Author: Lavinia Stoppani

[Lavinia Stoppani is a recent graduate of the LL.B. programme in International and European Law at the University of Groningen, with research interests in environmental law and treaty interpretation] Introduction In 1997, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its landmark judgment in the Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros case. Judge Herczegh appended a dissenting opinion in which he argued that where uncertainty exists between short term...