Protecting Whose Children? - The Rights of Future Generations in the Courts of Germany and Colombia
Niehaus, Manuela
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Verfassungsblog
2022-03-23
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One year ago, the First Senate of the German Federal Constitutional Court (GFCC) has issued a landmark decision on the rights of future generations and their (legal) entitlement to solidarity. This blog post compares this decision to the 2018 ruling of the Colombian Supreme Court (CS) that was also concerned with the rights of future generations. I argue that while the idea of solidarity with people threatened by climate change is central to both judgments, the courts have taken very different approaches to whom this solidarity extends to.
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Niehaus, Manuela
Climate Crisis
Future rights
Global South
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https://verfassungsblog.de/protecting-whose-children/
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Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH
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