My new article on Climate Change Litigation under the ECHR is out in @echr-law-review.bsky.social. (Thanks to my colleagues @lancasterlaw.bsky.social and @cohelongo.bsky.social for comments.) brill.com/view/journal...

🫂 Who? An awesome collaboration! @lukasgudmundsson.bsky.social, Dominik Schumacher, Thomas Gasser, Rick Heede, @cohelongo.bsky.social, @qlejeune.bsky.social, @shrutinath97.bsky.social, Philippe Naveau, @wimthiery.bsky.social, @carlschleussner.bsky.social, @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social

Van harte welkom op het symposium "In gesprek met topklimaatwetenschapper Joeri Rogelj" nu vrijdag 9-12h @vubrussel.bsky.social, met keynote van @joerirogelj.bsky.social en korte lezingen van @cjsmith.be, @cohelongo.bsky.social, @harryzeko.bsky.social & mezelf. receptie. www.vub.be/nl/evenement...

In gesprek met topklimaatwetenschapper Joeri Rogelj | 6 juni 2025

Mis de keynote van Joeri Rogelj niet, die is aangevuld met sprekers uit domeinen zoals klimaatwetenschap, beleid, scenario's en rechtszaken.

vub.be

Such an inspiring @iucnwcel.bsky.social Congress panel on the IUCN at International Courts with Prof Francesco Sindico, Claudia de Windt, Cymie Payne, Sandeep Sengupta, @cohelongo.bsky.social, Anastasia Kantzelis, @yusrasuedi.bsky.social

The farmers’ lawsuit in Switzerland “is interesting because it is turning the tables on this framing by arguing that farmers can also be the victims of climate change,” says Emily Bradeen, a policy analyst at @granthamlse.bsky.social. @cohelongo.bsky.social

Agriculture shifts from climate-change culprit to victim in new lawsuit

A lawsuit in Switzerland could prompt farmers around the world to sue their governments for climate inaction.

swissinfo.ch

The ECtHR's 2024 climate cases were decidedly dogmatic concerning extraterritorial jurisdiction. Lea Raible analyzes this - and its interplay with positive obligations - in the first article of our upcoming special issue on the climate rulings, co-edited by Armando Rocha & @cohelongo.bsky.social.

Dear friends, dear colleagues, after receiving multiple inquiries about the venue of our pre-conference workshop, we are sharing the information about our decision to proceed with the organization of our event. We are also extending the deadline to submit your abstracts to April 27 🚨

Happy one-year anniversary to the most on-point text I ever sent (well, wrong about the art. 13 issue - but close enough)

Really happy with this piece and grateful to @esrademir.bsky.social, @jtheilen.bsky.social, and Başak Çalı for putting the overall project together and creating such a fun and constructive space to think in.

@humanrightsjournal.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 New #OpenAccess article! The #ECtHR’s ‘domestication’ of #climatechange narrows protections & limits climate justice. DR. @cohelongo.bsky.social explains how the Court frames climate as a domestic issue, sidelining global equity concerns. Read: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

" This judgment is accordingly not a revolution, but an (important) extension of existing doctrines" - from @cohelongo.bsky.social on how the @echr.coe.int treats environmental pollution cases as opposed to climate change claims - strasbourgobservers.com/2025/03/11/v...

Vindicating the ECtHR’s Role in Environmental Matters: Cannavacciuolo and Others v. Italy - Strasbourg Observers

Corina Heri On 20 January 2025, the ECtHR issued a Chamber judgment in Cannavacciuolo and Others v. Italy. This environmental pollution case concerns an area known colloquially as the Terra dei Fuochi (“Land of Fires”) because it is notoriously plagued by the illegal dumping, burying and burning of waste on private land. This decades-long practice, […]

strasbourgobservers.com

So far, so good! The Committee of Ministers‘s interim decision on the implementation of the KlimaSeniorinnen judgment is out. search.coe.int/cm?i=0900001...

typical book project timeline

I’m convinced there‘s only one correct way to prepare for one‘s first-ever @mpil.de Dienstagsrunde - and that’s Kaffee und Kuchen

Well that’s a relief

Mike Becker@mikebecker.bsky.social · last yr.

The ICJ has resolved the uncertainty surrounding Judge Salam's resignation by electing Judge Iwasawa to serve as its President for the remainder of the current term (through 5 February 2027). This appears to mean that Julia Sebutinde will continue as Vice-President (and not Acting President).

