Pakistan Climate Case. Future of Gaza. Win for the Nama.
Newsletter
2025
The recent ceasefire has finally paused the relentless destruction and staggering loss of life in Gaza, though the humanitarian crisis continues to ravage a massive segment of the population. Our legal efforts to confront these atrocities have not stopped — they are entering a critical phase, with a case before Germany’s highest court. The Palestinian plaintiff claims that Germany has a duty to safeguard the right to life of people in Gaza, particularly when its arms exports contribute to international crimes in the region.
ECCHR has also launched its second case against Carbon Majors for their role in driving the climate crisis. With our support, 43 Pakistani farmers, whose livelihoods were devastated in the 2022 floods, are demanding compensation for their losses from the largest German greenhouse gas emitters: RWE and Heidelberg Materials.
The Nama people also recently achieved a critical victory in Namibia. After significant civil society pressure against RWE for its involvement in a hydrogen infrastructure project that violates the rights of the indigenous Nama, RWE announced that it would back out of the deal. Read more about these cases and others in this newsletter.
The ECCHR Team
