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gptkbp:instanceOf
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international legal case
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gptkbp:arbitrationTribunal
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gptkb:International_Joint_Commission
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gptkbp:causedBy
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sulfur dioxide emissions
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gptkbp:date
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1941
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gptkbp:defendant
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gptkb:Canada
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gptkbp:event
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gptkb:Trail,_British_Columbia,_Canada
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Trail Smelter Case
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gptkbp:involvedCountry
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gptkb:Canada
gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:locationOfDamage
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gptkb:Washington_State,_United_States
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gptkbp:officialName
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United States v. Canada (Trail Smelter Arbitration)
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gptkbp:plaintiff
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:principle
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state responsibility for transboundary harm
no state has the right to use its territory to cause injury to another
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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customary international law
Rio Declaration Principle 2
transboundary harm principle
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gptkbp:result
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Canada required to pay damages
Canada required to reduce emissions
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gptkbp:significance
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precedent in international environmental law
basis for the polluter pays principle
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gptkbp:subject
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gptkb:environmental_policy
transboundary pollution
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Trail_smelter
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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8
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