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Carbon Majors Can Be Held Liable for Human Rights Violations, Philippines Commission Rules

Data:: 9 Dic 2019
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Commentary: Philippines Human Rights Commission's inquiry "milestone" in climate change litigation; next hearings in London (6-7 Nov)

Data:: 1 Nov 2018
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Experts assert that Philippines Human Rights Commission has jurisdiction, duty to act & evidentiary basis to investigate carbon majors' role in climate crisis

Data:: 26 Mar 2018
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Joint Statement to Philippines Commission on Human Rights

Data:: 26 Mar 2018
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Experts submit Joint Summary of Amicus Curiae Briefs to Philippines Human Rights Commission in support of climate change inquiry

Data:: 26 Mar 2018
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Can Philippines storm survivors hold companies to account for climate damage?

Data:: 23 Mar 2018
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Philippines: Greenpeace activists unfurl banner at Shell refinery as reminder to attend hearings on the responsibility of "carbon majors" for climate-related human rights harms

Data:: 23 Feb 2018
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Commentary: Climate change and people power

Data:: 13 Feb 2018
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Petitioners in Philippines continue efforts to hold "carbon majors" accountable for negative impacts of climate change on human rights

Data:: 12 Feb 2018
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Oil majors to face London, New York hearings over Philippines climate impact

Data:: 8 Feb 2018
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Commission on Human Rights Overview of the Petition and National Inquiry

Data:: 23 Gen 2018
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Commentary: Philippine’s climate change inquiry may mark a milestone in environmental & human rights law

Data:: 27 Dic 2017
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Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines continues climate change inquiry despite company questions re jurisdiction

Data:: 14 Dic 2017
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CHR sets 2019 target for results of landmark rights-based climate change probe

Data:: 12 Dic 2017
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Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines holds preliminary meeting regarding possible contributions of carbon majors to climate change

Data:: 12 Dic 2017
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World’s first human rights investigation into corporate responsibility for climate change intensifies

Data:: 11 Dic 2017
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Philippines: Commission on Human Rights sets preliminary conference on 11 December for case against 47 carbon producers

Data:: 22 Ott 2017
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Philippines climate case could find that fossil fuel companies violate human rights

Data:: 8 Ott 2017
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Typhoon survivors & civil society call on 47 "carbon majors" to collaborate with Philippines Human Rights Commission's inquiry into their responsibility for climate & human rights impacts

Data:: 15 Feb 2017
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Press release by Greenpeace Philippines

Data:: 8 Dic 2016
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Philippines: Company responses to Commission on Human Rights petition fail to address fossil fuel companies' responsibility for climate change impacts on human rights

Data:: 31 Ott 2016
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World’s largest carbon producers ordered to respond to allegations of human rights abuses from climate change

Data:: 29 Lug 2016
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World's largest carbon producers face landmark human rights case

Data:: 29 Lug 2016
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Commentary: 5 reasons why fossil fuel CEOs must answer Filipino people on climate & human rights impacts

Data:: 27 Lug 2016
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Philippines prepares to summon 47 companies to account for climate change

Data:: 7 Giu 2016
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Philippines: Various climate change legal actions “open doors for victims to demand redress & justice from big polluters”

Data:: 16 Dic 2015
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Philippines takes up complaint of human rights violations by oil firms

Data:: 4 Dic 2015
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Philippines: Commission on Human Rights accepts climate change petition, will investigate carbon majors for impacts on human rights & climate; case first of its kind

Data:: 4 Dic 2015
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Philippines: For the first time fossil fuel companies face national human rights complaint on climate change

Data:: 22 Set 2015
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Human rights complaint filed vs 50 oil, cement companies

Data:: 22 Set 2015
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Philippines: Greenpeace to file petition with human rights commission on responsibility of "carbon majors" for climate impacts on human rights

Data:: 4 Giu 2015
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Carbon Majors Can Be Held Liable for Human Rights Violations, Philippines Commission Rules

Commentary: Philippines Human Rights Commission's inquiry "milestone" in climate change litigation; next hearings in London (6-7 Nov)

Experts assert that Philippines Human Rights Commission has jurisdiction, duty to act & evidentiary basis to investigate carbon majors' role in climate crisis

Joint Statement to Philippines Commission on Human Rights

Experts submit Joint Summary of Amicus Curiae Briefs to Philippines Human Rights Commission in support of climate change inquiry

Can Philippines storm survivors hold companies to account for climate damage?

Philippines: Greenpeace activists unfurl banner at Shell refinery as reminder to attend hearings on the responsibility of "carbon majors" for climate-related human rights harms

Commentary: Climate change and people power

Petitioners in Philippines continue efforts to hold "carbon majors" accountable for negative impacts of climate change on human rights

Oil majors to face London, New York hearings over Philippines climate impact

Commission on Human Rights Overview of the Petition and National Inquiry

Commentary: Philippine’s climate change inquiry may mark a milestone in environmental & human rights law

Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines continues climate change inquiry despite company questions re jurisdiction

CHR sets 2019 target for results of landmark rights-based climate change probe

Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines holds preliminary meeting regarding possible contributions of carbon majors to climate change

World’s first human rights investigation into corporate responsibility for climate change intensifies

Philippines: Commission on Human Rights sets preliminary conference on 11 December for case against 47 carbon producers

Philippines climate case could find that fossil fuel companies violate human rights

Typhoon survivors & civil society call on 47 "carbon majors" to collaborate with Philippines Human Rights Commission's inquiry into their responsibility for climate & human rights impacts

Press release by Greenpeace Philippines

Philippines: Company responses to Commission on Human Rights petition fail to address fossil fuel companies' responsibility for climate change impacts on human rights

World’s largest carbon producers ordered to respond to allegations of human rights abuses from climate change

World's largest carbon producers face landmark human rights case

Commentary: 5 reasons why fossil fuel CEOs must answer Filipino people on climate & human rights impacts

Philippines prepares to summon 47 companies to account for climate change

Philippines: Various climate change legal actions “open doors for victims to demand redress & justice from big polluters”

Philippines takes up complaint of human rights violations by oil firms

Philippines: Commission on Human Rights accepts climate change petition, will investigate carbon majors for impacts on human rights & climate; case first of its kind

Philippines: For the first time fossil fuel companies face national human rights complaint on climate change

Human rights complaint filed vs 50 oil, cement companies

Philippines: Greenpeace to file petition with human rights commission on responsibility of "carbon majors" for climate impacts on human rights