article thumbnail

Conference Report: The Private Side of Transforming our World – UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and the Role of Private International Law

Conflict of Laws

Formulated by the United Nations in 2015, they form the core of the 2030 Agenda and aim to enable people worldwide to live in dignity while respecting the earth’s ecological limit. In her presentation, she focused on tort law. This has not been the case for Private Law so far.

Laws 75
article thumbnail

Shell litigation in the Dutch courts – milestones for private international law and the fight against climate change

Conflict of Laws

Applicable law is defined based on the Dutch conflict of laws rules on torts, namely art. In a similar vein, the European Parliament in its draft report with recommendations to the Commission on corporate due diligence and corporate accountability, dated 11 September 2020, proposes to incorporate a general ubiquity rule in art.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Among the inadequacies found by the court was Ecology’s failure to consider climate change in drafting the permits. The MPF brought a tort case against de Rezende for causing the deforestation of 2,488.56 Górska et al. Poland (Poland District Courts).

Court 44
article thumbnail

April 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Fish and Wildlife Service agreed to prepare a draft recovery plan for the jumping mouse by the end of January 2022, and to finalize the plan by the end of January 2023. Federal Court Directed Department of Interior to Search for Drafts of Zinke Order Rescinding Moratorium on Coal Leasing Program. Continental Resources, Inc.

Court 111
article thumbnail

February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

The court said the petitioner’s comments on the draft and final EIRs concerning the analysis of greenhouse gas emissions were not sufficient to exhaust administrative remedies. The appellate court therefore affirmed the denial of the mandate petition with regard to greenhouse gas emissions.