The Court Has Spoken: A Healthy Climate is a Human Right
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 9, 2025
Right before the holiday weekend, the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights (IACtHR), the Americas’ highest human rights court, released a landmark advisory opinion (AO) establishing the human right to a healthy climate. This powerful statement of law and principle is part of a growing wave of international legal action on climate change, following last year’s AO from the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and ahead of a highly anticipated opinion by the International Court of Justice.
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