nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/ca99ffd63031501e DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250819s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/ca99ffd63031501e doi eng 342 23 Corneo, Aurelio Author aut Is Montevideo Sinking? - "Disappearing" States and De-territorialized Statehood Following the ICJ's Advisory Opinion on Climate Change Corneo, Aurelio Verfassungsblog 2025-08-19 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Following the ICJ’s opinion, only time will tell whether the Montevideo criteria are themselves “sinking,” and what might replace them. It remains doubtful whether sunken States could be sovereign equals to States with territory, as they would necessarily rely on the goodwill of their host State to cede jurisdiction to some degree. Even though the ICJ’s opinion is a big step forward (especially) for small island States, it cannot, by itself, preserve a State’s full sovereignty once its territory is submerged. Small island States have contributed the least to climate change, yet now face an existential threat. This unfair fate must be prevented. I CC BY-SA 4.0 Advisory Opinion Climate Crisis ICJ International Court of Justice Internationaler Gerichtshof | Den Haag Klimakatastrophe State Responsibility Statehood climate change customary law (DE-588)36344-3 gnd Internationaler Gerichtshof | Den Haag (DE-588)4234460-8 gnd Klimakatastrophe Scherer, Judith Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/montevideo-climate-statehood-icj/ raw object