PRESS RELEASES
December 8, 2023
Our Children’s Trust, University Network for Human Rights, and Defensa Ambiental del Noroeste – with Support of Youth and Medical Professionals – Submit Amicus Brief to Inter-American Court of Human Rights, on Climate Emergency and Human Rights
November 27, 2023
Our Children’s Trust Publishes New Climate Rights Resource “Important Scientific Studies on the Limit of Atmospheric CO2 Required to Protect Human Rights”
October 4, 2023
Human Rights Organizations, Children’s Rights Advocates, Legal Scholars File Amicus Briefs in Support of Utah Youth Climate Case
September 20, 2023
Attorneys for Youth Plaintiffs in Natalie R. v. State of Utah Make Case for Constitutional Climate Case to Be Heard in Court
September 19, 2023
Announcing “Overturning 1.5°C: Calling for the Science Turn in Rights-Based Climate Litigation”
August 28, 2023
In Response to General Comment No. 26: “Children’s Rights and the Environment, with a Special Focus on Climate Change” from the Committee on the Rights of the Child
August 14, 2023
Sweeping Constitutional Win for Held v. State of Montana Youth Plaintiffs
August 10, 2023
Our Children’s Trust Attorneys File Amicus Brief in Willow Project Lawsuits
On the Devastating Wildfires in Maui
August 3, 2023
Trial Dates Determined in Navahine F. v. Hawai‘i Department of Transportation
July 24, 2023
Attorneys for Juliana v. United States Youth Plaintiffs Respond to U.S. Department of Justice Motion to Stay and for Early Appeal
July 13, 2023
U.S. Senator Merkley and Congresswomen Schakowsky and Jayapal Reintroduce Resolution Recognizing Children’s Fundamental Rights and Need for Climate Recovery Planning after First U.S. Youth-led Climate Rights Trial
July 11, 2023
U.S. Department of Justice Continues to File Motions to Impede Juliana v. United States Youth Climate Case
July 7, 2023
Attorneys for Juliana v. United States Plaintiffs Respond to Latest U.S. Department of Justice Motion to Dismiss
June 23, 2023
Biden’s U.S. Department of Justice Takes Up Trump’s Tactics in Juliana v. U.S.
June 21, 2023
People vs. Fossil Fuels, 255+ orgs, and 50,000+ Individuals Deliver Petition to U.S. Department of Justice: End Opposition to Youth Climate Case!
June 19-20, 2023
Held v. State of Montana Trial Week Two Recap
June 12-16, 2023
Held v. State of Montana Trial Week One Recap
June 16, 2023
Press Statement: 24 Young People, Our Children’s Trust, and Oxfam ask the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea to Protect the World’s Oceans and Marine Environment from Climate Change
June 8, 2023
Members of Congress Support Juliana v. U.S. Youth Plaintiffs After Judge Rules Children’s Constitutional Climate Case Can Proceed to Trial
June 1, 2023
Judge Rules in Favor of Juliana v. United States Youth Plaintiffs; Children’s Constitutional Climate Case Can Proceed to Trial
May 26, 2023
Navahine v. Hawai’i Department of Transportation Youth Plaintiff Presents at Children’s Climate Rights Conference in Geneva
May 25, 2023
Youth Plaintiffs in Navahine v. Hawai‘i Department of Transportation Argue Against Delays in Historic Climate Case
April 28, 2023
Youth Plaintiffs in Navahine v. Hawai‘i Department of Transportation File Motion To Maintain Trial Date
April 6, 2023
Judge Rules in Favor of Hawaiʻi Youth Plaintiffs in Climate Case Navahine F. v. Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation; Case Will Proceed to Trial
March 29, 2023
Legal Scholars, Medical Professionals File Amicus Briefs in Support of Virginia Youth Climate Case
March 24, 2023
Today's Front Page of New York Times: Held v. State of Montana!
March 15, 2023
Judge Denies 18 Republican Attorneys’ General Request to Intervene in Constitutional Climate Case Juliana v. United States
Utah Supreme Court Retains Appeal of Dismissal of Constitutional Climate Case Natalie R. v. State of Utah
March 10, 2023
Our Children’s Trust Attorneys, Climate Analyst Publish Article in Strasbourg Observers Underscoring Importance of Best Available Science in Global Climate Litigation
February 16, 2023
Arguments Held in Canada’s First Federal Youth Climate Lawsuit
Statement: Our Children’s Trust Submits Comments on Committee on the Rights of the Child Draft General Comment No. 26
January 26, 2023
First Court Hearing in Historic Youth Climate Rights Case Held in Hawai‘i
January 3, 2023
Youth Plaintiffs in Utah Climate Case File Notice of Appeal
