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20 Cases found

Children of Austria v. Austria

At issue: Whether the Federal Climate Protection Act violates children’s rights under constitutional law or the EU Charta of Fundamental Rights and/or their right to equality before the law.
Jurisdictions:
  • Austria
    • Constitutional Court
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Request for an advisory opinion on the scope of the state obligations for responding to the climate emergency

At issue: Whether states have specific obligations to confront climate emergencies within the context of the Inter-American System of Human Rights.
Jurisdictions:
  • Inter-American System of Human Rights
    • Inter-American Court of Human Rights
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Indonesian Youths and others v. Indonesia

At issue: Whether the Indonesian government has violated its human rights obligations to Indonesian children and other vulnerable groups, by contributing to climate change and failing to take action to minimize climate risks.
Jurisdictions:
  • Indonesia
    • National Human Rights Commission
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Communication to the OECD’s Arrangement on efforts to expand the Coal-Fired Electricity Generation Sector

At issue: Special Procedures ask Participants to the OECD’s Arrangement on Officially Supported Credit Arrangement to commit to immediately stopping to build and support new coal-fired power plants, and require existing coal fired plants to terminate by 2030 in high-income nations, and 2040 in middle income nations.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Nations
    • UN Special Procedures
      • United Nations Special Rapporteurs
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Soubeste and Others v. Austria and 11 Other States

At issue: Whether rights of young citizens have been affected by climate change due to the Energy Charter Treaty.
Jurisdictions:
  • European Court of Human Rights
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Clara Leonel Ramos and Bruno de Almeida de Lima vs. State of São Paulo (Families for the Climate and IncentivAuto Program)

At issue: The adequacy of the regulations of the IncentivAuto Program (Automotive Regime for New Investments) to the international, federal, and state rules protecting the climate system.
Jurisdictions:
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ADPF 746 (Fires in the Pantanal and the Amazon Forest)

At issue: Whether forest fires in the Pantanal ecosystem and the Amazon rainforest violate human rights of traditional and Indigenous communities.
Jurisdictions:
  • Brazil
    • Federal Supreme Court
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Herrera Carrion et al. v. Ministry of the Environment et al. (Caso Mecheros)

At issue: Whether gas flaring resulting from State’s authorization produces the violation of human rights violations of a group of nine children.
Jurisdictions:
  • Ecuador
    • Family, Women, and Children Judicial Unit of Lago Agrio in the Sucumbios Province
  • Ecuador
    • Multicompetent Chamber of the Provincial Court of Justice of Sucumbíos
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Nature Conservation Council v. New South Wales (NSW) Nature Conservation Council of NSW v Minister for Water, Property and Housing

At issue: Whether NSW Government Ministers are required to properly consider climate change when drawing up water sharing plans and whether this requirement was met in relation to the Border Rivers Water Sharing Plan.
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • New South Wales
      • Land and Environment Court
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Environmental Justice Australia (EJA) v. Australia

At issue: Whether Australia is violating human rights of young people by presenting inadequate Nationally Determined Contributions.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Nations
    • UN Special Procedures
      • United Nations Special Rapporteurs
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Luca Salis, et al. v. State of Sachsen-Anhalt

At issue: The lack of a climate protection law in the State of Saxony-Anhalt.
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Federal Constitutional Court
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Tristan Runge, et al. v. State of Saxony

At issue: The lack of a climate protection law in the State of Saxony.
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Federal Constitutional Court
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Leonie Frank, et. al v. State of Saarland

At issue: The lack of a climate protection law in the State of Saarland.
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Federal Constitutional Court
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Otis Hoffman, et al. v. State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

At issue: The lack of a climate protection law in the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Federal Constitutional Court
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Plan B Earth and Others v. Prime Minister

At issue: Whether the UK government violated human rights by failing to uphold Paris Agreement commitments.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice
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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 System of Human Rights
    • Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
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ENVironnement JEUnesse v. Procureur General du 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
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Future Generations v. Ministry of the Environment and Others

At issue: Youth plaintiffs seek to enforce fundamental rights to a healthy environment which they claim are threatened by climate change and deforestation.
Jurisdictions:
  • Colombia
    • Supreme Court
      • Superior Tribunals
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Pandey v. India

At issue: Adequacy of India's climate change mitigation efforts vis-a-vis Public Trust Doctrine and other legal obligations
Jurisdictions:
  • India
    • National Green Tribunal
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Ali v. Federation of Pakistan

At issue: Injunction against development of Thar Coalfield
Jurisdictions:
  • Pakistan
    • Punjab
      • Lahore High Court
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The materials on this website are intended to provide a general summary of the law and do not constitute legal advice. You should consult with counsel to determine applicable legal requirements in a specific fact situation.