Climate Change and the Environment at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights - Advisory Opinion OC-32/25 and the Transformation of International Human Rights Law

Climate Change and the Environment at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights - Advisory Opinion OC-32/25 and the Transformation of International Human Rights Law Hernández López, Nancy Author aut Text xx# 2026 Verfassungsblog 2026-06-19 eng The relationship between climate change and human rights has occupied international legal scholarship for more than two decades. Yet for much of that period, the relationship remained largely aspirational — acknowledged in soft-law instruments and scholarly commentary, but only partially operationalized by binding international adjudication. Advisory Opinion OC-32/25, adopted by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR or the Court) on May 29, 2025, marks a decisive shift in that landscape. CC BY-SA 4.0 Hernández López, Nancy Advisory Opinion OC-32/25 Amerika Climate Crisis Climate Governance IACtHR Klima climate change jus cogens Amerika Klima 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/climate-change-and-the-environment-at-iacthr/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/6530db88cc0c142f 260619 10.59704/6530db88cc0c142f Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)