Jus Cogens and the Climate Crisis - The Inter-American Court's Landmark Climate Emergency Advisory Opinion and its Jus Cogens Ruling

Jus Cogens and the Climate Crisis - The Inter-American Court's Landmark Climate Emergency Advisory Opinion and its Jus Cogens Ruling Gehring, Markus Author aut Text xx# 2025 Verfassungsblog 2025-07-16 eng 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 Gehring, Markus Advisory Opinion Climate Crisis Climate Emergency Human Rights IACtHR Ius Cogens jus cogens 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/jus-cogens-and-the-climate-crisis/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/f9ba51fcf4a4a0cf 250716 10.59704/f9ba51fcf4a4a0cf Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)