Did Putin write this?

I signed this letter, reflecting on the difference it makes to have a secure contract and channeling @marinavelickovic.bsky.social in Critical Legal Thinking about what we do when “the discipline you are hoping will accept you will only do so in exchange for your silence at the dinner table”.

Völkerrechtsblog@voelkerrechtsblog.org · last yr.

Statement by International Lawyers, ESIL Members, and ESIL Interest Group Convenors related to the 2025 ESIL Annual Conference at Freie Universität Berlin. voelkerrechtsblog.org/statement-by...

This is so outrageous I actually had to double check it was real. What an unintentionally clear window into why all kinds of people dislike and distrust mainstream media institutions.

Keith Harris@usefulnoise.bsky.social · last yr.

It's all a fucking game to these people.

Amazing friends, conversations and food - what more does a girl want?

Pola Cebulak@polatoja.bsky.social · last yr.

A truly fun academic event - roundtables discussing avenues for further research on strategic litigation in Europe 🧵 yesterday in Amsterdam with @cohelongo.bsky.social, @faheye.bsky.social, @dionkramer.bsky.social, @martamorvillo.bsky.social and other enaged colleagues

Outlets like @republik.ch keep my faith in media going - such a pleasure to work with them on this!

Republik Magazin@republik.ch · last yr.

Immer mehr Leute ziehen Regierung und Konzerne, die im Kampf gegen die Klimakrise nicht vorwärts­machen, vor Gericht – und gewinnen wie im Fall der #Klimaseniorinnen. Rechts­wissenschaftlerin @cohelongo.bsky.social erklärt im Video, was solche Klagen bewirken: www.republik.ch/2025/02/28/c...

Truly grim news from Cardiff

Andy Williams@llantwit.bsky.social · last yr.

Two Weeks In The Death Spiral Of Cardiff University, by an anonymous academic. This is truly shocking read. The Cardiff executive board should hang their heads in shame. voice.cymru/two-weeks-in...

I don't often miss the bad place but today I found out a conservative Swiss Federal Supreme Court judge qualified for the Olympics in Paris and I just... didn't know about it.

Intrested in strategic litigation in Europe on data, migration and environment? Join us, with @dionkramer.bsky.social, @faheye.bsky.social, @cohelongo.bsky.social, @martamorvillo.bsky.social & others, on 27 Feb for rondtable discussions mapping avenues for future research aces.uva.nl/content/even...

Lawyering for change - but what change exactly - Amsterdam Centre for European Studies - ACES - University of Amsterdam

A workshop on 27 Feb 2025 for scholars and practitioners engaged in strategic litigation to discuss the particular dynamics of strategic litigation in EU law.

aces.uva.nl

du weisst, du hast eine ziemlich bescheuerte Meinung, wenn all diese Länder sie gleichermassen verurteilen

Swiss farmers are suing their gov't to act on #climatechange before their farms become unviable, citing losses of 10–40% over the past 3 years Case was initially rejected & plaintiffs are still awaiting the outcome of an appeal But it marks a significant shift in farmers' attitudes on the issue:

Why farmers are beginning to take their government to court over climate change

How a Swiss lawsuit is recasting agriculture’s role in climate policy.

nature.com

Today the ECtHR issued its 1st judgment building on KlimaSeniorinnen - it's not a climate case (we'll have to wait on Müllner v. Austria for that), but an Italian pollution case engaging heavily with KlimaSeniorinnen. Here's what it held in Cannavacciuolo et al.: hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-24...

Taken by @ecusato.bsky.social/Sofia Tamburello's call to see the environment "not just as a ‘casualty’ of military conflict but (...) as ‘one of the means by which colonial racism is enacted, land is grabbed, siege lines fortified and violence perpetuated’" in Palestine. esil-sedi.eu/esil-reflect...

Very much recommended reading

Mattia Pinto@mattia800.bsky.social · 2y ago

My PhD thesis, Human Rights as Sources of Penality, is now available online! It explores how human rights foster and justify penality. I'm revising it for a book with OUP, but the thesis offers a preview. Feedback welcome! etheses.lse.ac.uk/4474/ @uoy-yorklawschool.bsky.social @cahr-york.bsky.social