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Critical Assessment of Reparation in International Environmental Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2017

Makane Moïse Mbengue*
Affiliation:
University of Geneva, Sciences Po Paris (School of Law)

Abstract

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A Critical Assessment of Reparation in International Law
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2016

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References

1 See, e.g., Land and Maritime Boundary Between Cameroon and Nigeria (Cameroon v. Nigeria), Merits, 2002 ICJ Rep. 303 (Oct. 10).

2 Int'l Law Comm'n, Draft Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts, UN Doc. A/ 56/10, Art. 31-1.

3 Factory at Chorzów (Ger. v. Pol.), Merits, 1928 PCIJ (ser. A) No. 17, 47 (Sept. 13).

4 Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Project (Hung./Slovk.), Judgment, 1997 ICJ Rep. 7, para. 140 (Sept. 25).

5 Responsibilities and Obligations of States with Respect to Activities in the Area, Advisory Opinion, 2011 ITLOS Rep. 10, para. 197 (Feb. 1).

6 Appellate Body Report, United States – Import Prohibition of Certain Shrimp and Shrimp Products, para. 132, WTO Doc. WT/DS58/AB/R (adopted Oct. 12, 1998).

7 ILC Articles on State Responsibility, supra note 2, Art. 36-2.

8 See, e.g., In re Oil Spill by the Amoco Cadiz off the Coast of France, 491 F. Supp. 161 (N.D. Ill. 1988).

9 ILC Articles on State Responsibility, supra note 2, Art. 31.

10 Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, UN Doc. A/CONF 48/14/Rev.1, principle 21 (June 16, 1972); Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, UN Doc. A/CONF.151/26.Rev.1, principle 2 (June 13, 1992); Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, Advisory Opinion, 1996 ICJ Rep. 226, para. 29 (July 8).

11 Int'l Law Comm'n, Draft Articles on Prevention of Transboundary Harm from Hazardous Activities, UN Doc. A/56/10, Art. 3 and its commentary; Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Arg. v. Uru.), Judgment, 2010 ICJ Rep. 18, para. 187 (Apr. 20).

12 Construction of a Road in Costa Rica Along the San Juan River, Judgment, ICJ, para. 226 (Dec. 16, 2015).

13 For an analysis of this petition from the perspective of the difficulty in establishing causal links in international environmental law, see Pierre-Marie Dupuy & Jorge E. Viñuales, International Environmental Law 329–30 (2015).

14 Int'l Law Comm'n, Draft Principles on the Allocation of Loss in the Case of Transboundary Harm Arising Out of Hazardous Activities, UN Doc. A/61/10, principles 4 and 7.

15 Rio Declaration, supra note 10, principle 13.

16 Responsibilities and Obligations of States with Respect to Activities in the Area, Advisory Opinion, 2011 ITLOS Rep. 10, paras. 205 and 209 (Feb. 1).

17 Directive 2004/35/CE of 21 April 2004 on Environmental Liability with Regard to the Prevention and Remedying of Environmental Damage, para. 1.1.3.

18 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses, May 21, 1997, 36 ILM 700, Art. 7 (in force since 2014).

19 Responsibilities and Obligations of States with Respect to Activities in the Area, Advisory Opinion, 2011 ITLOS Rep. 10, para. 211 (February 1).