Public interest law news/2021-2022

• Biodiversity: one way to help countries stick to their commitments to restore nature, The Conversation (Dec 20, 2022)

• ‘This case has made legal history’: young Australians just won a human rights case against an enormous coal mine, The Conversation (Nov 25, 2022)

January-September 2022[edit | edit source]

• Australia violated the rights of Torres Strait Islanders by failing to act on climate change, the UN says. Here’s what that means, The Conversation (Sep 26, 2022)

• ‘One of the most progressive and environmentally conscious legal texts on the planet’: Chile’s proposed constitution and its lessons for Australia, The Conversation (Aug 30, 2022)

2021[edit | edit source]

Australian court finds government has duty to protect young people from climate crisis, May 27^[1]

Court orders Royal Dutch Shell to cut carbon emissions by 45% by 2030, May 26...^[2]

Freeing the Future, May 2...^[3]

European Parliament urges support for making ecocide an international crime, January 21, 2021. Public consultation launches on legal definition.^[4]

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