ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Manuela Niehaus

Manuela Niehaus is a joint PhD candidate in International Environmental Law at the University of Hamburg and Macquarie University Sydney. She is a research assistant at the Institute for International Affairs Hamburg (Chair of European and International Law) and a legal trainee with the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg.

POSTS BY Manuela Niehaus

23 März 2022

Manuela Niehaus

Protecting Whose Children?

One year ago, the First Senate of the German Federal Constitutional Court (GFCC) has issued a landmark decision on the rights of future generations and their (legal) entitlement to solidarity. This blog post compares this decision to the 2018 ruling of the Colombian Supreme Court (CS) that was also concerned with the rights of future generations. I argue that while the idea of solidarity with people threatened by climate change is central to both judgments, the courts have taken very different approaches to whom this solidarity extends to. Continue reading >>

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Protecting Whose Children?

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