Practice question
A State says its sovereign right over resources means Principle 21 contains no responsibility for damage abroad. Is that reading sound?
- Yes; resource sovereignty is absolute.
- Yes; responsibility concerns only foreign-owned resources.
- Yes; the environmental component is absent.
- No; the principle expressly couples the right with external environmental responsibility.
- Yes; sovereignty suspends all international law.
Legal references
- Stockholm Declaration, Principle21, reproduced in UN ILC report1994: https://legal.un.org/ilc/documentation/english/reports/a_49_10.pdf
- ICJ, Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change, Advisory Opinion, July23 2025, main opinion, paragraphs147–158 and precaution discussion: https://icj-web.leman.un-icc.cloud/sites/default/files/case-related/187/187-20250723-adv-01-00-en.pdf
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