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647 Cases found

Callejas v. Law No 406 (unconstitutionality of mining concession)

At issue: Whether a mining concession is unconstitutional.
Jurisdictions:
  • Panama
    • Supreme Court of Panama
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R(Packham) v Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero and Secretary of State for Transport (challenge to the ‘new approach to Net Zero’)

At issue: The legality of the government’s 'new approach to Net Zero’, announced in September 2023
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice
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Communications to Saudi Arabia, Japan, France, USA, and the UK, and 13 financial institutions concerning Saudi Aramco’s business activities in the fossil fuel sector

At issue: Negative human rights impacts of (expanding) fossil fuel activities by State-owned company Saudi Amraco, with support of major private financial institutions domiciled in Saudi Arabia, Japan, USA, UK and France.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Nations
    • UN Special Procedures
      • United Nations Special Rapporteurs
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Communications to Australia and three Australian companies concerning the fossil fuel activities of Woodside Energy

At issue: Negative human rights impacts of (expanding) the Scarborough gas project and LNG facilities by Woodside Energy and BHP in Australia, especially on indigenous people’s rights due to damage to indigenous sacred art and songlines in Murujuga
Jurisdictions:
  • United Nations
    • UN Special Procedures
      • United Nations Special Rapporteurs
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Communication to France about the continued development of mega-basin projects

At issue: France’s continued development of mega-basin projects in a context of climate change, and their impacts on the rights to environment, food and water, including the rights of smaller farmers.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Nations
    • UN Special Procedures
      • United Nations Special Rapporteurs
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Communication to the government of Colombia about the humanitarian and environmental crisis suffered by the Afro-descendant Raizal people

At issue: Post-disaster recovery for the Indigenous Raizal people after hurricanes Eta and Iota in Colombia, including through reconstruction of safe, culturally appropriate and climate-resilient housing
Jurisdictions:
  • United Nations
    • UN Special Procedures
      • United Nations Special Rapporteurs
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Communication to Pakistan concerning the ongoing forced evictions and home demolitions along Karachi’s waterways (nullahs)

At issue: Ongoing forced evictions and home demolitions along Karachi’s waterways, despite devastating impacts of unusually heavy monsoons and flooding, allegedly as part of Pakistan’s climate adaptation strategies.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Nations
    • UN Special Procedures
      • United Nations Special Rapporteurs
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Communication to the United Kingdom about the arrest and imprisonment of climate activists

At issue: Compatibility of the arrest and excessive sentencing of two climate activists in the United Kingdom with the right to peaceful assembly in Article 21 ICCPR
Jurisdictions:
  • United Nations
    • UN Special Procedures
      • United Nations Special Rapporteurs
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Communication to Thailand on forced evictions for climate mitigation measures

At issue: Thailand’s large-scale (re)forestation strategy to achieve GHG emission targets threatens the human rights of 14 forest-dependent Isan minority members in Sab Wai village, who are also land-right defenders
Jurisdictions:
  • United Nations
    • UN Special Procedures
      • United Nations Special Rapporteurs
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Ashish Kumar Garg v. State of Uttarakhand

At issue: Whether proposed felling of trees to widen roads would be against sustainable development
Jurisdictions:
  • India
    • Supreme Court
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Ascent v Slovenia

At issue: Whether Slovenia’s decision to conduct an environmental impact assessment of Ascent’s proposed fracking projected has destroyed the value of Ascent’s investments in Slovenia energy sector
Jurisdictions:
  • International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
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Blusun v Italy

At issue: Claims arising out of a series of governmental decrees to cut tariff incentives for some solar power projects
Jurisdictions:
  • International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
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Silver Ridge v Italy

At issue: Claims arising out of a series of governmental decrees to cut tariff incentives for some solar power projects
Jurisdictions:
  • International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
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Belenergia v. Italy

At issue: Claims arising out of a series of governmental decrees to cut tariff incentives for some solar power projects
Jurisdictions:
  • International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
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TransCanada v. USA

At issue: Whether the denial of the application for a Presidential Permit to construct the Keystone XL Pipeline and the Government’s actions leading to that denial amounted to unfair treatment of a Canadian corporation
Jurisdictions:
  • International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
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Declic v Hunedoara Environmental Protection Agency and Samax Romania

At issue: Whether the SEA procedure imposes an obligation on the authorities to carry out a transboundary impact assessment under the Espoo Convention, an appropriate assessment pursuant to Article 6 of the Habitats Directive and an assessment of the project’s impact on climate change
Jurisdictions:
  • Romania
    • Cluj Court of Appeal
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Ruling on Constitutionality of banning the distribution of non-recycled plastic bags in Oaxaca

At issue: Whether the state of Oaxaca’s ban on the distribution of non-recycled single-use plastic bags to protect the right to a healthy environment affects the right to carry-out business of plastic manufacturing companies.
Jurisdictions:
  • Mexico
    • Supreme Court
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ADPF 934 (Transfer of funds to PRODES Cerrado)

At issue: .
Jurisdictions:
  • Brazil
    • Federal Supreme Court
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Reference Re Impact Assessment Act

At issue: Whether the Impact Assessment Act and the Physical Activities Regulations under the IAA are constitutional
Jurisdictions:
  • Canada
    • Supreme Court of Canada
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Responsible Plastic Use Coalition v. Canada (Environment and Climate Change)

At issue: Whether federal cabinet’s order relating to the addition of plastic manufactured items to the list of toxic substances in Schedule 1 of the Canadian Environmental Protection, 1999 (CEPA) was unreasonable and/or unconstitutional
Jurisdictions:
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