The Role of Private Individuals in Environmental Protection Through Environmental Litigation

Abstract

Summary

The recourse of ordinary people to the judiciary directly, whether by resorting to international courts, international arbitration, or national judiciary, saves time, effort and money for the aggrieved, and makes the opportunity to deal with environmental damage greater, because this keeps him away from entering into the problems of agreement on the formation of Arbitration bodies, the procedures to be followed before them, choosing the applicable law, paying the expenses, the arbitrators’ fees, and others, and also avoiding the resort of natural persons to the national judiciary the possibility of abandoning their claims, and paying attention to the environmental damages that have befallen them, if they follow the path of resorting to diplomatic protection before Their countries are before the international judiciary, as these countries often take into account their interests and political foundations before the interests of the aggrieved person who has requested diplomatic protection.

On the other hand, the judgments to be issued by the national judicial authorities will be subject to the principle of effectiveness, and enforceability directly by the executive authorities within their executive system, or indirectly by following the methods of implementing these provisions in accordance with judicial agreements, rules, and pleading laws for foreign countries, related to the implementation of provisions foreign judiciary.