Practice question
A judge invokes future generations to disregard the limits of an applicable legal rule without another legal basis. Does paragraph 157 authorize that move?
- Yes, every future-interest claim overrides all law
- Yes, interpretation means unrestricted lawmaking
- Yes, the Court abolished every legal limit
- Only a private donor may decide limits
- No; it expressly confines the principle within applicable law
Legal references
- ICJ, Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change, July 23, 2025, main advisory opinion: https://icj-web.leman.un-icc.cloud/sites/default/files/case-related/187/187-20250723-adv-01-00-en.pdf; paragraphs 155-157.
- Rio Declaration: https://www.cbd.int/doc/ref/rio-declaration.shtml; Principle 3.
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