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Urgenda Foundation vs. the Kingdom of the Netherlands

09 Oct 2018

Netherlands

Gerechtshof Den Haag (The Hague Court of Appeal)

National - higher court

Keywords:

Climate change, climate change mitigation, emission reduction, Human rights, intergenerational equity, international agreement, Litigation, National law, precautionary principle

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Urgenda Foundation v The State of the Netherlands (Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment)

24 Jun 2015

Netherlands

District Court of The Hague

National - lower court

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The Diversion of the Water From the Meuse, Netherlands v. Belgium

28 Jun 1937

Netherlands

Permanent Court of International Justice

International court

Keywords:

Implementation, international agreement, water abstraction, water right

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Vogelbescherming Nederland a.o. v. Minister van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit

22 Mar 2006

Netherlands

European Court of Justice

National - higher court

Keywords:

agriculture, food quality control, food safety, protected area, protection of species

Terra Woningen B.V. v. The Netherlands

27 Dec 1996

Netherlands

European Court of Human Rights

International court

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Trafigura case

30 Jan 2012

Netherlands

Supreme Court

National - higher court

Keywords:

export, Illegal trade, import, Marine pollution, penalty, sanction, Ship-based marine pollution, trade