Asghar Leghari and environmental justice: Transformative climate change litigation judgements one step at a time

Mahaseth, Harsh and Goyal, Shubhi (2021) Asghar Leghari and environmental justice: Transformative climate change litigation judgements one step at a time. Chanakya Law Review, 1 (1). pp. 124-129.

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Abstract

Climate Change is an urgent, defining crisis of our time. While International Law has responded to this challenge with ambitious texts including the Paris Agreement, governments have been slow in taking measures (Plumer and Popovich 2018)510. Across the world, Courts are fast emerging as the recourse taken by citizens and not for-profit organizations to foster accountability for promised targets. An example of one such case is Asghar Leghari vs. Federation of Pakistan, where the Lahore High Court held that the failure of the National Government in carrying out the National Climate Change Policy of 2012 and the Framework for Implementation of Climate Change Policy (2014-2030) offended the fundamental rights of citizens.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: Climate change | Pakistan | South Asia | Judgement | Climate change litigation | Environmental justice | Asghar leghari
Subjects: Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Law and Legal Studies
JGU School/Centre: Jindal Global Law School
Depositing User: Mr. Syed Anas
Date Deposited: 04 Feb 2022 12:03
Last Modified: 04 Feb 2022 12:03
Official URL: http://cnlu.ac.in/2021/CIRF/Chanakya%20Law%20Revie...
URI: https://pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/1031

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