Children and Youth in Strategic Climate Litigation: Advancing Rights through Legal Argument and Legal Mobilization

IF 2.6 1区 社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Elizabeth Donger
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Abstract Children and young people constitute more than one quarter of all plaintiffs in rights-based strategic climate litigation cases filed globally up to 2021. This article examines the implications of this development for children's environmental rights inside and outside the courtroom, relying on the analysis of case documents, media coverage, and the broader literature on strategic climate litigation and children's rights. The article finds that children are well placed to make powerful arguments for intergenerational justice. Conversely, children's rights arguments that address their current-day grievances are under-utilized. More consistent inclusion of these types of claim could strengthen children's environmental rights, clarifying and enforcing legal obligations towards children in the context of the climate crisis as it unfolds. The involvement of children in strategic climate litigation, moreover, can advance the critical role of this demographic as stakeholder in climate solutions. However, the participation of children also raises ethical and practical dilemmas, which are currently poorly understood and only haphazardly addressed.
战略气候诉讼中的儿童和青年:通过法律论证和法律动员推进权利
截至2021年,儿童和年轻人占全球基于权利的战略气候诉讼案件原告总数的四分之一以上。本文通过对案件文件、媒体报道和更广泛的战略气候诉讼和儿童权利文献的分析,探讨了这一发展对法庭内外儿童环境权利的影响。这篇文章发现,孩子们很有能力为代际公平提出有力的论据。相反,解决儿童当前不满的儿童权利论点没有得到充分利用。更一致地纳入这些类型的索赔可以加强儿童的环境权利,在气候危机的背景下澄清和执行对儿童的法律义务。此外,儿童参与战略气候诉讼可以促进这一人口群体作为气候解决方案利益相关者的关键作用。然而,儿童的参与也引起了道德和实际的困境,目前对这些问题的了解很少,而且只是偶然地加以解决。
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