Trail Smelter arbitration (1938–1941)
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
arbitration
|
| gptkbp:affectedArea |
gptkb:Washington_State
|
| gptkbp:arbitrationTribunal |
Trail Smelter Arbitral Tribunal
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| gptkbp:cause |
sulfur dioxide emissions
|
| gptkbp:decision |
Canada required to pay damages
Canada required to reduce emissions |
| gptkbp:disputeBetween |
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:United_States |
| gptkbp:endDate |
1941
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Trail Smelter arbitration (1938–1941)
|
| gptkbp:involvedCountry |
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:United_States |
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Trail,_British_Columbia
|
| gptkbp:notableFor |
precedent in international environmental law
establishing principle of state responsibility for transboundary harm |
| gptkbp:principle |
no state has the right to use its territory to cause injury to another
|
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:international_environmental_law
customary international law transboundary harm |
| gptkbp:startDate |
1938
|
| gptkbp:subject |
transboundary pollution
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Trail_smelter
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
8
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