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Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul

Posts by authors affiliated with Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul

06 July 2022
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Guardian of the Amazon

On 1 July 2022, the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court (STF) issued a momentous judgment in what has been one of the most important climate litigation cases before the court. In its decision, the STF elevated international environmental law treaties, such as the Paris Agreement, to the status of international human rights treaties in the Brazilian constitutional system – with wide ranging implications at the domestic level.

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