Angela Hefti

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Visiting Researcher at Harvard University

Climate litigation is proliferating around the world, yet the potential of the African system of human and peoples' rights to address climate change remains underexplored. We argue that the African system of human and peoples' rights has the potential to be a normative leader in climate law due to its recognition of collective rights, actiones popu...

Climate change affects everyone's health. At the same time, because of specific risk factors, some groups have a greater chance of becoming sick as a result of climate change than others. Evaluating these inequitable impacts through a health-centric intersectional approach-which considers overlapping factors like gender, age, residence, and prior h...

Climate change uniquely affects those who are at the intersection of several inequalities simultaneously, such as those based on gender, age, and disability. This makes them ‘directly affected’ by climate change, which is crucial in establishing ‘victim status’ under Article 34 of the European Convention on Human Rights. At the same time, as a resu...

All over the world, individuals are taking governments to court for their role in climate change, or rather, their “climate inaction”. The 2022 Global Trends in Climate Change Litigation Policy Report shows that strategic litigation cases to enforce climate laws and policies have doubled since 2015. On 29 March 2023, the Grand Chamber of the Europe...

Genocidal atrocities against social groups composed of women and girls have been overlooked in international criminal law, as national, ethnic, religious, and racial groups are classifications that do not cover gender-based attacks on women and girls on their own account. The methods of genocide do not adequately respond to slow-death measures caus...

This article evaluates the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) approach to the right to water, drawing on three key aspects characterizing a minimum core right to water: quality, availability and accessibility. The article argues that the right to water should be seen as a civil right, which can be directly enforced by the ECtHR, rather than bei...

La présente contribution propose des premières réflexions concernant le mécanisme de protection temporaire S, existant depuis 1999, mais activé pour la première fois en Suisse en mars 2022 pour les personnes fuyant l’Ukraine. Afin de mesurer son efficacité à ce jour, la protection S sera abordée sous ses différents angles (fondement, portée, procéd...