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Paola Villavicencio Calzadilla and Louis J. Kotzé: Living in Harmony with Nature? A Critical Appraisal of the Rights of Mother Earth in Bolivia, In: Transnational Environmental Law 7, no. 3 (2018): 397–424.

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Asociación Civil por la Justicia Ambiental v. Province of Entre Ríos, et al. (Delta del Paraná case) “Asociación Civil Por La Justicia Ambiental y otros c/ Entre Ríos, Provincia de y otros”http://climatecasechart.com/non-us-case/asociacion-civil-por-la-justicia-ambiental-v-province-of-entre-rios-et-al/

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Court judgment (Supreme Court of Bangladesh) – Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh and others v Secretary of the Ministry of Shipping and others, Writ Petition No. 13989 of 2016.

Drewes Farms P’Ship v. City of Toledo, No. 3:19 CV 434, 2020 WL 966628 (N.D. Ohio Feb. 27, 2020)

D.G. Khan Cement v. Government of Punjab, 2021 SCMR 834. (The decision of the Supreme Court of Pakistan was written by Judge Syed Mansoor Ali Shah. 2021 SCMR 834 D. G. Khan Cement Company v. The Government of Punjab)https://scp.gov.pk/Conference2024/downloads/Climate_Change_Jurisprudence_Pakistan_r.pdf

Ecuadorian Constitutional Court, Caso No. 1149-19-JP/21. https://www.corteconstitucional.gob.ec/sentencia-1149-19-jp-21/

India, Supreme Court, S. Jagannath Vs. Union of India and Ors, 1996.https://www.legalbites.in/landmark-judgements/case-summary-s-jagannath-v-union-of-india-ors-1997-sustainable-development-1076296

LG Erfurt, Urteil vom 02.08.2024 - 8 O 1373/21;https://landesrecht.thueringen.de/bsth/document/NJRE001582361.

Mohd. Salim v. State of Uttarkhand and Others (Writ Petition (PIL) No. 126 of 2014, (March 20, 2017)

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Church teaching

Address of His Holiness Pope John Paul II at the Conclusion of the thirty-fifth General Assembly of the World Medical Association. Saturday, 29 October 1983. Source: https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/speeches/1983/october/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_19831029_ass-medica-mondiale.html ;

Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Pope Francis, to Cuba, to The United States of America, and Visit to the United Nations Headquarters. 19-28 September 2015. Meeting with the Members of the General Assembly of the United Nations Organization. Address of the Holy Father United Nations Headquarters. New York, 25 September 2015. Source: https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2015/september/documents/papa-francesco_20150925_onu-visita.html ;

Francis: 2015. Enc. Laudato si’. Acta Apostolicae Sedis 107: 887–945.Source: https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html

Francis: Address to Academics and Cultural Representatives: The Key to Truth is Knowledge (speech, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest, April 30, 2023), In: Magyar Kurír, https://www.magyarkurir.hu/hirek/ferenc-papa-az-egyetemi-es-kulturalis-elet-kepviseloihez-az-igazsag-kulcsa-megismeres

Francis: Fratelli Tutti, Apostolic Letter on Fraternity and Social Friendship, Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2020) Source: https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20201003_enciclica-fratelli-tutti.html#_ftn1

Francis: Laudate Deum, apostolic exhortation. Rome, 4 Oktobre 2023. Source:https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/20231004-laudate-deum.html;

Francis: Letter of His Holiness Pope Francis for the Establishment of the ‘World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation’ [1st September],” Libreria Editrice Vaticana, August 6, 2015, https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/letters/2015/documents/papa-francesco_20150806_lettera-giornata-cura-creato.html.

GS Gaudium et Spes Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, paragraph 60.Source: https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html

John Paul II. 1981. Laborem exercens. Encyclical.14. 9. Acta Apostolicae Sedis 73, no. 9: 577-647.Source: https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_14091981_laborem-exercens.html

John Paul II. 1988. Enc. Sollicitudo rei socialis, 30. XII. 1987. Acta Apostolicae Sedis 80: 513–86. Source: https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/hu/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_30121987_sollicitudo-rei-socialis.html

John Paul II: Address to participants in a convention on “The Environment and Health” (24 March 1997), 5: L'Osservatore Romano, English edition, 9 April 1997, p. 2. https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/speeches/1997/march/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_19970324_ambiente-salute.html

John Paul II: Address to the European Commission and Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg (8 October 1988), 5: Acta Apostolicae Sedis 81 (1989), 685; cf. John Paul II, Message for the 1999 World Day of Peace, 10: Acta Apostolicae Sedis 91 (1999), 384-385.

John Paul II: Centesimus annus. 01/05/1991, Acta Apostolicae Sedis, 83. (1991) 10. 793–867;

John Paul II: Enc., Laborem exercens. 14/09/1981, Acta Apostolicae Sedis, 73. (1981) 9. 577–647;

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