We are an association of international lawyers and human rights defenders fighting to create a bright future in Latin America and Europe with a steadfast belief in the capacity of international human rights law to address systemic and intergenerational challenges, including democratic backsliding and the environmental crises.
On July 8th, Theresa Amor-Juergenssen (Co-Founder and Legal Director of NIKA and Legal Research Lead at World’s Youth for Climate Justice) had the opportunity to sit down with César Rodríguez-Garavito (Chair of the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at NYU School of law), Elisa Morgera (UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change), and David R. Boyd (Former UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment) to discuss the developments in the field of Climate Justice brought about by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights recent advisory opinion on human rights in the climate emergency in an expert webinar organised by the Climate Law Accelerator at NYU.
