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SC\/FR 168, 176, 184 & 277\/2021 (MV X-PRESS Pearl marine environmental pollution case) (judgment) (24 July 2025)<\/a><\/div>
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\n South Asia<\/span>\n\n Sri Lanka<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n \n\n
\n Access to Information<\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Marine and Coastal<\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>
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Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change, Advisory Opinion, 2025 I.C.J. (23 July 2025)<\/a><\/div>
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\n Climate Change<\/span>\n\n Advisory opinions<\/span>\n Pivotal Cases<\/span>\n United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>
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Climate Emergency and Human Rights, Advisory Opinion AO 32\/25, Inter-Am. Ct. H.R. (ser. A) No. 32 (May 29, 2025)<\/a><\/div>
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\n Caribbean<\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Central America<\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n North America<\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n South America<\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n\n
\n Access to Information<\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Access to Justice<\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Climate Change<\/span>\n\n Advisory opinions<\/span>\n Greenhouse gases<\/span>\n Mitigation<\/span>\n Pivotal Cases<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Courts<\/span>\n\n International courts and tribunals<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Defending Defenders<\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Economics<\/span>\n\n Ecosystem Services<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Environmental justice<\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Human Rights<\/span>\n\n Inter-American human rights system<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n International Treaties<\/span>\n\n United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Procedural Issues<\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Right to ...<\/span>\n\n Healthy Environment<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Rights of Nature<\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>
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Export Processing Zone of Kenya & 10 Ors v The National Environment Management Authority & 6 Ors (Supreme Court of Kenya) (Petition E021 of 2023) [2024] KESC 75 (KLR)(6 December 2024)Supreme Court of Kenya<\/a><\/div>
1970<\/span>\n\n
\n Sub-Saharan Africa<\/span>\n\n Kenya<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n \n\n
\n Constitutions<\/span>\n\n Right to Healthy Environment<\/span>\n Right to Life<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Courts<\/span>\n\n Environmental courts<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Polluter Pays Principle<\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Pollution, Industrial<\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Right to ...<\/span>\n\n Healthy Environment<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>
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Federaci\u00f3n Huaynakana Kamatahuara Kana v. Petroper\u00fa SA, Ministry of the Environment, and others, Superior Court of Justice Loreto, Civil Chamber (29 August 2024)<\/a><\/div>
1970<\/span>\n\n
\n South America<\/span>\n\n Peru<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n \n\n
\n Access to Justice<\/span>\n\n Standing<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Indigenous Peoples<\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Pollution, Water<\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Rights of Nature<\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Water Resources<\/span>\n\n Rivers<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>
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U'wa Indigenous People and their members v. Colombia (4 July 2024)<\/a><\/div>
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\n South America<\/span>\n\n Colombia<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n \n\n
\n Access to Information<\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Courts<\/span>\n\n International courts and tribunals<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)<\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Human Rights<\/span>\n\n Inter-American human rights system<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Indigenous Peoples<\/span>\n\n ILO 169<\/span>\n Land rights<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Land Rights<\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Mining<\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Oil & Gas<\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Right to ...<\/span>\n\n Healthy Environment<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>
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Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v Switzerland - Application no. 53600\/20, Grand Chamber (European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg) (9 April 2024)<\/a><\/div>
1970<\/span>\n\n
\n Western Europe<\/span>\n\n Switzerland<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n \n\n
\n Access to Justice<\/span>\n\n Standing<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Climate Change<\/span>\n\n Litigation<\/span>\n United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Human Rights<\/span>\n\n European Court of Human Rights<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>
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M K Ranjitsinh & Ors. v Union of India & Ors. Supreme Court of India, Writ Petition (Civil) No. 838 of 2019 with Civil Appeal No. 3570 of 2022 (judgment) (21 March 2024)<\/a><\/div>
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\n South Asia<\/span>\n\n India<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n \n\n
\n Biodiversity<\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Climate Change<\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Constitutions<\/span>\n\n Right to Healthy Environment<\/span>\n Right to Life<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Energy<\/span>\n\n Renewables<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Right to ...<\/span>\n\n Health<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Sustainable Development<\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Wildlife<\/span>\n\n Endangered species<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>
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Mussington v. Development Control Authority [2024] UKPC 3, Privy Council Appeal No 0116 of 2021<\/a><\/div>
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\n Caribbean<\/span>\n\n Antigua and Barbuda<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n \n\n
\n Access to Justice<\/span>\n\n Standing<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>
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Case of Inhabitants of La Oroya v. Peru, Inter-American Court of Human Rights (27 November 2023)<\/a><\/div>
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\n South America<\/span>\n\n Peru<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n \n\n
\n Access to Information<\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Constitutions<\/span>\n\n Right to Healthy Environment<\/span>\n Right to Life<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Defending Defenders<\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Human Rights<\/span>\n\n Inter-American human rights system<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Pollution, Industrial<\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n Right to ...<\/span>\n\n Health<\/span>\n Healthy Environment<\/span>\n Life<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>
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