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environmental law Tag

29 Jun

[Joanna Wils is a PhD researcher at the Institute for International law of KU Leuven, specialising in international environmental law. She holds an LL.M. in Environmental & Energy Law from NYU School of Law and currently serves as a Belgian UN Climate Youth Delegate] “The COP of truth cannot support an outcome that ignores science”, were the words of the Colombian delegation...

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10 Jun

[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;...

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03 Mar

[Dr. Juan-Pablo Peréz-León-Acevedo is a DPhil in Law candidate and a tutor at the University of Oxford. He also teaches at the Universities of Reading, Southampton, Oslo, and Abo Akademi (Finland)] While the ICJ’s Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change Advisory Opinion (ICJ-AO) has been extensively analysed, this post examines an issue that remains largely unexplored, namely, how the ICJ-AO and a specific domestic...

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02 Mar

[Aikaterini [Katerina] Tsampi is Assistant Professor of International Law at the University of Groningen and Rapporteur of the International Law Association (ILA) Study Group on “International Law, Human Rights and Islands”] On 28 January 2026 the District Court of The Hague (Court) issued its first-instance judgment in Greenpeace Netherlands v. The State of the Netherlands (the original Dutch text). The claimant...

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13 Feb

[Mohit Khubchandani is an International Disputes Resolution Attorney and PhD candidate at Leiden Law School, writing his PhD on "Forum and harm specific metrics of compensation for environmental damages (MCES) for major international courts and tribunals. Jason Rudall is Associate Professor of Public International Law at Leiden University.] Introduction The ICJ has handed down 3 of its 4 judgments in contentious cases on the question...

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