"A group of law students studying in the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu and a human rights lawyer were awarded the Right Livelihood Award on Wednesday for their efforts to make climate protection a legal obligation for all states. The group, called Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change (PISFCC), succeeded in taking the issue of climate justice to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which ended up delivering an advisory opinion in July that countries are legally bound to address climate change."
"The PISFCC was founded by 27 law students at the University of the South Pacific in Vanuatu one of the nations most at risk from the negative impact of climate change. Its declared aim was to "get the world's biggest problem before the world's highest court." The group was aided in its campaigning by Julian Aguon, a human rights lawyer from Guam who also received the award on Wednesday."
Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change (PISFCC), a group founded by 27 law students at the University of the South Pacific in Vanuatu, led a campaign to bring climate justice before the International Court of Justice. The campaign, supported by human rights lawyer Julian Aguon and the legal strategy of Blue Ocean Law, resulted in an ICJ advisory opinion in July stating that countries are legally bound to address climate change. The ICJ opinion is advisory and nonbinding but carries political and legal weight. The group and Aguon received the Right Livelihood Award, alongside other humanitarian and governance-focused laureates.
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