Madeleine Forster

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Activists in front of the Tweede Kamer during a demonstration in support of the Urgenda case at the Supreme Court in The Hague. Photo by Romy Arroyo Fernandez/NurPhoto via Getty Images.

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Tuvalu’s foreign minister addressing COP26 while standing knee-deep in seawater was a stark illustration of how the climate emergency directly and imminently threatens the most basic human rights protected under international law – including to the right to life, self-determination and cultural rights.

Human rights are now a fundamental component of more than 90 per cent of the climate litigation currently taking place outside the US, highlighting the international reach of human rights law and how its emphasis on protecting the most vulnerable helps diverse communities find common arguments for shared goals.

Cases are set to continue and to evolve but three types of claim are emerging, each of which is examined in a new Chatham House briefing paper.…  Seguir leyendo »

Tracking app for COVID-19 on a smartphone. Photo by Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images.

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There is a legitimate fear that the use of contact tracing apps and other technologies to slow the spread of COVID-19 could tip the balance in the fight for privacy in the digital age, presenting a major challenge for policymakers, technology companies, and the human rights community.

The key issues are what level of intrusion into privacy is acceptable for rapidly developed data-driven responses to the COVID crisis, and who decides? In the short term, technical fixes are key to limiting the risks, but legal and other safeguards remain critical during the current crisis and beyond.

Under international law, such as Article 17 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and relevant regional treaties, interference with the right to privacy can only take place in limited circumstances where there is a legitimate aim.…  Seguir leyendo »

Residents look on as flames burn through bush on 4 January 2020 in Lake Tabourie, NSW. Photo: Getty Images.

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The 2019–20 fire season in Australia has been unprecedented. To date, an estimated 18 million hectares of fire has cut swathes through the bush – an area greater than that of the average European country and over five times the size of blazes in the Amazon.

This reflects previous predictions of Australian science. Since  2008 and as recently as  2018, scientific bodies have warned that climate change will exacerbate existing conditions for fires and other climatic disasters in Australia. What used to be once-in-a-generation fires now re-appear within 10–15 years with increased ferocity, over longer seasons.

In a country known for climate denial and division, debate has erupted around bushfire management and climate change.…  Seguir leyendo »