Climate Litigation
Christina Eckes, Professor of European law at the University of Amsterdam and the PI of the Strategic Climate Litigation Project, responds to the Shell ruling. ”The Dutch Court of Appeal explicitly and on principle rejected Shell’s (and Milieu & Mens’)…
Professor Christina Eckes and Yannick van den Berg have written a blogpost for the website European Law Blog, about how the Dutch Advertising Code Committee narrowly interprets the AVMSD, allowing for the advertising of environmentally harmful products and services. They…
Professor Christina Eckes and Tessa Trapp have written a blogpost for the website, European Law Blog about the ECtHR’s statement that the Aarhus Convention is not applicable in climate litigation. “The ECtHR held that States have a human rights obligation…
On 2 September we welcomed Dr Katalin Sulyok, Assistant Professor in International Law and Environmental Law, to speak with us. Katalin is based at the ELTE Law School in Hungary and Chief Legal Advisor, Office of the Ombudsman for Future…
Professor Christina Eckes’ chapter in the book, ‘Constitutionalism and Transnational Governance Failures‘ This book explores strategies for limiting transnational market failures, governance failures and constitutional failures impeding protection of the universally agreed sustainable development goals like climate change mitigation and…
On 6 June 2024, the Globalisation & Law Network at Maastricht University held a seminar featuring Dr. Christina Eckes, Professor of European Law at the University of Amsterdam. Professor Eckes’ talk was based on her forthcoming article titled “European Law…
On 27 May Professor Christina Eckes gave a talk at the University of Amsterdam about her research concerning climate litigation and democratic decision making. The recording of the presentation can be found below. Abstract One of the most stubborn criticisms…
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December 2021. Written by Christina Eckes. Abstract Leonard Besselink repeatedly took up the defence of separation of powers in light of the growing powers of the judiciary, resulting principally from two developments: First, international legal instruments increasingly play a role…
