Child/youth climate advocacy reveals the paternalism of much of our approach to the CRC. We are experiencing ‘post-paternalism’, I suggest here, involving grassroots action from children (for the first time, on a global scale), rather than well-meaning adults ‘giving’ children their rights. Future approaches to the CRC must reflect this.
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Children/youth climate advocates ‘doing’ rights themselves ...
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Children’s rights and the right to a healthy environment – intersections and opportunities.
25 Apr 2024Prof Aoife Daly shares insights on the "Children’s rights and the right to a healthy environment – intersections and opportunities" workshop, hosted by the Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law on 11-12 April 2024.
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Prof Aoife Daly shares insights on recent ECHR climate case ruling
16 Apr 2024Prof Aoife Daly publishes article on the recent ruling by the European Court of Human Rights regarding intergenerational climate cases and shares insights on what this means for international human rights law and climate justice.
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Join our Young Advisory Team!
10 Apr 2024The Youth Climate Justice team are recruiting 12 young advisors to create a Young Advisory Team - applications due 5th May 2024 at 17:00 GMT.
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Inter-American Court of Human Rights decision on Right to a Healthy Environment
02 Apr 2024Inter-American Court of Human Rights holds Peru accountable for violating children's rights due to pollution from La Oroya Metallurgical Complex. Ruling emphasizes state's duty to protect children from environmental harm and sets precedent for prioritizing their rights in policymaking. Landmark decision underscores intersection of children's rights and environmental justice.
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Youth Climate Justice team at the Irish Environmental Law and Research Workshop
02 Apr 2024Prof. Aoife Daly, PhD researcher Emily Murray, and Postdoctoral researcher Dr. Florencia Paz Landeira attended the 1st Centre for Law & the Environment Workshop on March 14th. Prof. Daly was one of the Guest Speakers.
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New team member: Meet Youth Advisor Alicia O'Sullivan
28 Mar 2024Joining the Youth Climate Justice team during her final year of her BCL degree, Alicia O’Sullivan brings a wealth of knowledge and experience around youth’s engagement in climate activism. She will be advising on our advisory board, in addition to assisting with breakdowns and analyses of climate cases!
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Professor Aoife Daly delivers inaugural lecture
22 Mar 2024Professor Aoife Daly delivered her inaugural lecture 'What child/youth climate action means for human right law" on 13 March 2024 in the Dr. Dora Allman Room.
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Pilot art-based youth workshop: Children's rights and climate action
19 Mar 2024Young people from Cork Educate Together Secondary School and Cork City Youth Council co-create beautiful artwork on children’s rights and the climate crisis.
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Prof. Aoife Daly speaks at event for Regional Forum on Sustainable Development
13 Mar 2024Prof. Aoife Daly speaks at an online event for the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development, hosted by the youth-led non-profit organisation, ClimaTalk. The event covered the main topic of climate litigation, drawing on youth-led climate cases to explore the way children are using their rights to push the sustainability agenda.
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Improving ecological literacy: New publication co-authored by Emily Murray
26 Feb 2024PhD Researcher and team member Emily Murray publishes an innovative article in the Global Jurist with co-author Prof. Margherita Paola Poto on the importance of instilling a sustainability mindset through a reimagined legal education and research framework.
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Children’s Rights and Climate Crisis Presentation with Cork City Youth Council
15 Feb 2024Prof. Aoife Daly, Dr. Florencia Paz Landeira, and Emily Murray discussed the human rights perspective, key elements of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and its link to the climate crisis at the Cork City Youth Council meeting.
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New team members: Meet Florencia Paz Landeira and Emily Murray
01 Feb 2024In January 2024, Florencia Paz Landeira and Emily Murray moved to Ireland all the way from Argentina and Canada, respectively, to join the Youth Climate Justice project. With backgrounds in social anthropology, global health, and participatory research methods, we are delighted to have them on board to bring their diverse expertise to the project.
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P.I Professor Daly co-writes chapter with Dr. Orla Kelleher.
15 Jan 2024Newest contribution by Professor Aoife Daly.
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Youth Climate Justice team speaks about environmental rights to Cork's young people.
12 Dec 2023P.I. Professor Aoife Daly and Post-doc researcher Nabin Maharjan spoke to young people about the project; and on environmental rights more broadly on International Human Rights Day.
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Sharing ‘Nepali students’ school environment initiatives’ memories with secondary school students of Cork, Ireland.
12 Dec 2023Dr Nabin Maharjan reflects on his workshops with secondary school students of Cork, where he presented on Nepali students’ school environment initiatives.
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Youth Climate Justice Ph.D. Researcher Liesl Muller presents at PhD Conference.
05 Dec 2023Youth Climate Justice PhD Researcher Liesl Muller presented on child/youth climate justice and how there are an increasing number of climate cases taken by children and youth.
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