Practice question
In the 2025 opinion, how are present generations described in the intergenerational-equity discussion?
- Trustees of humanity preserving dignified living conditions for transmission
- Absolute owners free of every future concern
- Agents of unborn voters in a completed election
- Persons required to end all development
- Owners of every future person’s private property
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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