Fairhurst, Kirsty2023-01-122023-01-122022-07-12http://hdl.handle.net/10230/55259Treball de Fi de Màster: Master in European and Global Law. Curs 2021-2022Tutor: Ángel RodrigoClimate change presents profound changes to the Earths’ system and has the potential to impact human rights around the world, both now and in the future. This is becoming a more prominent area of research among legal scholars as litigation becomes a popular tool for enforcing human rights across jurisdictions. As the worst effects of the climate crisis threaten to become a reality beyond 2030 and 2040, the rights and freedoms of future people are more likely to be affected than our own for a problem caused by our actions - or inaction. This presents an issue for intergenerational justice and forces us to ask the question - what are our legal obligations towards the future? In international instruments, intergenerational justice is a common theme, yet most are silent on the rights of future generations. In this thesis, I will consider current theories of intergenerational justice and the rights of future generations, and using a recent successful case Neubaeur et al. v Germany, I will analyse the legal obligations towards future generations and whether they offer sufficient protection. Turning to international law, I may suggest how the rights of future people are to an extent already in existence and their development can be an effective tool for achieving a future-oriented approach and striving towards intergenerational justice.application/pdfeng© Tots els drets reservatsTreball de fi de màster – Curs 2021-2022info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisClimate changeEnvironmentHuman rightsIntergenerational justiceRights of future generationsParis agreementinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess