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European Consensus as Integrative Doctrine of Treaty Interpretation: Joining Climate Science and International Law under the European Convention on Human Rights (2022)
Journal Article
Minnerop, P. (2023). European Consensus as Integrative Doctrine of Treaty Interpretation: Joining Climate Science and International Law under the European Convention on Human Rights. Berkeley journal of international law, 40(2), 207-262

The “European Consensus” is a key doctrine in the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights. It assists the Court in establishing an international human rights standards vis-à-vis a national margin of appreciation. This article argues that... Read More about European Consensus as Integrative Doctrine of Treaty Interpretation: Joining Climate Science and International Law under the European Convention on Human Rights.

Causality and the fate of climate litigation: The Role of the social Superstructure Narrative (2022)
Journal Article
Otto, F. E., Minnerop, P., Raju, E., Harrington, L. J., Stuart-Smith, R. F., Boyd, E., …Lauta, K. C. (2022). Causality and the fate of climate litigation: The Role of the social Superstructure Narrative. Global Policy, 13(5), 736-750. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.13113

Climate litigation has become a strategic tool to push for climate justice, including compensation for losses caused by climate change. Many cases rely on the establishment of a causal relationship between the defendants’ emission of greenhouse gases... Read More about Causality and the fate of climate litigation: The Role of the social Superstructure Narrative.