Despite the fact that “heavy skies” (gravioris caeli) have been identified and legally classified as a serious concern since ancient times, air pollution still leads to millions of avoidable deaths and significantly impacts the climate. Today more than ever, the protection of people and a...

Although the EU supports the United Nations Global Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it has failed up to now to translate the Global Agenda 2030 into a politically and legally coherent strategic format. Whether it will succeed in the future remains an open question. On...

Access to Justice is seen for good reasons as a building block in the rule of law concept of the SDGs. Yet, to date, it is not certain what access to justice even means in light of the Global Agenda 2030 and the SDGs. Do the rights of individuals and groups have a chance of being realised...

Wer beabsichtigt radioaktive Stoffe zu befördern, benötigt dazu grundsätzlich eine Genehmigung. Die Erteilung einer Genehmigung steht grundsätzlich unter dem Vorbehalt, dass die erforderliche Vorsorge für die Erfüllung gesetzlicher Schadensersatzverpflichtungen getroffen ist, die nach Art,...

The UN Resolution Transforming our world: “the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” entered the stage from 1 January 2016 on and enshrines 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including 169 targets. This resolution seems to be a conceptual, normative answer to the global fluid pattern...