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Practice question: Precautionary Principle

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Practice question

In Pulp Mills paragraph 164, did precaution automatically reverse the burden of proof?
  1. No
  2. Yes, every respondent must disprove every unsupported allegation
  3. Yes, no factual evidence was needed
  4. Yes, precaution was treated as a final damages award
  5. Yes, pleading a risk conclusively established all facts

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 162-164.
  • Rio Declaration: https://www.cbd.int/doc/ref/rio-declaration.shtml; Principle 15.

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