Join the Harvard Human Rights Journal and the Harvard European Law Association for a lecture by Dr. Síofra O'Leary\, former President of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)\, which will look at recent climate litigation in Europe\, focusing on three ground-brea king cases decided by the ECHR in 2024. It will reflect on the role of cour ts in relation to climate change commitments\, the procedural obstacles whi ch applicants may face in such cases\, the grounds of review relied on\, an d the standards of scrutiny to be applied. The lecture will also provide go od insight into the ECHR's practice and procedures\, while also delving int o the particularities of climate change litigation before it and the implic ations for climate litigation and policy in the United States.
Co-spo nsored by the Women’s Law Association\, the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Libe rties Law Review\, the HLS American Constitutional Society\, the Harvard La w & Policy Review\, the Harvard International Law Journal\, the Minda de Gu nzburg Center for European Studies\, the Salata Institute for Climate and S ustainability\, the Harvard Human Rights Program\, and the Harvard Human Ri ghts Entrepreneurs Clinic.
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