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This is a very useful scientific analysis that tracks government climate action and measures it against the objectives of limiting global temperature rises to 1.5°C and 2°C. It provides information on a country-by-country basis on: The level of GHG emissions of different countries; The climate action governments have already taken (i.e. their current levels of […]
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Data type: Legal references,
Legal Topic: Climate change,
Although it is now quite dated, this is a useful UN paper that provides an overview of the impacts climate change has on different human rights. It provides useful information for human rights-based arguments and has reference to evidence that shows how human rights will be affected.
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Data type: Legal references,
Legal Topic: Climate change,
The IPCC is an international body for assessing climate science. Hundreds of leading climate scientists take part in it, and 195 representatives of countries are members of the IPCC, giving its findings exceptional weight. The IPCC conducts scientific assessments of existing climate science. Its findings provide the basis for all the major international agreements on […]
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Data type: Legal references,
Legal Topic: Climate change,
The Model Statute provides a number of rationales, precedents and articles that would support climate litigation for the reduction of greenhouse gases.
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Data type: Legal references,
Legal Topic: Climate change,
UNEP releases annual reports which compare the actual GHG emissions reductions with the GHG emissions reductions we have to make to avoid temperature rises of 1.5°C and 2°C. It considers different scenarios and makes projections on the basis of current policies. It also outlines the level of GHG emissions reductions that need to be made […]
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Data type: Legal references,
Legal Topic: Climate change,
This is the latest of the World Health Organisation’s assessments of the health impacts that climate change is projected to have. The assessment concludes that climate change is expected to cause approximately 250,000 additional deaths per year between 2030 and 2050; 38,000 due to heat exposure in elderly people, 48,000 due to diarrhoea, 60,000 due […]
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Data type: Legal references,
Legal Topic: Climate change,
The Global Administrative Law Project provides further information on possibilities that are available to hold international organisations accountable.
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Data type: How-to guides (manuals, toolkits), Legal references,
Legal Topic: Public interest litigation (general),
This webpage by the South African government provides information for beginners on what bail is and how to apply for it. It’s a good place to start your research if you’re in South Africa.
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Data type: Legal references,
Legal Topic: Detention,
The article analyses and presents a critical review of the bail regime in South Africa.
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Data type: Legal references,
Legal Topic: Detention,
This report presents research on the use of pre-trial imprisonment in ten contrasting jurisdictions: Kenya, South Africa, Brazil, the United States of America, India, Thailand, England & Wales, Hungary, the Netherlands and Australia. A key objective of the research is to learn from disparities in the use of pre-trial imprisonment across the ten countries and […]
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Data type: Legal references,
Legal Topic: Detention,
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