On 16 June, we held a roundtable discussion at Spui25 about climate change, law and matters of democracy. Three speakers covered topics including: •Can domestic courts deliver global climate justice?•What tensions arise between democratic decision-making and international climate demands?•How can…
Professors Nathalie Brack and Ramona Coman (ULB) have co-edited a special issue of European Political Science: “Dissensus over Liberal Democracy in Europe“. The issue explores how liberal democracy is increasingly contested and eroded—not just by populist or fringe actors, but across…
On 19 June 2025, the new theme group of the Amsterdam Center for European Studies (ACES) on ‘Climate Dissensus in Europe: Litigation, Representation, and Expertise’ came together for the first time. Christina Eckes, together with Matteo Fermeglia (Humanities) and Luc…
Edited by Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh, University of Amsterdam, & Sarah Mead, Climate Litigation Network (CLN) Christina Eckes and her co-authors, Joana Setzer and Jasmina Nedevska, have written a chapter on Separation of Powers in the newly published, ‘The Cambridge Handbook on Climate Litigation’. This…
Professor Christina Eckes will give a keynote speech at this conference at Radboud University, 12-13 June 2025. Titled, ”Climate, Trade, and Human Rights: The EU’s Balancing Act” the talk will explain why the European Union has politically and legally no…
Professor Christina Eckes has written a blogpost for the website, European Law Blog on the implications of KlimaSeniorinnen for the EU’s 2040 emissions reduction commitment. ”Following some pushback, the European Commission postponed the release of the EU’s 2040 emission reduction…
From 22 to 23 May 2025, members of the University of Amsterdam’s Strategic Climate Litigation team will participate in the annual conference of the International Society of Public Law (ICON-S), hosted this year in Brussels by the Université libre de…
In their legal analysis of the sustainability of the EU-Mercosur trade deal, Christina Eckes and Piotr Krajewski identify among other things relevant legal requirements for the EU’s trade policy flowing from the European Court of Human Right’s ruling in KlimaSeniorinnen.…
The ELFA (European Law Faculties Association) Awards recognize outstanding doctoral work that advances the understanding of European Law. Dr. Alberto Nicòtina received a special recognition from the jury for his thesis titled “Constitutional Strategies in the Face of Multi-Level Governance:…
7 May 2025 The Amsterdam Law Forum is hosting a panel discussion on “Climate Justice on Trial” featuring top experts in law and social sciences on 7 May 2025 from 14:00. Alberto Nicotina is one of the experts and will…
