Country
Philippines
Date of text
Type of court
National - higher court
Sources
Court name
Supreme Court
Seat of court
Manila
Justice(s)
Eriberto. Rosario, Presiding Judge of the RTC
Abstract
This petition bears upon the right of Filipinos to a balanced and healthful ecology which the petitioners dramatically associate with the twin concepts of "inter-generational responsibility" and "inter-generational justice." Specifically, it touches on the issue of whether the said petitioners have a cause of action to "prevent the misappropriation or impairment" of Philippine rainforests and "arrest the unabated hemorrhage of the country's vital life support systems and continued rape of Mother Earth."