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2 CJEL 1 (2018)

handle is hein.journals/chjevl2 and id is 1 raw text is: (tIs CHINESE JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL BRILL LAW 2 (2018) 1-3 C J E L NIJIHOFF brill.com/cjel Editorial One year on, the need for the Chinese Journal of Environmental Law appears clearer than ever. Environmental law is developing quickly around the world, including in Asia. Increasing awareness of environmental problems produces more pressure to address environmental issues, which in turn is driving the emergence of new principles and concepts as a basis for new laws and policies. Since the last issue of our Journal, two international courts have adopted important decisions. The International Court of Justice decided that the obli- gation of a State responsible for an internationally wrongful act to make repa- ration to the injured State extends to environmental damage and adopted a methodology for the assessment of compensation due for such damage.' A few days later, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights recognized the right to a healthy environment and, as a corollary, the human rights obligation of States to protect the environment.2 Treaties and other international instruments related to the environment have also been developing. In March 2018, Latin American States adopted a regional agreement on access to information in Escazil, Costa Rica.3 Further, under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, States participated i Certain Activities Carried Out by Nicaragua in the Border Area (Costa Rica v. Nicaragua) and Construction of a Road in Costa Rica along the San Juan River (Nicaragua v. Costa Rica), judgment on Compensation owed by the Republic of Nicaragua to the Republic of Costa Rica of 2 February 2018 <http://www.icj-cij.org/files/case-related/150/150- 20180202-JUD-o1-oo-EN.pdf>. See generally Diane DESIERTO, 'Environmental Damages, Environmental Reparations, and the Right to a Healthy Environment: The ycj Compensation Judgment in Costa Rica v. Nicaragua and the IACtHR Advisory Opinion on Marine Protection for the Greater Caribbean' EJIL Talk (14 February 2018) <https://www.ejiltalk .org/environmental-damages-environmental-reparations-and-the-right-to-a-healthy- environment-the-icj-compensation-judgment-in-costa-rica-v-nicaragua-and-the-iacthr- advisory-opinion-on-marine-protection/#more-15889>- 2 Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Advisory Opinion OC-23/17 (7 February 2018) <https://www.elaw.org/system/files/attachments/publicresource/seriea_23_esp.pdf> accessed 6 May 2018 (Spanish only). 3 Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean (4 March 2018) LC/CNPio-9/5 <http://www.accessinitiative.org/sites/default/files/regional-agreement-on-accessto- information-_costa rica.pdf> accessed 23 April 2018, not yet entered into force. © BENOIT MAYER, BEN BOER, AND QIN TIANBAO, 2018 DOI:10.1163/24686042-12340019 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the prevailing CC-BY-NC license at the time of publication.

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