San Salvador Protocol Archives - Climate Change Litigation

7 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

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 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