Conference by Messrs. Olivier CORTEN & Pierre KLEIN: Climate on trial: judges facing climate actions

As part of the UTLA conferences: Conférence de MM. Olivier CORTEN & Pierre KLEIN: Le climat en procès : les juges face aux actions climatiques 3 years ago, Olivier CORTEN and Pierre KLEIN invited us to reflect on international law by presenting their comic book De Salamanque in Guantanamo, a history of international law. Today, they present their new opus, still in the form of a comic book made with their accomplice Gérard BEDORET, Climate on trial: judges facing climate actions. How to judge the fight against climate change? In climate cases, the role of the judge is central: they must rule on accusations ranging sometimes up to that of ecoterrorism formulated against activists, but also position themselves facing major climate actions targeting states or large corporations. Is the legal path useless or insufficient, or is it a powerful lever of combat? Olivier CORTEN is a professor at the Free University of Brussels, at the Center for International Law. He has taught in various universities in Belgium, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Brazil and Japan, as well as at the UN and the Academy of International Law. Olivier Corten has been counsel and lawyer before the International Court of Justice. Pierre KLEIN is a doctor of law from Université Libre de Bruxelles. He is currently a professor and Dean of the Faculty of Law and Criminology there. He assumed the direction of the Center for International Law from 2000 to 2011. Conference on 26/11/2026, from 14:30 to 16:00, room Eugène Ysaÿe, Place des Chasseurs ardennais at 6700 ARLON Mandatory registration on the UTLA website: https://www.utlarlon.be