Analysis-Climate lawsuits build as a Latin American court hears largest case ever
SAO PAULO - Latin America's human rights court holds a final hearing in Brazil on Wednesday in a case that's part of a global wave of climate litigation, as several international courts prepare first-time opinions on what countries must do to combat climate change.
"The reason for is people's deep frustration that their elected representatives are not taking rapid and fair climate action," said Lucy Maxwell, co-director of the nonprofit Climate Litigation Network.
By comparison, the International Court of Justice has restricted submissions in its case mostly to countries and authorities like the World Health Organization. The court could address protections for environmental defenders, given Latin America accounts for the vast majority of such activists who are murdered, said climate litigation expert Joana Setzer at the London School of Economics.
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