nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/eb4f15a5a1f0bd5e DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250912s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/eb4f15a5a1f0bd5e doi eng 342 23 Rioseco, Sebastián Author aut From Sidelines to Center Stage - Conferences of the Parties (COPs) as Legal Playmakers Rioseco, Sebastián Verfassungsblog 2025-09-12 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The trilogy of climate advisory opinions from the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and the International Court of Justice marks a watershed moment not only for climate litigation but also for understanding the evolving role of Conferences of the Parties (COPs) in international law. This post analyses the courts' engagement with COPs and argues that it represents another step in clarifying their institutional role in global governance – one that elevates these treaty bodies from largely diplomatic forums to authoritative interpreters and potentially norm-creators within treaty regimes. CC BY-SA 4.0 Climate Crisis Climate Law COP customary law International Law treaty law Rao, Tejas Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/icj-climate-advisory-opinion-conferences-of-the-parties/ raw object