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Claiming Community Interests in International Law

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Matz-Lück, N. Claiming Community Interests in International Law. German Yearbook of International Law, 65(1), 93-108. https://doi.org/10.3790/gyil.2023.330031
Matz-Lück, Nele "Claiming Community Interests in International Law" German Yearbook of International Law 65.1, 2024, 93-108. https://doi.org/10.3790/gyil.2023.330031
Matz-Lück, Nele (2024): Claiming Community Interests in International Law, in: German Yearbook of International Law, vol. 65, iss. 1, 93-108, [online] https://doi.org/10.3790/gyil.2023.330031

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Claiming Community Interests in International Law

Matz-Lück, Nele

German Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 65 (2022), Iss. 1 : pp. 93–108

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Matz-Lück, Nele

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Abstract: Many, if not most, multilateral treaties aim to protect a community interest. In the light of ongoing environmental degradation, the debate has turned from mere law-making by treaties to other means of achieving recognised community interests, including dispute settlement on the national and international level. This paper distinguishes three different approaches to address environmental community interests via international dispute settlement: human rights, contentious cases in inter-State dispute settlement, and rights of nature and legal personhood. It concludes that each of them has certain merits but also disadvantages. Rights of nature in international law have a certain potential to overcome some of the deficits of the other two approaches but are currently only hypothetical. The turn to advisory opinions by international courts and tribunals may be an opportunity to address some of the shortcomings that are discussed for the different approaches.

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Section Title Page Action Price
Nele Matz-Lück\nClaiming Community Interests in International Law 93
I. Introduction 93
II. Multilateral Law-Making and the Common Interest 95
III. A Human Rights-Based Approach 97
A. Community Interest‍(s) and Human Rights 97
B. Using Human Rights to Pursue a Community Interest 99
IV. Inter-State Dispute Settlement and Community Interests 101
V. Rights of Nature in International Law 104
VI. Conclusion: Advisory Proceedings as the Way Forward 106