🌍 ⚖️ ✨ A historic milestone towards #ClimateJustice at 🇺🇳 International Court of Justice (ICJ): yesterday marked a pivotal moment in these advisory proceedings & the final step in the interactive phase A brief 🧵 ⬇️ #AOLetsGo #ClimatJustice - ThreadSky

duycks.bsky.social • 74 days ago

🌍 ⚖️ ✨ A historic milestone towards #ClimateJustice at 🇺🇳 International Court of Justice (ICJ): yesterday marked a pivotal moment in these advisory proceedings & the final step in the interactive phase
A brief 🧵 ⬇️
#AOLetsGo #ClimatJustice

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duycks.bsky.social•74 days ago

2/ 🎙️🧑‍⚖️ Four judges posed some of the most consequential questions ever addressed by the Court, shedding light on pressing legal issues at heart of these proceedings.
These questions touch upon customary law, the law of treaties, the UN climate change regime, and human rights.

duycks.bsky.social•74 days ago

3/ 🛢️ ⛽️ Judge Cleveland (🇺🇸) questioned the participants regarding States’ legal obligations under international law with regard to fossil fuels production under their jurisdiction.

duycks.bsky.social•74 days ago

4/ 🎯 🔍 Judge TLADI (🇿🇦) questioned whether the object & purpose of the UNFCCC & Paris Agreement have any legal effect regarding the determination of whether Article 4 of the Paris Agreement (re: NDCs) provides only an obligation of conduct or also one of result.

duycks.bsky.social•74 days ago

5/ ⚖️ 🌱 Judge AURESCU (🇷🇴) sought information regarding the legal content of the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment and its relation with the other human rights which States have considered relevant for this advisory opinion.

duycks.bsky.social•74 days ago

6/ 🔛 Judge CHARLESWORTH (🇦🇺) interrogated the legal significance of declarations made by States on becoming parties to UNFCCC & Paris to the effect that these may not be interpreted as derogating from general international law or any claims/rights concerning compensation/liability.

duycks.bsky.social•74 days ago

7/7 📅 States & Intergov. Orgs now have until Friday, 20th Dec. 2024 to submit their responses.
This marks the final opportunity to provide legal information to the 15 judges.
The countdown to this historic decision is on! 🌐 ⌛
#ClimateJusticeAtTheICJ #AOLetsGo

usealttextplease.bsky.social•73 days ago

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