Practice question
An industrial project creates a risk of significant adverse impact on a shared river. Officials say an EIA is irrelevant until actual harm is conclusively proved. Which is best?
- Only completed injury can trigger any preventive assessment
- The river’s shared status removes every duty
- The domestic permit automatically answers every international issue
- The identified assessment duty is preventive and responds to the specified risk before implementation
- Only the downstream State’s population matters
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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