Peoples Across Time - Future Generations and the African Climate Advisory Opinion
Waswa, Simon
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Verfassungsblog
2026-03-19
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A pending advisory opinion before the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights raises a question that is novel within the African regional human rights system: can human rights law protect future generations against climate harm? The open-ended notion of “peoples” in the African Charter offers a doctrinal basis for embedding intergenerational justice. Read in light of Article 24 and the Charter’s collective architecture, it could give concrete legal meaning to obligations owed across time.
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Waswa, Simon
African Human Rights
Climate Crisis
climate litigation
Future Generations
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https://verfassungsblog.de/peoples-across-time/
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