Small Island Developing States’ Use of Courts to Fight for Environmental Security
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-2-2025
Abstract
Small states are increasingly demonstrating that international law is not merely a normative framework—it is a strategic instrument of power capable of challenging global hierarchies and advancing national interests. Since 2024, two international courts have issued advisory opinions on state obligations regarding climate change based upon requests spearheaded by small states in the Pacific. Before the recent cases, other Pacific states such as Palau and the Marshall Islands had already taken steps in this direction (Toribiong, 2011). In 2011, they jointly campaigned for a United Nations General Assembly (UN
DOI
https://doi.org/10.53300/001c.146593
Publication Information
Price, J. Ricky; Bianco, Christine; and Chand, Bibek (2025). "Small Island Developing States’ Use of Courts to Fight for Environmental Security." Journal of East Asia Security 1.3, 71-75.
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