Sam Hunter Jones

Sam Hunter Jones is a lawyer in the Climate Programme at the environmental law charity, ClientEarth.  He is acting in an individual capacity for the authors from the Torres Strait mentioned in the article in respect to their communication to the Human Rights Committee.

Are matters of national survival related to climate change really beyond a court’s power?

By: Sophie Marjanac & Sam Hunter Jones
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Courts can adjudicate the effectiveness of emissions reduction policies in protecting fundamental rights without encroaching on the powers of the political branches ...