Nandor Tanczos thinks the modern legal system could learn a lot from traditional ideas of justice, such as those of the Maori people
… A better kind of justice Nandor Tanczos | 13th June 2000 Other Restorative Justice Maoris Legal System Westminster System Prison Justice System Courts New Zealand Pakeha …
With the 5th International Degrowth Conference taking place next week Spanish Ecologists Professor Joan Martinez Alier and Federico Demaria - both working at the Environmental Science and Technology Institute (ICTA) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) - explain why we need a 'less is more' alternative economic model and how the burgeoning Global Environmental Justice movement is a key concept in achieving the only goal that will halt Climate Change.
… and the Global Movement for Environmental Justice ANTONIO CERRILLO trans. by NICK MEYNEN | 22nd August 2016 News Environmental Justice Climate Change Protest Global Movement For Environmental Justice Global Atlas Of Environmental Justice …
As Michael Gove gives his first speech as Justice Secretary, promising to update our 'creaking and outdated' courts, Paul Mobbs writes that 'reforms' to date have only deepened the injustice that afflicts poor defendants: penalising the innocent, burdening those who plead 'not guilty' with heavy charges regardless of ability to pay, cutting legal aid, and halving the number of duty solicitors.
… A 'poll tax' for English justice - subjecting the poor to 'trial by … June 2015 News Law UK Politics Human Rights. justice-old-bailey-cut.jpg As Michael Gove gives his first speech as Justice Secretary, promising to update our …
Little publicised government plans to 'reform' court costs are intended to foreclose access to environmental justice for all but the wealthiest individuals and communities, writes Paul Mobbs. Meanwhile cuts to agencies and regulators will make it ever harder for them to do their jobs - making public participation in environmental protection all the more important.
… attacks public right to environmental justice Paul Mobbs | 30th November 2015 … intended to foreclose access to environmental justice for all but the wealthiest individuals … process is the concept of ' natural justice ' - that all should be equal before …
Our climate movement must not repeat the mistakes of the past. This means placing justice at the heart of everything we do.
… We need climate justice Andrew Taylor-Dawson | 8th January … News Thought Leaders Climate Change Climate Justice Greta Thunberg Extinction Rebellion Editor’s Picks Flood for CLimate Justice Our climate movement must not repeat …
In Food Justice, Robert Gottilieb and Anupama Josh make a compelling case for a more integrated approach to changing the way we eat, says Ruth Styles
… Food Justice Ruth Styles | 13th January 2011 … Books 51nmsl3b1ll._ss500_crop.jpg In Food Justice, Robert Gottilieb and Anupama Josh … commentary and detailed research, Food Justice is one part social history to two …
The biggest victims of climate change have no voice - in fact they are not even born yet - but the argument for giving them legal rights is not so far fetched
… Climate justice: should the unborn have legal rights? … | 8th December 2009 News Intergenerational Justice Copenhagen Philippines think2050.jpg … of future generations. Is intergenerational justice making a comeback? 20 years after the …
'The water is bad, the air is bad, and the ground is bad. The soil is just sitting on top of … an excess of 50 million tons of toxic waste.'
… Editor’s Picks Activism Prisons Environmental Justice Racism Prison 'The water is bad, the … States are one front of the environmental justice movement, which recognizes that the … clean and healthy environment. Environmental justice affirms that all people have the …
New climate movements are demanding equity, not just urgent action. They need to get even bolder about global demands for climate justice.
… A new chance for climate justice? Nathan Thanki | 15th April 2019 News … even bolder about global demands for climate justice. Demands for … could roll back the modest advances climate justice movements have made in the past few …
Today - International Women's Day of Struggle - we share the voices and experiences of Friends of the Earth women and transgender environmental activists. The national and regional contexts described by these activists are diverse. But the challenges they face are a common expression of the linked oppressions based on class, gender, race/ethnicity, sexuality, disability and other power relations.
… Women's Day Friends Of The Earth Gender Justice Environmental Justice womens day 4.jpg Today - International … both the size of the struggle for gender justice and of dismantling of patriarchy, and …
Individuals and local campaign groups are being prevented from challenging environmental damage because of the potentially crippling cost of legal action
… the legal system is preventing environmental justice Sarah Lewis-Hammond Tom Levitt | 4th February 2010 News Legal Justice Environment Law Politics And Economics … the rights of individuals to get access to justice Individuals and local campaign groups …
Landmark case could determine the future of UK-domiciled multinationals and their duty of care to indigenous communities.
