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The case note is being prepared (January 2015) The official summary of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights may be accessed at this link (Spanish only):
Controversia Constitucional 65/2013 (Actor: Municipo de Chapala, Estado de Jalisco) (February 17, 2014) The mayor of Chapala built a breakwater on Lake Chapala without obtaining a concession from the National Water Commission to use federal water areas. The National Water Act requires natural and legal…
Commission v. United Kingdom, Case C‑530/11 (February 13, 2014) Court of Justice for the European Union In the United Kingdom, courts may issue “protective costs orders” to limit the amount a public authority can recover from a challenger at the…
Company Secretary of ArcelorMittal South Africa v. Vaal Environmental Justice Alliance [2014] ZASCA 184 Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa A citizens group (VEJA) submitted access to information requests to a South African steel manufacturing company (ArcelorMittal) seeking the…
Urgenda Foundation v. The Netherlands [2015] HAZA C/09/00456689 (24 June 2015); aff’d (9 October 2018) (District Court of the Hague, and The Hague Court of Appeal (on appeal)) (affirmed by the Supreme Court, 20 December 2019) Urgenda Foundation and…
“This is an entirely unworkable system and is even contrary to the federal structure of the Constitution. If this approach and procedure is allowed to be followed then any builder/Project Proponent would complete his project causing irreversible damage to the…
