Police and prosecutors are generally responsible for investigating and prosecuting crimes. A crime is committed when the actions of an individual, a business or other organisation break a criminal law. Corruption or acts that are related to corruption are considered crimes. If you report corrupt activity to the police or a prosecutor, this could lead to a […]
Content type: Legal Areas
Legal Topic: Corruption,
If you have evidence a corrupt act may have taken place, the next step will usually be to report the corrupt act to an authority that can investigate and take action against the wrongdoer.
Content type: Legal Areas
Legal Topic: Corruption,
Evidence is something that supports or provides proof that your “version of events” (i.e. what you are saying happened) actually happened. Evidence comes in many different forms and could include: Witness statements from people who saw or heard something to do with the corrupt act: A photograph, recording or video; A report from an expert, […]
Content type: Legal Areas
Legal Topic: Corruption,
The Template provides a skeleton for people to follow if they want to bring claims against Carbon Majors for their contributions to climate change. The Templates have been designed by legal professionals with expertise in climate litigation. The Templates aim to encourage effective use of the law to bring climate related litigation in appropriate cases […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: How-to guides (manuals, toolkits), Templates and examples,
Legal Topic: Climate change,
The Template provides a skeleton for people to follow if they want to bring challenges against big carbon-emitting projects. The Templates have been designed by legal professionals with expertise in climate litigation. The Templates aim to encourage effective use of the law to bring climate related litigation in appropriate cases by providing: An appropriate format for drafting […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: How-to guides (manuals, toolkits), Templates and examples,
Legal Topic: Climate change,
The Template provides a skeleton for people to follow if they want to bring challenges against big carbon-emitting projects. The Templates have been designed by legal professionals with expertise in climate litigation. The Templates aim to encourage effective use of the law to bring climate related litigation in appropriate cases by providing: An appropriate format for drafting […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: How-to guides (manuals, toolkits), Templates and examples,
Legal Topic: Climate change,
The Template provides a skeleton for people to follow if they want to bring mitigation claims. The Templates have been designed by legal professionals with expertise in climate litigation. The Templates aim to encourage effective use of the law to bring climate related litigation in appropriate cases by providing: An appropriate format for drafting a document in […]
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Data type: How-to guides (manuals, toolkits), Templates and examples,
Legal Topic: Climate change,
The Justiciability Topic Sheet provides an insight into how the justiciability requirement in many legal systems relates to climate litigation. It can help you answer the following questions: What is justiciability? How has justiciability impacted climate litigation? How have courts addressed justiciability in climate litigation cases? How can I satisfy the justiciability requirement in court? […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: How-to guides (manuals, toolkits),
Legal Topic: Climate change,
The matrix is a set of consolidated tables intended to show a summary of the key legal issues and elements of various types of climate-related legal action. It’s designed to be complementary to the A4J Climate Litigation Guide. Use the matrix as either an introduction to different types of climate litigation or as a point […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: How-to guides (manuals, toolkits), Templates and examples,
Legal Topic: Climate change,
The Union of Concerned Scientists is an organisation composed of scientists and experts who research and advocate on climate issues. They often support legal actions by providing expertise on climate science.
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Climate change,
