Editor’s note: This post is part of the EJIL:Talk! Symposium on ‘Expanding Human Rights Protection to Non-Human Subjects? African, Inter-American and European Perspectives.’ What role, if any, do human rights courts have in the protection of the natural world? Advisory Opinion 23 by the Inter-American Court on Human Rights marked, in my view, a potentially … Read more
The idea of expanding the normative framework of human rights to nonhuman entities is not quite new, but ever-so topical in the age of AI, corporate human rights, and the rise of the global Rights of Nature movement. Although animals may be paradigmatic (non)human rights aspirants, animal rights proper have not yet been adjudicated, let … Read more
Introduction The topic of debate is whether corporate human rights pose an obstacle or precursor to their own accountability for human rights violations. Many might have an intuitive response: if corporations can be held responsible for human rights violations, they also should have protected rights and access to courts to enforce those rights. Or vice … Read more
Having just been appointed to the highest office in world sport on March 20, Kirsty Coventry is expected to address many issues: the organization of the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, the choice of venue for the 2036 Olympic Games, questions about the evolution of the Winter Olympic Games in light of the climate … Read more
Over the past two weeks, EJIL:Talk! has featured a range of contributions spanning pressing issues, including: the growing challenges of regulating Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs), the under-recognized crime of targeting children in conflict zones, legal dimensions of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, criminal military investigations as a tool for civilian protection, the potential impact of … Read more