nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/be4f35f9c9b8ec7c DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250725s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/be4f35f9c9b8ec7c doi eng 342 23 da Costa Sales, Rodrigo Author aut Enhanced Due Diligence - A New Legal Standard for Climate Action in the Inter-American System  da Costa Sales, Rodrigo Verfassungsblog 2025-07-25 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The IACtHR establishes that States have a series of obligations to ensure a healthy environment and climate, and prevent violations of human rights. To this end, the IACtHR develops the standard of enhanced due diligence as a binding framework for State action. This standard includes elements aimed at ensuring that the response to climate change is effective, fair, transparent, and evidence-based (para. 224). This blog post discusses the heightened due diligence standard, as clarified by the IACtHR, and outlines nine key elements of this standard. CC BY-SA 4.0 Advisory Opinion Climate Crisis Climate Emergency Due Dilligence IACtHR Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/enhanced-due-diligence-climate-iacthr/ raw object