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Fossil fuel feuds and the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change

Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, Volume 35, Issue 2, Page 349-365, July 2026.
Abstract The Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) breaks new ground by clearly identifying fossil fuel production, licensing and subsidisation among the activities to which international climate change obligations apply, going as far as suggesting that such activities may ...
Harro van Asselt, Tejas Rao
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Should the European Court of Human Rights Treat the Anonymous and the Absent Witness Equally? The Application of the Same Three-Step Test

Groningen Journal of International Law
The ‘right to (cross)-examination’ is regulated in Article 6(3)(d) of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). However, this right is not absolute and can, under circumstances, be limited.
Candan Yilmaz
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The rise of the ecocentric right to a healthy environment before human rights courts in Africa and Latin America

Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, Volume 35, Issue 2, Page 414-424, July 2026.
Abstract This article examines jurisprudence from key African and Latin American human rights bodies regarding the right to a healthy environment, with a focus on recent jurisprudence (2023–2025). It identifies a growing trend of an ecocentric interpretation of the right, which acknowledges that the environment and the life forms within it hold ...
Sonja Kahl
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Analyzing Whistleblowing Provisions in Turkish Law in the European Context

Annales de la Faculté de Droit d’Istanbul
Whistleblowing at the workplace is the act of reporting or disclosing information about illegal, unethical, or improper activities occurring within an organization.
Hasan Kayırgan, Mustafa Nalbant
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‘Genuine’ religions and their arena of legitimation in Italy – the role of the ECtHR [PDF]

Religion, State and Society, 2017
In this contribution, we address the everlasting debate on the definition of religion from a multiscalar perspective.
Giorgi, Alberta, Annicchino, Pasquale
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‘Taking inaction on carbon sinks to court’1 in Ireland? Comparative analysis of Finnish and German cases

Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, Volume 35, Issue 2, Page 498-514, July 2026.
Abstract The carbon sink capacity of ecosystems has long been neglected, leading to their degradation and the release of stored carbon, thereby exacerbating climate change. As parties increasingly resort to courts to resolve controversies over the sufficiency of measures to combat climate change, carbon sinks are emerging as a focal point.
Alessandra Accogli, Amelia Burnette
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The Czech climate case: An unfortunate tale of questionable strategies and unanswered questions

Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, Volume 35, Issue 2, Page 578-589, July 2026.
Abstract On 5 November 2025, the Czech Constitutional Court rejected the complaint in the landmark climate case (Pl. US 6/25). This concluded a 4‐year strategic litigation process, which challenged governmental inaction on climate change. Brought by individuals, an NGO and a municipality, the action alleged that insufficient greenhouse gas (GHG ...
Jiří Vodička
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Common and civil law approaches to tort‐based corporate climate litigation: A comparative case law review

Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, Volume 35, Issue 2, Page 515-529, July 2026.
Abstract As corporate climate litigation intensifies globally, litigants consistently encounter the same procedural and substantive hurdles: duty of care, standing and causation. Success in navigating these hurdles has been sporadic, and most existing inquiry has sought to understand these trends according to geographical or case‐type lenses.
Calum MacLaren
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE MOST RECENT ECtHR GRAND CHAMBER RULINGS [PDF]

Challenges of the Knowledge Society
Climate change is a reality that is already threatening our existence, and it could not be ignored anymore. Every day, on television, at the radio, at work, on the streets, in schools and universities, at home, we discuss about climate change and its ...
Laura-Cristiana SPĂTARU-NEGURĂ
doaj  

Rights of Nature in the EU: A thought experiment to improve access to justice

Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, Volume 35, Issue 2, Page 425-436, July 2026.
Abstract Against the backdrop of the growing need for legal innovation in environmental protection, this article explores the interplay between Rights of Nature (RoN)—a legal theory asserting that the inherent moral value of nature must be protected legally by granting rights and legal personality to nature itself—and the EU constitutional right of ...
Emma Sanvito, Mariolina Eliantonio
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