Africa: Top African Rights Court to Consider States' Climate Obligations

Africa: Top African Rights Court to Consider States' Climate Obligations

Advisory Opinion Could Further Cement Rights in Climate Action

Who is responsible when it comes to trying to limit climate change? Who should take the lead in climate action? Six researchers have tried to find answers to these questions from citizens of multiple African countries through a survey conducted between 2021 and 2023.

Top African Rights Court to Consider States’ Climate Obligations

Click to expand Image Villagers fetch water from a makeshift borehole during a drought in Mudzi, Zimbabwe, July 2, 2024. © 2024 Aaron Ufumeli/AP Photo A coalition of African lawyers and civil society groups has asked the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights for an advisory opinion on 55 African Union member states’ human rights duties in the climate emergency.Led by the Pan African Lawyers Union and the African Climate Platform, an allianc…