Advisory Opinions of the ICJ and the IACtHR on Climate Obligations of States (in Russian)
The year 2025 was one of the most prominent in the history of international climate change law: the International Court of Justice and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued their respective advisory opinions on state obligations in the context of climate change, thereby continuing the trend towards a greater role of courts in climate policy. Both opinions shed light on the current state of the climate component of international law in general, as well as of international human rights law in particular. This overview seeks to present key conclusions of both opinions, compare them with pronouncements made earlier on similar issues by the European Court of Human Rights and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, as well as indicate the contours of their possible influence on the climate policy of individual countries and the broader world.
| https://doi.org/10.65556/WOUN3125 |
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Education: bachelor's degree RUDN University (1999-2003); master's program RUDN University (2003 - 2005); postgraduate study at RUDN University (2005-2008). Defended Ph.D. thesis in 2008 under the supervision of Professor Abashidze A.Kh. on the topic: "The role of international judicial institutions in resolving international environmental disputes." Experience: · University of Amsterdam (University van Amsterdam, Law School, UvA) (2001-2002); · Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (Geneva, March 2012); · Academy of Human Rights in Venice (July 2013). · From 2005 to the present, he has been teaching various international legal disciplines at RUDN University. He also teaches courses at Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), a branch of MGIMO in Tashkent (Uzbekistan), at the Eurasian National University L.N. Gumilyova (Kazakhstan). · Under the supervision of Solntsev A.M. 11 dissertations were defended for the degree of candidate of legal sciences, including foreigners (Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, Iran, Burundi, Kazakhstan and Vietnam). · The sphere of scientific interests is the problems of theory and practice of international law, especially the issues of international environmental law, international space law, peaceful settlement of disputes, problems of protecting human rights, African studies. · He is author of more than 700 works have been published in Russia and abroad. · Speaker at international conferences in Great Britain (Manchester, Glasgow), Norway (Oslo), Denmark (Copenhagen), China (Xi'an, Hainan), Philippines (Cebu), Poland (Wroclaw), Italy (Naples, Venice), Kazakhstan (Astana), Russia (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Voronezh, Novosibirsk). · Member of the Russian Association of International Law · Member of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL) · Member of European Society of International Law (ESIL) · Member of the European Environmental Law Forum (EELF) · Member of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL) · Member of the working group of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States to prepare the draft Convention on cooperation in the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes (Convention was adopted in 2018) · Member of the working group No. 13 “Combating Climate Change” on the preparation of the voluntary national report on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2019 · Member of the working group No. 15 “Conservation of terrestrial ecosystems” on the preparation of the voluntary national report on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2019
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Areas of professional expertise: • Theory of general international law In 2025 Anzhela graduated from the Faculty of Law of Lomonosov Moscow State University, where she received bachelor’s degrees in law. From August to December 2024, she had been undertaking an internship at the International and Comparative Law Research Center. Previously, Anzhela was an assistant of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, where she worked on questions of representation of the Russian Federation in organizations of international trade law. From January 2025, she is a permanent employee of the Climate and Environment division of the Center. Fluent in Russian and English, as well as French at an intermediate level.
• Customary international law
• International environmental law and climate change
• International investment law and arbitration.
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Areas of professional expertise: Bachelor’s degree in ecology and natural resources management (specialization “international economic and environmental issues”), MGIMO-University, 2016. Master’s degree in jurisprudence (specialization “international economic law”), MGIMO-University, 2018. Before joining the ICLRC’s team in February 2025, Alexey worked at a Russian embassy to one of the South American countries as well as at the Presidential Executive Office. As part of the Russian delegation, Alexey took part in sessions of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC and the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution. In 2023, Alexey was recognized as an author of an “outstanding work” pursuant to the “International Law in the XXI Century” Award.