Practice question
A proposed plant risks significant adverse impact on another State’s environment. Its owner offers to finance compensation if damage later occurs, and officials propose omitting the prior assessment solely on that basis. Which is best?
- Potential compensation automatically eliminates all prevention
- A private payment promise does not itself replace the identified preventive EIA requirement
- Every payment offer conclusively proves no risk
- Only the owner’s nationality matters
- The no-harm framework forbids assessment before injury
Legal references
- ICJ, Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay, April 20, 2010, main judgment: https://icj-web.leman.un-icc.cloud/sites/default/files/case-related/135/135-20100420-JUD-01-00-EN.pdf; paragraphs 204-205.
- Rio Declaration: https://www.cbd.int/doc/ref/rio-declaration.shtml; Principles 2,17.
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