After landmark climate win, lawyer hopes for a new legal order to protect Indigenous rights

Pacific lawyer Julian Aguon to be honoured with Right Livelihood award for his work that led to ICJ ruling on climate harmSix years ago, human rights lawyer Julian Aguon received a call from Vanuatus foreign affairs minister. The minister had an unusual request - he wanted Aguon to help develop a legal case on behalf of dozens of law students who were seeking climate justice from the worlds highest court.Aguon, a Chamorro lawyer based in Guam, was excited by the opportunity and believed they cou...