International law

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Make human rights truly universal. Legal Perspectives and Policy Recommendations on Claims for Ecological- and Climate Debt

The universality of human rights has been clear from the outset, but governments have tended to limit recognition of their obligations to their own territory. This reductionism has led to …

climate debt, ecological debt, environmental justice, global constitutionalism, global social metabolism, human rights, International law, social movements

International Law and Ecological Debt

According to Antoni Pigrau, Professor of Public International Law at the Catalan Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) “Classic international law (1648-1945) can be seen as a legitimizing tool for the …

ecological debt, International law, policy recommendations, report

Campaign to hold criminals responsible for ecocide wraps up

By Nick Meynen On August 6 we reported on an European Citizens Initiative (ECI) to call for a law of Ecocide in the EU. End Ecocide in Europe is a grass-roots …

Ecocide, ecological debt, EU, International law

Europe: Eradicate Ecocide

By Nick Meynen. Last January, 11 citizens launched a European Citizens Initiative (ECI) to call for a law of Ecocide in the EU. Eco-cide derives from the Greek oikos meaning house …

Ecocide, environmental law, Europe, International law

EnvJustice

EnvJustice is a research project to study and contribute to the Global Environmental Justice Movement

Tag: International law

International Law and Ecological Debt

Campaign to hold criminals responsible for ecocide wraps up

Europe: Eradicate Ecocide