This session will provide an overview of international human rights law, including treaty law and interpretation, key human rights instruments, and enforcement of human rights law. The session will also review national laws and regulations that provide an entry point for environmental and climate justice advocacy through a case study on environmental justice litigation

This session will explore some of the primary critiques of human rights work, including the foundations, methods, ethics, language, and effects of human rights. It examines how the field replicates many of the hierarchies and power imbalances that it seeks to remedy.

This session will also cover the source and nature of environmental and climate-related human rights abuse. It will explore how environmental and climatic change leads to or constitutes human rights abuses, as well as how attempts to address environmental and climatic challenges can violate the rights of individuals and communities.

This session exposes the participants to the role of strategic litigation in advancing the imperatives of climate justice and in supporting campaigns to realize their aspirations.