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In Islington last night with colleague visiting from India to discuss our project about tackling impact of #climatechange and colonialism in #sundarbans …So now we can have a conversation about becoming a republic? ⁦Aparna Mehrotra⁩ ⁦Krishnendu Mukherjee⁩

If the British media devoted even a fraction of their royal-family coverage to remembering the tens of millions of people who were victims of imperialist crimes committed under their reign, and in their names, our society, and our grasp on history, would be dramatically improved.

"Green capitalism" means turning the global South into a giant sacrifice zone so rich folks in the US and Europe can drive electric SUVs.

Looking forward to it!

New Publication: 'Civil Liability for Human Rights Violations: A Handbook for Practitioners' by Bonavero Institute of Human Rights is an outcome of the project funded by Oak Foundation. A Handbook explores the viability of civil claims in 19 jurisdictions. Download here: bit.ly/3CT0Sis

So pleased to be a contributor to this important handbook on civil remedies, which we hope will be used by practitioners and activists. Congratulations to the Bonavero Institute and everyone involved. bit.ly/3U25WIn

“They are not tofu eating privileged people.” Greta Thunberg tells Jackie Long that indigenous people on the frontlines of the climate crisis are leading the fight against climate change.

Exactly. As if xenophobia is always inevitable.

A group of 24 people have issued legal claims in the High Court in London against several Dyson companies alleging their forced labour and abusive conditions in two factories in Johor, Malaysia. They are represented by Oliver Holland and Liberty Bridge leighdaylaw.info/3UDI7qs

Loss and damage is a big conversation at COP27. Rich countries are responsible for 90% of the excess emissions that are causing climate breakdown. Social movements in the global South are rightly demanding compensation for the damage this is causing. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

As part of an investigation into the drownings of 32 people in the Channel last year, the French authorities have disclosed their call log, which shows more than 20 distress calls were made to British and French coastguards. It took 9 hours for anyone to respond. The transcripts:

One of the 15 wildlife sanctuaries of West Bengal is vanishing. Haliday Island WLS holds several important biodiversity and interestingly is the only Island in Sundarbans where presence of Barking deer has been recorded. Presentation prepared by Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment

The Leaflet interviewed Krishnendu Mukherjee who seeks to expose #corporate misconduct resulting in asbestos #pollution in India. Krishnendu Mukherjee theleaflet.in/raising-awaren…

Our Krishnendu Mukherjee Krishnendu Mukherjee has helped more than 3,000 former Turner and Newall workers in India win compensation totalling more than £15m. Read more in today’s Guardian here: theguardian.com/global-develop…

Just taught first class of new LLM in transnational remedies for environmental harm with #CLE being taught transnationally by King's College London NUJS Kolkata and JGLS with @emilymbarritt supported by Aparna Mehrotra Doughty Street International (DSI) Megnaa Mehtta #Sundarbans #ClimateJustice

“You Should Feel Guilty for Nothing” says Judge, as he finds Seven Guilty and Aquits Two, for Disrupting Esso Terminal in Birmingham – Just Stop Oil. Please read and share this amazing statement by Judge Wilkinson. juststopoil.org/2023/02/16/you…

💥 AMAZING by Chris Daw KC Chris Daw KC. A must-watch and must-share. "To detain someone, without trial, without access to a lawyer, or the courts, and then deport them - it's abominable. The UK will become an international human rights pariah. There's nothing 50-50 about it." ~AA

The UN Human Rights Council unanimously appointed today two eminent Indians, Surya Deva as the new Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development and Mihir Kanade as the member from Asia-Pacific region of the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development. #HRC52 #RighttoDevelopment

OUT NOW: The newly published 'targeted update' of the #OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises gives rightsholders & civil society new tools to hold corporations accountable & strengthen due diligence legislation say OECD Watch Katharine Booth SOMO business-humanrights.org/en/blog/whats-…

Poignant as fuck 🩰👣😭 From a friend at the Roskilde festival: “where Denmark’s most famous ballerina got up on stage and performed the dance of the dying swan, while slowly being covered with crude oil 😭 genuinely devastating” #ballet #oil #art #JustStopOil #selfProtest