22/10/2025
The Caribbean Environmental Law Unit (CELU) of the Faculty of Law at Cave Hill in collaboration with the International Law Association Caribbean Branch and key partners, is delighted to invite you to their Webinar Series on the Advisory Opinions on Climate Change.
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are the canaries in the coalmine of the climate crisis and have become the champions of climate justice in the international arena. Over 2023 and 2024, the cause célèbre of climate change has exploded into the lexicon of international law, with requests for advisory opinions to the major international courts and tribunals. The trio of advisory opinions of the International Tribunal to the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), the Inter American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) and the International Court of Justice (ICJ) were in May 2025 joined by the extant opinion of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR), and have ushered in an unprecedented and historic era for climate justice.
The Webinar Series is conceptualised with a particular focus on the implications of the Opinions for the law, policy, and future litigation in the Caribbean Region. It will bring together a range of academics, civil society representatives and experts internal and external to Caribbean Region to celebrate Caribbean legal ingenuity, and to offer insights into alliances which the Caribbean shared with international actors in the advisory proceedings on climate change. Additionally, it is important to all the Partners that the Series serves as a platform to amplify the voices of future Caribbean changemakers.
The Webinar Series will take place over a period of three weeks : join us for the third and final discussion in the Series on October 22, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. as we embark on this critical and contemporary conversation for the Caribbean Region.
Please register using link using https://lnkd.in/ejPyCz7k or by scanning the QR code on the flyer.
