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Loading ...Update: Colombian Government Finally Gets Its Eco-Teeth
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009Nearly a year ago I posted about the environmental sanctions law approved by Colombia’s congress. What I didn’t know at the time of posting was that a week later the Executive Branch would raise formal objections to the law — essentially an attempt at a line-item veto. The Senate and Chamber of Deputies refused in […]
Judges Agree: LAC Bench Needs Jurists Better Prepared for Environment Cases
Sunday, January 25th, 2009The Fifth World Forum of Judges just concluded against the backdrop of the annual World Social Forum (WSF) in Belem, Brazil. Since the site of this year’s WSF, Belem, sits at the mouth of the Amazon River, the Judges Forum prominently featured sessions on the role of the bench in protecting the Amazon. The Judges […]
Court to Exec Branch: If You Don’t Enforce, You’re Also Liable for Environmental Damage
Thursday, May 31st, 2007Synopsis in English: The Second Turma (not sure how to best translate this into English — Chamber, perhaps?) of Brazil’s Superior Court (Superior Tribunal de Justiça – STJ) has just issued a ruling which, on the face of it (I’m in the process of consulting my Brazilian environmental lawyer friends just to make sure I […]