Call for Papers 鈥淟egal Advisory Opinions Shaping Climate Action and Human Rights
The Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research () Working Group on Human Rights & the Climate Crisis has issued a Call for Papers for their annual conference, with the theme 鈥淟egal Advisory Opinions Shaping Climate Action and Human Rights鈥. This conference takes place 6 November 2025 at the Leiden 木瓜福利影视 College The Hague. The deadline for submitting your abstract is 15 September 2025.
On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an historic Advisory Opinion confirming that States have binding legal obligations under international law, including customary law and human rights law, to protect the climate system from anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. The Court emphasized that the adverse effects of climate change threaten core human rights, including the right to life, health, housing, food, water, and the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment. This much anticipated Opinion was the result of years of advocacy started by the Pacific Island State of Vanuatu, which is already experiencing the existential harm of the climate crisis. This initiative has triggered other requests for similar Advisory Opinions
The NNHRR Annual Conference will be an ideal opportunity to share your reflections.
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The Annual Conference of the NNHRR Working Group on Human Rights & the Climate Crisis is organized by Julie Fraser, Anneloes Kuiper, Otto Spijkers & Patricio Trincado Vera.