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Practice question: Precautionary Principle

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Practice question

Under Pulp Mills paragraph 162, which party must establish facts it asserts?
  1. Only applicants regardless of which party asserts the fact
  2. The party making those factual assertions
  3. Only respondents in every situation
  4. Only private experts
  5. No party has any evidentiary responsibility

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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