A Right Foundational to Humanity’s Existence - World’s Highest Court Embraces the Right to a Healthy Environment

A Right Foundational to Humanity’s Existence - World’s Highest Court Embraces the Right to a Healthy Environment Boyd, David R. Author aut Text xx# 2025 Verfassungsblog 2025-07-30 eng For the second time in a month, one of the world’s highest judicial authorities has issued an advisory opinion on the climate crisis that highlights the importance of the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. Echoing the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in its Advisory Opinion 32/25, on July 23, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) unanimously held that this right constitutes a binding norm of international law. CC BY-SA 4.0 Boyd, David R. Advisory Opinion Climate Crisis ICJ International Court of Justice Internationaler Gerichtshof | Den Haag Klimakatastrophe climate change Internationaler Gerichtshof | Den Haag Klimakatastrophe 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/icj-climate-right-to-a-healthy-environment/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/de20b1179e9aeb70 250730 10.59704/de20b1179e9aeb70 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)