@marcwillerskc.bsky.social
Barrister @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social Fighting to protect the environment and rights of Gypsies/Travellers/Roma in the UK and Ireland. Posting in a personal capacity.
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Marc Willers KC to appear at The Court of the Citizens of the World's Ecocide Tribunal (Mock Trial) in Brazil, 17-21 Nov 🌍
Marc will act as lead counsel, bringing a case against states for failure to take all necessary steps to tackle climate change.
Find out more🔗
www.the-court.eu/read-about-t...
Marc will act as lead counsel, bringing a case against states for failure to take all necessary steps to tackle climate change.
Find out more🔗
www.the-court.eu/read-about-t...
November 6, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Marc Willers KC to appear at The Court of the Citizens of the World's Ecocide Tribunal (Mock Trial) in Brazil, 17-21 Nov 🌍
Marc will act as lead counsel, bringing a case against states for failure to take all necessary steps to tackle climate change.
Find out more🔗
www.the-court.eu/read-about-t...
Marc will act as lead counsel, bringing a case against states for failure to take all necessary steps to tackle climate change.
Find out more🔗
www.the-court.eu/read-about-t...
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Numbers of fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists
sets new record at #plasticstreaty negotiations: 234
www.ciel.org/news/inc-5-2...
cf this
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
sets new record at #plasticstreaty negotiations: 234
www.ciel.org/news/inc-5-2...
cf this
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Total infiltration’: How plastics industry swamped vital global treaty talks
Petrostates and well-funded lobbyists at UN-hosted talks are derailing a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the planet
www.theguardian.com
August 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Numbers of fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists
sets new record at #plasticstreaty negotiations: 234
www.ciel.org/news/inc-5-2...
cf this
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
sets new record at #plasticstreaty negotiations: 234
www.ciel.org/news/inc-5-2...
cf this
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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We managed to feed Berlin against soviet Russia but we cant feed the ppl of Gaza against Israel. We need a Gaza airlift www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Mass starvation spreading across Gaza, aid agencies warn, as pressure on Israel grows – Middle East crisis live
More than 100 aid agencies, including Doctors Without Borders, Save the Children and Oxfam, say ‘our colleagues and those we serve are wasting away’
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 9:29 AM
We managed to feed Berlin against soviet Russia but we cant feed the ppl of Gaza against Israel. We need a Gaza airlift www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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27/ 🌡️With regard to the temperature threshold relevant for today's ruling, the Court affirms, building on science and COP decisions, that the 1.5c temperature target must be understood as the internationally agreed objective of climate policies!
July 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
27/ 🌡️With regard to the temperature threshold relevant for today's ruling, the Court affirms, building on science and COP decisions, that the 1.5c temperature target must be understood as the internationally agreed objective of climate policies!
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25/ Through this clear statement, the Court puts to rest - hopefully once and for all - the bad faith legal argument used by polluters to claim that the climate agreements protect them from accountability for climate harms.
🪦R.I.P. Lex Specialis argument in climate justice cases
🪦R.I.P. Lex Specialis argument in climate justice cases
July 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
25/ Through this clear statement, the Court puts to rest - hopefully once and for all - the bad faith legal argument used by polluters to claim that the climate agreements protect them from accountability for climate harms.
🪦R.I.P. Lex Specialis argument in climate justice cases
🪦R.I.P. Lex Specialis argument in climate justice cases
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14/ 🎇 On the sources of law considered for this ruling, the Court emphasizes that it has considered the entire corpus of international law as requested by the UNGA resolution. This is an important announcement! Let me explain...
July 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
14/ 🎇 On the sources of law considered for this ruling, the Court emphasizes that it has considered the entire corpus of international law as requested by the UNGA resolution. This is an important announcement! Let me explain...
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13/ 🗺️Regarding the territorial scope of its analysis: the court points to the fact that the 🇺🇳UNGA did not impose territorial limits to the inquiry and stresses that GHG emissions are unequivocally caused by human activities which are not territorially limited.
July 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
13/ 🗺️Regarding the territorial scope of its analysis: the court points to the fact that the 🇺🇳UNGA did not impose territorial limits to the inquiry and stresses that GHG emissions are unequivocally caused by human activities which are not territorially limited.
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12/ On the material scope of this legal inquiry, the court affirms that it will address the full range of human activities that contribute to climate change as a result of the emission of GHGs including both consumption and production activities. - this is promising!
July 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
12/ On the material scope of this legal inquiry, the court affirms that it will address the full range of human activities that contribute to climate change as a result of the emission of GHGs including both consumption and production activities. - this is promising!
