Climate Change and Access to Justice Print PDF

Written by Adriaan Grijns

© UN Photo/Logan Abassi This article provides an introduction to the importance of climate change as a humanitarian and development issue, and an overview of current responses to climate change. It goes on to identify the potential of “access to justice” in addressing the perceived gap in these responses. It finds in particular that empowering the poor and disadvantaged in developing countries to adapt to climate change effects can help in delivering “climate justice.”

1. Climate change beyond its environmental context

Climate change is a specific form of environmental impact that has supranational rather than local or regional dimensions. Human beings all over the world contribute to climate change by emitting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

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Environmental Destruction and Human Rights in the Niger Delta Print PDF

Written by Anja Roth

The Nigerian Delta states are blessed with rich resources in natural oil and gas. A blessing that can sometimes turns into a curse, especially when looking at the oil extractions in the Niger Delta from a human rights perspective. (1)

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Ecocide in the Iraqi Marshes Print PDF

Written by Daniel Ruiz

At the end of the first Gulf war, the Iraqi Government caused three major environmental disasters: the burning of the Kuwaiti oil fields, the deliberate spilling of oil into the Persian Gulf, and the destruction of the Southern Iraqi Marshes. The former two, which resulted in the imposition of compensation for the damages caused, have been widely studied. The fate of the Marsh Arabs or Maadan (which took place inside Iraqi territory and was not reported as much as the Kurdish issue in the North) is less renown.

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How serious is Wildlife Crime? Print PDF

Written by John Sellar

The involvement of organized crime

Whilst there is little specific data demonstrating the involvement of organized crime groups in wildlife crime (i.e. known members of such groups who have been convicted of wildlife crime offences), there is a considerable number of indicators of such involvement.

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Dirty Collar Crime in Naples Print PDF

Written by Vincenzo Ruggiero

It is true that “green criminology” should be grounded in the principles of environmental justice and help with the production of relevant legislative tools for the defence of the earth. However, there are conducts which violate even the limited and inconsistent existing norms. A variety of such conducts can be detected in the “rubbish crisis” experienced in Naples two years ago.

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