Environmental Law Seminar: Rights Before the UN World Courts

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This course will explore environmental rights in the context of the 2024 UN ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change. Students will also learn the jurisdiction and rules of the International Court of Justice, and the basics of International Environmental Law relevant to the forthcoming Advisory Opinion. See https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/187/187-20230419-PRE-01-00-EN.pdf. Students will watch the court proceedings and arguments, and study all the submissions of States to the Court. Students will critique these briefs and prepare an assessment of the arguments.