2023年3月29日,联合国大会通过“请求国际法院就各国在气候变化方面的义务提供咨询意见”的决议草案。该决议草案由饱受台风侵扰的太平洋岛国瓦努阿图提出,得到了由17个国家组成的“核心小组”的支持。根据决议内容,国际法院将提供咨询意见的问题是,“根据国际法,各国有哪些义务来确保为各国和子孙后代保护气候系统和环境的其他部分,使其不受人为温室气体排放的影响?”国际法院还将阐明,面对易受气候变化不利影响的国家和个人,那些因其行为和不作为而对气候系统和环境的其他部分造成重大损害的国家会承担何种法律后果。本次会议将围绕咨询意见的法律问题,探讨这一咨询意见可能产生的影响。Chair: Justice Nicola Pain, Land and Environment Court of NSW and ILA (Australia) Management CommitteeProfessor Natalie Klein, UNSW Sydney and ILA (Australia) President, will discuss the request for an advisory opinion from the International Tribunal of Law of the Sea.Professor Lucas Lima, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, will discuss the request for an advisory opinion in the Inter-American human rights system.Professor Margaret Young, University of Melbourne, will discuss the request for an advisory opinion by the UN General Assembly to the International Court of Justice, and reflect on the totality of advisory opinions and what it may mean for the development of international law.信息员:刘燚姝