Ignacio Portela Giráldez
Institution: UNSW
Period of stay: 29 September - December 2026
Contact:
https://www.unsw.edu.au/canberra/about-us/our-schools/hass/about-us/our…
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ignacio-p-giraldez/
Profile:
Ignacio Portela Giráldez is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of New South Wales, focusing on climate litigation pathways in the special overseas territories of the European Union.
Research Area:
Climate litigation, Public International Law, European Law, European Overseas Territories
Research Title:
Environmental litigation in European Overseas Territories
Research Outline:
My research proposes novel environmental protection strategies through climate litigation in European overseas territories, under International and European Law frameworks.
SSRN:
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=12934529
Publications:
• Verfassungsblog - A Cyclical, Foreseeable, Worsening Threat. Heatwaves are a Cyclical Human Rights Risk and States Must Provide a Preventive Public-Law Response - https://verfassungsblog.de/a-cyclical-foreseeable-worsening-threat/
• Verfassungsblog - How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb Legacy: France’s Revamped Presence in the Pacific Must First Make Amends with its Nuclear Past - https://verfassungsblog.de/an-atomic-bomb-legacy/
• EJIL: Talk! - A new future for New Caledonia? https://www.ejiltalk.org/a-new-future-for-new-caledonia/?utm_source=mai… – 29 August 2025
• Giraldez, Ignacio. Opinio Iuris. ‘Not a Leg to Stand on: Assessing the European Court of Human Rights’ Divergent Approach to Standing in the KlimaSeniorinnen and Cannavacciuolo Cases.’ 16 may. 2025. https://opiniojuris.org/2025/05/16/not-a-leg-to-stand-on-assessing-the-…
• Giraldez, Ignacio. Enforcing carbon majors' liability for climate change: a comparative study of tort law-based climate litigation in the Netherlands and Spain. 2022 http://hdl.handle.net/10230/54865
• Giraldez, Ignacio, Opinio Iuris: Curb Your Enthusiasm (Not Your Emissions): Analysis of the ECtHR Rulings on State Responsibility for Climate Change. 2024. https://opiniojuris.org/2024/05/22/curb-your-enthusiasm-not-your-emissi…
• L'Estat de la LGTBI-fobia a Catalunya 2023, Observatori contra l'homofobia https://lobservatori.cat/wp-content/uploads/Estat-de-lLGTBI-fobia-a-Cat…
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