The Court is considering a request for an advisory opinion outlining the obligations that States owe in relation to the climate emergency under the American Convention on Human Rights. Together with Milbank LLP, the Vance Center is representing three UN Special Rapporteurs before the Court. Earlier this year, the Inter-American Court received a request from two States, Chile and Colombia, for an advisory opinion on States’ climate obligations under the American Convention. The Vance Center’s Environment Program has worked with Milbank and three UN Special Rapporteurs – the rapporteurs on human rights and the environment David Boyd; rapporteur on toxics... read more
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