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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/ca99ffd63031501e https://verfassungsblog.de/statehood-in-the-climate-crisis/ Statehood in the Climate Crisis - The ICJ’s Climate Advisory Opinion and the Presumption of State Continuity Syla, Zana Kent, Avidan eng 2025-08-19 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Advisory Opinion Climate Crisis ICJ International Court of Justice Internationaler Gerichtshof | Den Haag Klimakatastrophe State Responsibility Statehood climate change customary law Internationaler Gerichtshof | Den Haag Klimakatastrophe Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 In this blog post, we zero in on the part of the ICJ's climate advisory opinion that concerns statehood. Specifically, we analyze the ICJ’s restatement of the presumption of state continuity, examining both what the Court says and doesn’t say, and what the implications could be. We also consider the individual opinions that discuss statehood and add some brief reflections on the applicability of Article 1 of the Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States (Montevideo Convention) and on State extinction. Our analysis is preliminary, and certainly much ink will be spilled on the ICJ’s remarks going forward.