Casebook

The R2HE Casebook presents case studies analyzing the most notable R2HE cases from around the world. These case studies concentrate on the cross-cutting strategies by plaintiffs and good practices adopted by courts.

The Casebook also provides a list of R2HE Elements, Strategies used by Plaintiffs, Best Practices used by Courts and a Glossary related to R2HE case law.
  • Argentina
  • Belgium
  • Brazil
  • Chile
  • Colombia
  • Costa Rica
  • Ecuador
  • France
  • Guatemala
  • Hungary
  • India
  • Inter-American Court of Human Rights
  • Kenya
  • Latvia
  • Mexico
  • Norway
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Peru
  • Portugal
  • Seychelles
  • South Africa
  • Thailand
  • The Philippines
  • Uganda
  • United States of America
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  • Connecting R2HE to the rights of nature (RoN)
  • Emphasizing international developments
  • Emphasizing the obligation to cooperate internationally or nationally
  • Emphasizing the State's duty to regulate or its failure to observe its due diligence obligations
  • Focusing on youth
  • Invoking the political significance of the R2HE
  • Reinforcing the status of the R2HE as a fundamental and independent human right
  • Using amicus curiae briefs advance the R2HE conceptually
  • Using an established domestic body of law
  • Using an established international body of law to support R2HE
  • Utilizing a variety of legal arguments
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  • Communities
  • Companies
  • Government
  • Individuals
  • NGOs
  • Youth
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  • Companies
  • Government
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Elements

Vital substantive and procedural elements recognized internationally as composing and included in R2HE

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Strategies

R2HE plaintiff strategies and court practices used by litigants and courts across jurisdictions

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Good Practices

Good practices applied by courts to recognize, protect or otherwise promote R2HE

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Glossary

Commonly employed terms and concepts within R2HE case law

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