American Convention on Human Rights Archives

11 Cases found

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

Baihua Caiga et. al., v. PetroOriental S.A.

At issue: Whether gas flaring resulting from a private company’s oil extraction contributes to climate change and associated violations of the rights of nature and the rights of indigenous peoples living in the vicinity of the operation’s site.

Jurisdictions:

Ecuador
- Family, Women, and Children Judicial Unit from Francisco de Orellana Canton

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

Decision C-298/16 of June 8, 2016

At issue: Whether the statutory provisions that allow mining activities in sensitive, high-altitude ecosystems (“páramos”) were constitutional.

Jurisdictions:

Colombia
- Constitutional Court

Greenpeace Argentina et. al., v. Argentina et. al.

At issue: Whether the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development decision to approve the offshore exploration of fossil fuels must be halted and declared null and void for its impacts on climate change.

Jurisdictions:

Argentina
- Federal Court of Mar del Plata N. 2

Julia Habana et. al., v. Mexico (Unconstitutionality of the reform to the Electricity Industry Law)

At issue: Whether the amendment of Mexico’s Electric Industry Law violates the constitutional right to a healthy environment by giving preference to electricity generated by coal and fuel oil-fired power plants over renewables.

Jurisdictions:

Mexico
- First Circuit Collegiate Tribunal

Mexico
- District Court in Administrative Matters

Mexico
- Supreme Court

Nuestros Derechos al Futuro y Medio Ambiente Sano et. al., v. Mexico (Unconstitutionality of the reform to the Electric Industry Law)

Jurisdictions:

Mexico
- First Circuit Collegiate Tribunal

Mexico
- District Court in Administrative Matters

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

A Request for an Advisory Opinion from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights Concerning the Interpretation of Article 1(1), 4(1) and 5(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights

At issue: In an advisory opinion, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights recognized the right to a healthy environment as a human right

Jurisdictions:

Inter-American System of Human Rights
- Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Seeking Relief from Violations of the Rights of Arctic Athabaskan Peoples Resulting from Rapid Arctic Warming and Melting Caused by Emissions of Black Carbon by Canada

At issue: Address effects of black carbon on the Athabaskan people via arctic warming

Jurisdictions:

Inter-American System of Human Rights
- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Petition To The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Seeking Relief From Violations Resulting from Global Warming Caused By Acts and Omissions of the United States

At issue: Petition to the Commission seeking relief from human rights violations resulting from global warming caused by acts and omissions of the United States

Jurisdictions:

Inter-American System of Human Rights
- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights