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Juan Auz @juanauz.bsky.social · 27d

Thanks to comrades at @cailesil.bsky.social for inviting us to connect the legal responses to the genocide in Gaza with our own research. It was an important space to identify the possibilities the law might entail for liberation.

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Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · Aug 14

@juanauz.bsky.social explains how the #ICJ and #IACtHR climate opinions forge a blueprint for climate justice together, linking state responsibility, human rights, and reparations, establishing the "groundwork for a new phase of climate litigation.”🌎⚖️
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The Legal Consequences of Climate Harm

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Juan Auz @juanauz.bsky.social · Aug 8

Is there any complementarity between the ICJ's and the IACtHR's advisory opinions on climate change? I argue there is, specifically on attribution, causation, and remedies, albeit from specific approaches.

Thanks to @voelkerrechtsblog.org for the space and a shoutout to the symposium organizers!

The Legal Consequences of Climate Harm

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Juan Auz @juanauz.bsky.social · Jul 30

Hi! I highly recommend Matt Huber’s Climate Change as Class War, from which I took that quote. The context is that capitalists' drive for profit is an abstraction, indifferent to the ruinous effects on our planet’s life support systems. It is not a new argument, but it is no less valid.

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Juan Auz @juanauz.bsky.social · Jul 30

“Capital is a process of abstract violence to the materiality of the real world.”

- @matthuber.bsky.social

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Juan Auz @juanauz.bsky.social · Jul 25

Yes, the ICJ Advisory Opinion is the hot topic, but don't forget about human rights law!

For insights on the Inter-American Court’s AO on climate emergency, listen to our chat with comrade @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social on #CalledtotheBar.

Thanks to @djag2.bsky.social for this brilliant podcast!

Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · Jul 25

New #CalledToTheBar is live! This week Ntina Tzouvala is joined by Juan Auz to discuss the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency. (This episode was recorded before the ICJ advisory opinion on climate change was handed down.)

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47. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights' Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency

This week Ntina Tzouvala is joined by Juan Auz to discuss the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency. What is it, how did it come about and what's its signific

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Juan Auz @juanauz.bsky.social · Jul 24

The ICJ just opened the floodgates for international climate litigation.

Now is the time when every single climate-vulnerable state must file a lawsuit against the imperialist fossil fuels axis, namely the US, the UK, OPEC countries, Norway, etc.

A new dawn for climate reparations!

NPR @npr.org · Jul 24

The International Court of Justice ruled that nations have an obligation to act on climate change under international laws protecting the environment and human rights.

Nations must act on climate change or could be held responsible, top U.N. court rules

The International Court of Justice ruled that nations have an obligation to act on climate change under international laws protecting the environment and human rights.

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Juan Auz @juanauz.bsky.social · Jul 19

Thanks for sharing dear ☺️

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EJIL: Talk! @ejiltalk.bsky.social · Jul 18

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency: A Global South Contribution to Climate Governance | by Juan Auz

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency: A Global South Contribution to Climate Governance

On 3 July 2025, Justice Nancy Hernandez, President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR), announced the issuance of the new Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency (AO-32). In front o...

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Juan Auz @juanauz.bsky.social · Jul 18

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued its Advisory Opinion on Climate Emergency earlier this month. There's a LOT to be said about its content, but for now, I am sharing my first impressions in case you are interested 😎

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency: A Global South Contribution to Climate Governance

On 3 July 2025, Justice Nancy Hernandez, President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR), announced the issuance of the new Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency (AO-32). In front o...

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Juan Auz @juanauz.bsky.social · Jul 14

Cool! Is it open to the public? I'd love to attend in person :)

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Juan Auz @juanauz.bsky.social · Jul 9

Folks are excited about the groundbreaking Inter-American Court’s Advisory Opinion.

It declares that the prohibition of significant environmental harm is jus cogens.

However, do you know what other prohibition is also a jus cogens norm and has been for a long time? Genocide!

How is that going?

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Juan Auz @juanauz.bsky.social · Jul 3

The Inter-American Court just issued its advisory opinion on the climate emergency, and it is PATHBREAKING!

It recognizes the rights:

- to a safe climate
- of Nature
- And environmental protection as jus cogens!

