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In Doubt, Favour Nature? Analysing Status and Justifications for In Dubio Pro Natura as a Rule for Environmental Treaty Interpretation.
[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 a dissenting opinion to the 1977 Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros case, Judge Herczegh argued that where uncertainty exists between short term economic loss and potentially irreversible environmental harm, the latter ought to carry greater weight;...