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What’s at Stake in the ICJ Hearings

Legal Planet

In this context, the recognition of ecocide as an international crime—as a crime that has been codified in so many domestic legal frameworks—could offer both a preventive measure and a pathway to reparations for particularly impacted communities.

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Balancing Environmental Protection with Economic Development: The Greenland Mining Dilemma

Vermont Law

Recognizing these concerns, Greenland’s 2021 elections became widely known as the mining election, where the Inuit Ataqatigiit party campaigned against uranium mining. Economic costs notwithstanding, the precautionary principle applied in cases like Pfizer Animal Health v.

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Sea level in the IPCC 6th assessment report (AR6)

Real Climate

Source: IPCC ( 2021 ) Figure 9.25. That we cannot turn this back is the reason why the precautionary principle should be applied to the climate crisis. Just look at the ranges expected by the year 2300, in the right-hand panel of the first image above.

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Climate Litigation and Children’s Rights: Unpacking the CRC’s New General Comment

Law Columbia

In 2021, the CRC dismissed the complaints since the petitioners had failed to exhaust domestic legal remedies at the national level. 11 GC26), with due regard to the precautionary principle (IV. Argentina et al. ). These do not only concern their rights to life, survival, and development (art. 8 GC26). . §11

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The Rights of Nature — Can an Ecosystem Bear Legal Rights?

Law Columbia

Most recently, in February 2021, the Innu Council of Ekuanitshit and the Minganie Regional County Municipality recognized the Canadian Magpie River’s legal rights of personhood through the adoption of twin resolutions — one resolution by the Innu and another resolution by the municipality. The case is pending a decision. Pakistan : G.

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The New Environmental and Human Rights Treaty in Latin America and the Caribbean You Should Know About

Acoel

Posted June 3, 2021 by Susan Kath. The Escazú Agreement came into force in April 2021 with 12 ratifications (out of a possible 33) from Latin American and Caribbean countries.

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Guest Commentary: Czech Republic-Poland’s dispute over the Turów mine

Law Columbia

Czech Republic v Poland (Mine de Turów, ECLI:EU:C:2021:420, ECLI:EU:C:2021:752, ECLI:EU:C:2022:74 ) concerned the operation of a lignite mine in Poland. In February 2021, the Czech Republic asked the CJEU for interim measures, requesting the immediate closure of the lignite mine. However, Poland did not comply with that order.