We are the
Alliance for a Climate Justice Advisory Opinion
Background
In September 2021, the Government of Vanuatu announced its intentions to take climate change to the International Court of Justice seeking an Advisory Opinion. Such an advisory opinion would be a potent tool in bolstering state action on climate change, complement and strengthen the Paris Agreement, integrate human rights and climate change law and provide necessary baselines for state action on climate change.
The road to the ICJ requires the UN General Assembly to pass a resolution requesting the ICJ to provide its opinion on the matter. This September, this resolution will be tabled before UN member states and a simple majority vote will be needed in order to refer the matter to the ICJ. A strong diplomatic and political push is therefore currently underway from governments, and civil society in a bid to secure the necessary support at the General Assembly for such a resolution.
Civil Society Organisations from the Pacific have indicated their support and willingness to engage and advance this campaign both in the region and beyond and have formed an initial alliance that would grow to include other CSO and non-state actors interested in the campaign.
Together we are the Alliance for a Climate Justice Advisory Opinion (ACJAO) and we are asking world leaders to support the ICJAO campaign at the UN General Assembly.
The Alliance Members
Alliance Launch
Pacific CSO Alliance Launch Event Recording
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Vanuatu Bob Loughman remarks to the Alliance
Leaflet
Two-pager on the ICJAO campaign
Would you like to learn about the campaign to seek an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on Human Rights and Climate Change?
Please download our two-pager leaflet.
Join The Alliance
Toolkit
Toolkit: A Civil Society Guide to the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion Campaign
So are you ready to join in solidarity with the allied Pacific Civil Society Organizations to take the world’s biggest problem to the world’s highest court?
This toolkit is a comprehensive document that contains the information you will need to understand the campaign and hopefully have you join the alliance.
