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Gigest of Oposa and Factoran
Gigest of Oposa and Factoran
Relevance The court stated that the petitioners were able to file a
class suit both for others of their generation and for
The case of Oposa vs. Factoran has been widely cited succeeding generations as “the minors' assertion of their
worldwide for its concept of intergenerational right to a sound environment constitutes, at the same
responsibility, particularly in cases related to ecology and time, the performance of their obligation to ensure the
the environment. For example: protection of that right for the generations to come.”