Europe: No to a right to a healthy environment, and we are complicit in genocide 🫠

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Alyssa Battistoni @alybatt.bsky.social · Jun 17

now in material form

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Juan Auz @juanauz.bsky.social · Jun 5

“Replacing UN agencies with a private foundation and a private security firm further signals the political reframing of Gaza as a site outside the normal rules of international law.”

Thanks, Julia, for such an eloquent and thorough analysis of Israel’s attempts at outsourcing its obligations!

Julia Emtseva @jemtseva.bsky.social · Jun 5

So much rage & fury put into this post (but then edited 🙃)
The outrageous privatized aid plan for Gaza is a violation of international law and another confirmation that Gaza is being treated as a domestic problem, manageable by extralegal solutions #StopTheBlockade

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Privatizing Aid: The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Affair

Israel and its allies have introduced quite a number of legal and political configurations over the past 19 months that even the most creative Jessup moot court problem writers would not dare to imagi...

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Juan Auz @juanauz.bsky.social · Jun 4

ICRC's Mirjana Spoljaric: Palestinians in Gaza have been stripped of human dignity.

Gaza worse than hell on Earth, Red Cross chief tells BBC as aid centres close for day - live updates

The president of the ICRC tells the BBC's international editor Jeremy Bowen Palestinians have been stripped of human dignity.

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🌍⚖️ Sébastien Duyck @duycks.bsky.social · May 28

24/🔥The judges have clearly established that the civil responsibility of fossil fuel majors can be engaged in the context of climate related harms.
🎉Here is the legal precedent that the #ClimateJustice had been awaiting - with significance well beyond Germany!

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robin celikates @robin-c.bsky.social · May 19

Save the date:
Fanon Today: Contemporary Struggles and Theoretical Perspectives
International Symposium
Berlin, July 22-23, 2025
organized by @vethompson.bsky.social, @raulzelik.bsky.social & me

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · May 3

Israel and the U.S. are starving Gaza to death.
Israel and the U.S. are starving Gaza to death.
Israel and the U.S. are starving Gaza to death.
Israel and the U.S. are starving Gaza to death.
Israel and the U.S. are starving Gaza to death.
Israel and the U.S. are starving Gaza to death.

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Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · May 2

📃 @juanauz.bsky.social analyzes the IACtHR’s landmark ruling holding Ecuador internationally responsible for violations against the Tagaeri & Taromenane. The judgment advances Indigenous rights and frames the precautionary principle as a justiciable obligation.
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Precaution as Obligation?

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Juan Auz @juanauz.bsky.social · May 1

I’m happy to share my insights on the Tagaeri and Taromenane v. Ecuador case before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

I analyze the Court's application of the precautionary principle and its potential ripple effects.

Thank you @voelkerrechtsblog.org for the space and the editorial support.

Precaution as Obligation?

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Marina Veličković @marinavelickovic.bsky.social · Apr 2

i just head from a lil birdie (@pashukanist.bsky.social) that a new book (Rob insists on calling it a pamphlet but if it looks like a book and reads like a book) offering a Marxist analysis of the ongoing struggle in Palestine is about to drop
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Resisting Erasure

This essential read provides clarity on the intertwined relationships of global capitalism, energy politics, and racial oppression, and challenges readers to rethink their understanding of Palestine. ...

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Juan Auz @juanauz.bsky.social · Mar 19

Exactly this!

Climate activists who refuse to integrate anti-genocide and anti-imperialist dimensions in their political discourse and praxis because “it is unrelated” are not safe from fascism.

Saving the planet without liberating Palestine is likening gardening to Ecology.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Mar 18

If they're criminalizing people who are against this, they will absolutely criminalize people who are against the destruction of our planet. See y'all in El Salvador.

Sunset over a city in Gaza with extensive building destruction and rubble in the foreground, with intact buildings in the background.

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · Mar 18

‘We have failed to prevent genocide’ – Francesca Albanese
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‘We have failed to prevent genocide’ – Francesca Albanese

We spoke to the UN Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, for the Fourcast podcast.

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Omar Baddar @omarbaddar.bsky.social · Mar 18

After repeatedly violating every single commitment under the ceasefire, Israel is now fully resuming the genocide of the already destroyed Gaza concentration camp.

The world is watching.

History will remember who stood on the sidelines of this unspeakable atrocity.

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