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10/ 🔥Judge Iwasawa Yuji quotes straight from the IPCC: "Warming of 1.5°C is not considered 'safe' for most nations, communities, ecosystems and sectors, and poses significant risks to natural and human systems." - this is a very strong basis for the Court's legal conclusions!
July 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
10/ 🔥Judge Iwasawa Yuji quotes straight from the IPCC: "Warming of 1.5°C is not considered 'safe' for most nations, communities, ecosystems and sectors, and poses significant risks to natural and human systems." - this is a very strong basis for the Court's legal conclusions!
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🔥 ⚖️ 🌐HAPPENING NOW: Historic #ClimateJustice Ruling being delivered by the 🇺🇳 🧑⚖️ International Court of Justice.
🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability
📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇
#ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo
🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability
📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇
#ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo
July 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🔥 ⚖️ 🌐HAPPENING NOW: Historic #ClimateJustice Ruling being delivered by the 🇺🇳 🧑⚖️ International Court of Justice.
🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability
📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇
#ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo
🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability
📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇
#ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo
Happening right now!
The ICJ is delivering its Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change!
Here’s the link to the live hearing webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1c...
The ICJ is delivering its Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change!
Here’s the link to the live hearing webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1c...
THE HAGUE – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers its Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers its advisory opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change.
webtv.un.org
July 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Happening right now!
The ICJ is delivering its Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change!
Here’s the link to the live hearing webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1c...
The ICJ is delivering its Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change!
Here’s the link to the live hearing webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1c...
Happening right now!
The ICJ is delivering its Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change!
Here’s the link to the live hearing lnkd.in/eYb9qRdE
The ICJ is delivering its Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change!
Here’s the link to the live hearing lnkd.in/eYb9qRdE
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July 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Happening right now!
The ICJ is delivering its Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change!
Here’s the link to the live hearing lnkd.in/eYb9qRdE
The ICJ is delivering its Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change!
Here’s the link to the live hearing lnkd.in/eYb9qRdE
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Sorry to burden you with another jaw-dropping scandal. But what the government intends to do to chemicals regulation in the UK is chilling. Its consultation was slipped out so quietly that most of us missed it. When I read it, I saw why.
This week's column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Want to import toxic chemicals into Britain with scant scrutiny? Labour says: go right ahead | George Monbiot
Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Tory fantasy of a post-Brexit bonfire of regulations is coming true. Our bodies and ecosystems will pay the price, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Sorry to burden you with another jaw-dropping scandal. But what the government intends to do to chemicals regulation in the UK is chilling. Its consultation was slipped out so quietly that most of us missed it. When I read it, I saw why.
This week's column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This is deeply frustrating. There are undoubtedly issues with our planning system, but the idea it was the primary cause of HS2’s insane costs is absurd. We managed to build HS1 without blaming bats for everything.
Rachel Reeves yesterday: " The reason HS2 is no longer coming to Leeds anytime soon is because we care more about the bats than we do about commuter times"
How could the Chancellor, for goodness sake, be anymore wrong?
HS2 is a textbook case of how not manage the procurement, planning and design
How could the Chancellor, for goodness sake, be anymore wrong?
HS2 is a textbook case of how not manage the procurement, planning and design
July 23, 2025 at 7:20 AM
This is deeply frustrating. There are undoubtedly issues with our planning system, but the idea it was the primary cause of HS2’s insane costs is absurd. We managed to build HS1 without blaming bats for everything.
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It would be a lot simpler, and more effective, to provide all people seeking asylum with the right to work. It has public and cross party support, helps protect against exploitation, helps people rebuild lives faster, and reduces Home Office costs. #r4today
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Asylum hotel data to be shared with food delivery firms in illegal working crackdown
Information will be shared with food delivery firms to help them uncover abuse on their platforms
www.independent.co.uk
July 23, 2025 at 6:32 AM
It would be a lot simpler, and more effective, to provide all people seeking asylum with the right to work. It has public and cross party support, helps protect against exploitation, helps people rebuild lives faster, and reduces Home Office costs. #r4today
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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📢 EVENT: Recent Judgments on Fundamental Rights and Environmental Protection
📆23rd-24th September 2025
📍Online
Barrister Marc Willers KC @marcwillerskc.bsky.social is speaking alongside climate law experts in a seminar hosted by the Academy of European Law.
🔽Register & info:
tinyurl.com/4z72b8t3
📆23rd-24th September 2025
📍Online
Barrister Marc Willers KC @marcwillerskc.bsky.social is speaking alongside climate law experts in a seminar hosted by the Academy of European Law.
🔽Register & info:
tinyurl.com/4z72b8t3
July 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
📢 EVENT: Recent Judgments on Fundamental Rights and Environmental Protection
📆23rd-24th September 2025
📍Online
Barrister Marc Willers KC @marcwillerskc.bsky.social is speaking alongside climate law experts in a seminar hosted by the Academy of European Law.
