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In: C-EENRG Working Papers, 2021-5. pp.1-34. Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance, University of Cambridge
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Beschreibung:
Access to Justice is seen for good reasons as a building block in the rule of law concept of the SDGs. Yet, to date, it is not certain what access to justice even means in light of the Global Agenda 2030 and the SDGs. Do the rights of individuals and groups have a chance of being realised against the background of the growing number of Free Trade Agreements with Trade and Sustainable Development Chapters? Who takes care? Moreover, what chance does “Mother Earth” have in court? Even if law creates its own restrictive rules on access to justice in some regard, could the SDGs help to facilitate access? Could arguments be extracted from the SDGs that justify and even expand access to court? This study discusses the understanding of the concept of access to justice as enshrined in SDG 16.3 and attempts to identify and extracts its legally resilient meaning. Based on this understanding, the difficulties in life’s realities and the most yawning gaps are revealed and juxtaposed with ways to overcome them and concludes with further ensuing research questions