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Asghar Leghari vs. Federation of Pakistan was a 2015 Lahore High Court case that ruled that the government was violating the National Climate Change Policy of 2012 and the Framework for Implementation of Climate Change Policy (2014-2030) by failing to meet goals set by the policies.
But one of the earliest, most prominent rights-based climate cases was brought in the Global South, in Pakistan, where the Lahore High Court found that the government breached its human rights obligations under the Pakistani Constitution by failing to implement a climate framework law and take sufficiently urgent action on climate change.
14 kwi 2015 · IN THE LAHORE HIGH COURT LAHORE JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT Case No: W.P. No. 25501/2015 Ashgar Leghari Federation of Pakistan, etc. 03. 14.09.2015 Mr. Mansoor Usman Awan, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Nasar Ahmad, Deputy Attorney General for Pakistan. Ms. Hina Hafeezullah Ishaq, Standing Counsel for Pakistan.
4 wrz 2015 · Federation of Pakistan (W.P. No. 25501/2015) (Leghari), in which the Lahore High Court of Pakistan made the exceptional finding that the government's delay in implementing the country's climate change policy had violated the fundamental rights of Pakistani citizens. 5
Honorable Judge Syed Mansoor Ali Shah of the Lahore High Court (LHC) left a mark on global Climate Change (CC) regime with first of its kind verdict: the Government of Pakistan has actually violated its citizen’s basic
Punjab. Lahore High Court. Principal Laws: Pakistan. National Climate Policy and Framework of 2012. Summary: Asghar Leghari, a Pakistani farmer sued the national government for failure to carry out the National Climate Change Policy of 2012 and the Framework for Implementation of Climate Change Policy (2014-2030).
In 2015, a Pakistani court in the case of Leghari v. Federation of Pakistan made history by accepting arguments that governmental failures to address climate change adequately violated petitioners’ rights. This case forms part of an emerging body of pending or decided climate change-related lawsuits that incorporate rights-based arguments in several countries, including the Netherlands, the ...