🔽Register & info:
tinyurl.com/4z72b8t3
📆23rd-24th September 2025
📍Online
Barrister Marc Willers KC @marcwillerskc.bsky.social is speaking alongside climate law experts in a seminar hosted by the Academy of European Law.
🔽Register & info:
tinyurl.com/4z72b8t3
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It was no battle, still recollect how a woman I knew who was there described the police smashing her van windows in (her home) as she tried to shelter her children, she was not fighting.
Good to see the government is drawing up the terms of reference for the Battle of Orgreave public inquiry - but this wasn’t an isolated event. Let’s not forget the grossly excessive police violence used against Travellers at the Battle of the Beanfield in 1985 www.gypsy-traveller.org/news/40-year...
July 21, 2025 at 8:20 AM
It was no battle, still recollect how a woman I knew who was there described the police smashing her van windows in (her home) as she tried to shelter her children, she was not fighting.
Good to see the government is drawing up the terms of reference for the Battle of Orgreave public inquiry - but this wasn’t an isolated event. Let’s not forget the grossly excessive police violence used against Travellers at the Battle of the Beanfield in 1985 www.gypsy-traveller.org/news/40-year...
July 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Good to see the government is drawing up the terms of reference for the Battle of Orgreave public inquiry - but this wasn’t an isolated event. Let’s not forget the grossly excessive police violence used against Travellers at the Battle of the Beanfield in 1985 www.gypsy-traveller.org/news/40-year...
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A primer for the civically ill-informed.
July 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
A primer for the civically ill-informed.
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Politicians are retreating from net zero because they think the public doesn’t care. But they’re wrong, says @bankfieldbecky.bsky.social
- Our research shows people are strongly in favour of measures to tackle the #climatecrisis - they just need to be heard
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Our research shows people are strongly in favour of measures to tackle the #climatecrisis - they just need to be heard
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Politicians are retreating from net zero because they think the public doesn’t care. But they’re wrong | Rebecca Willis
Our research shows people are strongly in favour of measures to tackle the climate crisis. They just need to be listened to, says professor of energy and climate governance Rebecca Willis
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Politicians are retreating from net zero because they think the public doesn’t care. But they’re wrong, says @bankfieldbecky.bsky.social
- Our research shows people are strongly in favour of measures to tackle the #climatecrisis - they just need to be heard
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Our research shows people are strongly in favour of measures to tackle the #climatecrisis - they just need to be heard
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What a star🌟🌟🌟
🎉CONGRATULATIONS to our amazing Stephanie Harrison KC, winner of the Outstanding Achievement Award at the #LALYs2025 @lalyawards.bsky.social🎉
We’re so proud of Stephanie, her award is truly well deserved! Her dedication to justice is inspiring, and she continues to raise the bar for us all.💫🎊
We’re so proud of Stephanie, her award is truly well deserved! Her dedication to justice is inspiring, and she continues to raise the bar for us all.💫🎊
July 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
What a star🌟🌟🌟
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🎉CONGRATULATIONS to our amazing Stephanie Harrison KC, winner of the Outstanding Achievement Award at the #LALYs2025 @lalyawards.bsky.social🎉
We’re so proud of Stephanie, her award is truly well deserved! Her dedication to justice is inspiring, and she continues to raise the bar for us all.💫🎊
We’re so proud of Stephanie, her award is truly well deserved! Her dedication to justice is inspiring, and she continues to raise the bar for us all.💫🎊
July 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🎉CONGRATULATIONS to our amazing Stephanie Harrison KC, winner of the Outstanding Achievement Award at the #LALYs2025 @lalyawards.bsky.social🎉
We’re so proud of Stephanie, her award is truly well deserved! Her dedication to justice is inspiring, and she continues to raise the bar for us all.💫🎊
We’re so proud of Stephanie, her award is truly well deserved! Her dedication to justice is inspiring, and she continues to raise the bar for us all.💫🎊
Very excited to hear that the Inter-American Court of Human Rights /Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos will deliver its Advisory Opinion OC-32/25 on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights later today.
July 3, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Very excited to hear that the Inter-American Court of Human Rights /Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos will deliver its Advisory Opinion OC-32/25 on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights later today.
Sorry to have missed John Doe give his talk yesterday @atchin_tan but it was a privilege to go with him to feed his horses whilst @glastonbury and to see his interaction with them. A special moment! www.instagram.com/p/DLJ-kScinM...
June 30, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Sorry to have missed John Doe give his talk yesterday @atchin_tan but it was a privilege to go with him to feed his horses whilst @glastonbury and to see his interaction with them. A special moment! www.instagram.com/p/DLJ-kScinM...