The Promise Institute for Human Rights (Los Angeles)

We are excited to share that our Faculty Director, Professor of Law Anna Spain Bradley has been appointed as the MacArthur Foundation Chair in International Justice and Human Rights!

Professor Spain Bradley noted “We are living in a time in human history when the ideals of international justice and universal human rights are under threat. Being named the MacArthur Foundation Chair in International Justice and Human Rights, at this moment in particular, is a great honor. It is also a responsibility I take seriously.” 

On July 3, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued its landmark Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights (OC 32-25).

The Opinion marks a major step forward in articulating the ways the climate emergency is related to human rights harms. Crucially, the Opinion also establishes obligations and standards which States must meet in response to the climate emergency — obligations set according to the standards of international human rights law.

From the Opinion’s application of a racial justice lens, to the development of climate and environmental legal frameworks, we were encouraged to find the Court’s Opinion aligned significantly with our brief’s racial justice emphasis, particularly on issues addressing Indigenous and Afro-descendent peoples’ rights.