Criminal Court
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Attorney General v. Crosland

At issue: Whether a barrister who breached a Supreme Court embargo by publishing the outcome of a case 24 hours early should be held in criminal contempt of court.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
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EH v Queensland Police Service; GS v Queensland Police Service

At issue: Whether climate protesters were unlawfully convicted for protesting coal mine.
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • Queensland
      • District Court
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Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC v. Mivasair

At issue: Pipeline protesters sought to assert necessity defense
Jurisdictions:
  • Canada
    • British Columbia
      • Court of Appeal
  • Canada
    • British Columbia
      • Supreme Court
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Trial of Angela Ditchfield

At issue: Whether climate protester could assert necessity defense to escape liability for vandalism.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • Magistrates Court
        • Cambridge Magistrates' Court
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Credit Suisse Protesters Trials

At issue: Climate activists arrested for trespassing
Jurisdictions:
  • Switzerland
    • Court of Appeals in Geneva
  • Switzerland
    • Court of Appeals in Renens
  • Switzerland
    • Lausanne District Court
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R v Roberts

At issue: Whether anti-fracking protesters should receive custodial sentences.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • Court of Appeal
        • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
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R v Basto

At issue: Climate protesters found guilty of aggravated trespass for occupying airport runway.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • Magistrates Court
        • West London Magistrate's Court
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Take Down Macron Protester Cases

At issue: Climate activists defend against theft and refusal to identify charges by claiming civil disobedience was necessary to bring attention to France's failure to meet its climate targets
Jurisdictions:
  • France
    • Criminal Court of Paris
  • France
    • Criminal Court of Strasbourg
  • France
    • Criminal Court of Bonneville
  • France
    • Criminal Court of Auch
  • France
    • Court of Appeal of Bordeaux
  • France
    • Court of Appeal of Lyon
  • France
    • Court of Appeal of Colmar
  • France
    • Criminal Court of Lyon
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The Kingsnorth Six Trial

At issue: Determine whether Greenpeace activists' trespass at coal-fired power plant made them criminally liable
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • Crown Courts
        • Maidstone Crown Court
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Heathrow Airport Ltd. and Another v. Garman and Others

At issue: Request for injunction against environmental activists attempting to disrupt the operations of an airport
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice
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Director of Public Prosecutions v. Fraser and O’Donnell

At issue: Criminal suit against protestors for causing damage to property
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • New South Wales
      • Supreme Court of New South Wales, Common Law Division
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