Practice question
Minors invoke Oposa to assert ecological interests of succeeding generations. Their opponent says unborn generations can never be represented in an ecological class suit merely because they cannot sign pleadings. Which is best?
- The objection automatically defeats the case
- Only adults may invoke ecology
- Oposa recognizes intergenerational responsibility as the basis for the minors’ personality in the ecological class suit, subject to applicable procedural requirements
- Oposa makes every pleading unnecessary
- Every person thereby owns all natural resources
Legal references
- https://www.un.org/esa/documents/ga/conf151/aconf15126-1annex1.htm — Rio Declaration (1992), Principle 3
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1993/jul1993/gr_101083_1993.html — Oposa v. Factoran, G.R. No. 101083, July 30, 1993, main opinion
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