nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/f9ba51fcf4a4a0cf DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250716s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/f9ba51fcf4a4a0cf doi eng 342 23 Gehring, Markus Author aut Jus Cogens and the Climate Crisis - The Inter-American Court's Landmark Climate Emergency Advisory Opinion and its Jus Cogens Ruling Gehring, Markus Verfassungsblog 2025-07-16 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier While there are many aspects of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR)’s Advisory Opinion 32/25 (AO-32/25) that are new and groundbreaking, the inclusion of a reflection on jus cogens might have surprised some observers. The legal consequences of the recognition as jus cogens of the obligation not to create irreversible damage to the climate and the global environment are profound. Treaties violating the norm are void, customary international law rules cannot exist, nor does the persistent objector rule apply. CC BY-SA 4.0 Advisory Opinion Climate Crisis Climate Emergency Human Rights IACtHR Ius Cogens jus cogens Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/jus-cogens-and-the-climate-crisis/ raw object