Malavika Rao

Malavika Rao is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in International Law at the Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (C-EENRG) at the University of Cambridge. Her research is supported by the Postdoc Mobility Fellowship awarded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). Her areas of research are international migration law, international environmental law and human rights.

Symposium
Systemic Impacts and Structural Shifts: Climate Change and the Role of the ICJ Advisory Opinion

Climate Displacement in the ICJ’s Advisory Opinion

11.08.2025

Malavika Rao

The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion of 23 July 2025 is momentous, affirming that climate change can give rise to breaches of international obligations under both customary and treaty law, including environmental,...