Travelling Courts and Strategic Visitation - A German Court went to Peru
Steininger, Silvia
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Camilo Herrera, Juan
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2022
Verfassungsblog
2022-06-01
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It is not very often that an on-site meeting of a German higher regional court makes its way to the front pages of international news media. Yet, the reported visit of judges and court-appointed experts from the OLG Hamm, one of 24 higher regional courts in Germany, has achieved just that when the nine-person group traveled to the Andean city of Huaraz in Peru in late May 2022. This was after all no ordinary visit. They had come to see with their own eyes whether Saúl Luciano Lliuya’s house is threatened by outburst floods from Lake Palcacocha. We argue that this form of “strategic visitation”, similar to strategic litigation, might not result in a judicial breakthrough but holds important symbolic and political significance.
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Steininger, Silvia
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Climate Crisis
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https://verfassungsblog.de/travelling-courts-and-strategic-visitation/
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