… for the claimants. Given the barriers to justice within the Zambian legal system, the … ‘natural forum’ to hear the case. Barriers to justice Vedanta Resources PLC was delisted … must acknowledge that many of the barriers to justice within Zambia are a symptom of …
The media has a responsibility to fairly represent displacement in the context of climate change.
… Climate justice and migration in the media Maria … December 2018 Comment Editor’s Picks Climate Justice Immigration Migration Climate Change … in the context of climate change is a justice issue. Those countries that have …
The Environmental Investigation Agency's forestry campaigner Faith Doherty welcomes a new report by the World Bank calling for stronger action to stop forestry corruption, but says more support is needed to help activists follow the money trail
… need help bringing iIlegal loggers to justice' Faith Doherty | 17th April 2012 … launched in Washington DC by the World Bank. Justice for Forests: Improving criminal justice efforts to combat illegal logging …
… a focus on ecological, social and economic justice. We publish daily, bringing the latest … across the fields of environment, social justice, activism, spirituality and the arts. … on environmental, social and economic justice. The Ecologist was founded in 1970 and …
A coalition of social justice groups, trade unions and environmental organisations including Trade Justice Movement, Global Justice Now, Traidcraft and Unison is calling for a more democratic system of agreeing Brexit trade deals. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports
… 8th January 2018 News Brexit Democracy Global Justice Now … A coalition of social justice groups, trade unions and environmental organisations including Trade Justice Movement, Global Justice Now, …
Protesters against a titanium mine in South Africa were brutally attacked. Six years later and justice has not been done.
… A travesty of justice Hali Healy | 13th September 2021 | … were brutally attacked. Six years later and justice has not been done. A court in South … August 2021, was denounced as a “travesty of justice” by the Amadiba Crisis Committee …
Extinction Rebellion has a lot to learn from Ende Gelände, the grassroots climate action group that is radical in theory and practice.
… Climate justice action in Germany Alice Swift | 19th … and no further,’ and the mass climate justice movement was successful in blocking … that we must take the concept of climate justice seriously and that we cannot look at …
Multinationals may be powerful, but so is a rising multinational movement busy with resisting to environmental injustices.
… Stories of global environmental justice Nick Meynen | 9th December 2019 News Environmental Justice Multinationals Niyamgiri Hills … busy with resisting to environmental injustices. Two Indian people visit St Paul’s …
Women and Feminists for Climate Justice are taking on the Racial Capitalist Climate Patriarchy.
… | Comment Women And Feminists For Climate Justice Ecofeminism Activism Activism Editor’s … wfcj.jpg Women and Feminists for Climate Justice are taking on the Racial Capitalist … slogans goes. Women and Feminists for Climate Justice have become a transnational force …
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg confirmed as speaker at Cop26 Coalition’s Global Day for Climate Justice rally.
… Cop26 Coalition Global Day For Climate Justice greta_thunberg.jpg Swedish activist … at Cop26 Coalition’s Global Day for Climate Justice rally. Greta Thunberg will speak to … the Cop26 Coalition’s Global Day for Climate Justice rally. She will join Mitzi Jonelle Tan …
Instead of leaching the world's resources to support out-of-control consumerism, EU leaders could do worse than ponder novelist Victor Hugo's claim that whilst "you can kill people, you can't kill an idea whose time has come", writes NICK MEYNEN
… Conflict - The Atlas of Environmental Justice Nick Meynen | 20th July 2016 News Climate Change Justice Environment Protest EU Consumerism … even in the Belgian Parliament. Jo wanted justice and fairness, for example for the …
Charities and NGOs complain high costs make it almost impossible for them to bring legal challenges against damaging environmental decisions - despite them being in the wider public interest
… UK legal system is blocking environmental justice Tom Levitt | 22nd October 2010 News Legal Justice Aarhus Society … people should not be denied environmental justice because of the unreasonable financial …
Crippling costs of legal action prevents people mounting challenges over environmental damage, finds UN Committee
… Levitt | 26th August 2010 News Legal Activism Justice Law Society legalearth1.jpg The high … people should not be denied environmental justice because of the unreasonable financial … were not being challenged. Prevented from justice Recently, the Marine Conservation …