Transitional justice is a an approach to achieving fairness or just treatment during the turn around from conflict and/or state repression to one where justice is being pursued. In attempting to achieve the state’s accountability and the redressing of victims rights. Indeed, transitional justice affords victims a recognition of their rights. It also promotes… Read More
Human Rights lawyers in North America know that although the societies of Canada and the United States believe that human rights are uniform and fair, they in fact are not. Nowhere is this truer than when it comes to water, climate justice and indigenous people. Poverty is also a driver in the realm of climate… Read More
The MOX Plant Case (Ireland v. United Kingdom) The MOX Plant dispute has a long procedural and complicated history. The dispute may be viewed as a case of forum shopping by Ireland. However, that characterization may be unduly harsh, as the applicant sought a particular type of remedy. The case was initially litigated in 1992… Read More
In submitting their disputes over environmental harms to an international court or tribunal the parties to the row seek a remedy for the issue that triggered the action. Environmental disputes are a relatively recent class of cases that have been litigated in international courts. Indeed, it has only been over the past two decades that… Read More
In submitting their disputes over environmental harms to an international court or tribunal the parties to the row seek a remedy for the issue that triggered the action. Environmental disputes are a relatively recent class of cases that have been litigated in international courts. Indeed, it has only been over the past two decades that… Read More