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Humane Society International Inc. v. Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd. [2015] FCA 1275 (November 18, 2015) Federal Court of Australia In earlier proceedings, the Federal Court of Australia issued injunctions blocking a Japanese whaling company (Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd.) from killing,…
A.F. Akpan v. Royal Dutch Shell, plc E. Dooh v. Royal Dutch Shell, plc F.A. Oguru v. Royal Dutch Shell plc Court of Appeal of the Hague (December 18, 2015) Nigerian farmers and Friends of the Earth filed cases against Royal…
The Maya Leaders Alliance v. The Attorney General of Belize [2015] CCJ 15 (October 30, 2015) Caribbean Court of Justice In 2013, the Court of Appeal of Belize declared that Maya customary land tenure exists in all of the Maya…
Chevron Corp. v. Yaiguaje [2015] SCC 42 (September 4, 2015) Supreme Court of Canada Ecuadorian citizens who obtained a multi-billion dollar judgment against Chevron Corporation (Chevron) for extensive environmental pollution caused by oil operations in Ecuador brought an action to…
International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications, Inc. v. Greenpeace Southeast Asia (Philippines), G.R. Nos. 209271, 209276, 209301 & 209430 (December 8, 2015) Supreme Court of the Philippines The Supreme Court of the Philippines upheld a lower court decision…
Greenpeace Southeast Asia (Philippines) v. Environmental Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, CA-G.R. SP NO. 00013 (May 17, 2013) Court of Appeals The petitioners alleged that government ministries failed to adopt sufficient biosafety protocols for field trials…
Fish Legal v. Information Commissioner, Case C‑279/12 (December 19, 2013) ECLI:EU:C:2013:853 Court of Justice for the European Union A conservation organization and a citizen submitted requests to two private water companies seeking information concerning pollution discharges, clean-up operations, and sewerage…
Advocates for Natural Resource Governance & Development v. Attorney General, Const. Petition No. 40 of 2013 (November 8, 2013) Constitutional Court of Uganda The petitioners challenged the compulsory acquisition of land for the purpose of constructing a road to facilitate…
Whaling in the Antarctic (Australia v. Japan: New Zealand Intervening) (March 31, 2014) International Court of Justice Australia, with New Zealand intervening as a non-party, asked the ICJ to adjudge and declare Japan in violation of its obligations under the International…
Yount v. Salazar, Case No. CV11-8171 PCT-DGC (D. Ariz. 2014) U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona The Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior exercised discretion to “withdraw” almost one million acres of land surrounding the Grand…
