From Sidelines to Center Stage - Conferences of the Parties (COPs) as Legal Playmakers Rioseco, Sebastián Author aut Rao, Tejas Author aut Text xx# 2025 Verfassungsblog 2025-09-12 eng
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 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 Rioseco, Sebastián Climate Crisis Climate Law COP customary law International Law treaty law 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/icj-climate-advisory-opinion-conferences-of-the-parties/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/eb4f15a5a1f0bd5e 250912 10.59704/eb4f15a5a1f0bd5e Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)