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SUMMARY:Climate Crimes and Human Rights: Examining the Efficacy of Human 
 Rights\, International Law and Criminal Law in the Fight for Climate Jus
 tice
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DESCRIPTION:Seminar hosted by the Climate and Justice Study Group\n\nSpea
 ker: Paul Clark\, Barrister\, Garden Court Chambers\n\nGiven the role th
 at the law and the courts play in contemporary governance both domestica
 lly and internationally\, it is unsurprising that litigation is viewed b
 y many as a key weapon in the fight against climate change. The invocati
 on of human rights and of the criminal law are central features of attem
 pts to make use of the courts as vehicles of climate justice in recent t
 imes. \n\nThis seminar aims to examine critically the effectiveness of c
 urrent and recent examples of the turn to rights\, and the turn to crime
 \, in the context of climate change as a “super wicked problem”\, a labe
 l which encapsulates four features of the climate crisis: time is runnin
 g out\; those who cause the problem also seek to provide a solution\; th
 e central authority needed to address it is weak or non-existent\; and\,
  partly as a result\, policy responses discount the future irrationally.
  Levin et al argued that these four features combine to create a policy-
 making “tragedy” where traditional analytical techniques are ill-equippe
 d to identify solutions\, even when it is well recognised that actions m
 ust take place soon to avoid catastrophic future impacts. What can inter
 national law\, human rights\, and the criminal law offer in the face of 
 this unfolding tragedy?
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:G33\, Humanities Bridgeford Street\, Manchester
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