October 2025

Faculty Director appointed MacArthur Foundation Chair in International Justice and Human Rights: leadership update from our own team.

New pro bono project: 13 UCLA Law students working with the UN Special Rapporteur on Water & Sanitation to prepare a report on “water as a weapon” in conflict zones.

“Ecocide Is the Missing Crime”: new opinion piece published in Icarus Complex Magazine.

Amicus brief to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights: legal submission on climate change, carbon markets, and human rights in Africa.

Engagement in Croatia: our Executive Director spoke to the Croatian Bar Association about the legal framing of mass destruction of nature / ecocide.

Special Issue of The International Journal of Human Rights: new papers on ecocide, environment, and human rights, including India’s rivers, Indigenous rights in Brazil, and post-coup Myanmar.

Conference “Ecocide, Human Rights & Environmental Justice”: tomorrow, with full programme and last-minute registration options (on-site and online).