Verfassungsblog (Oct 2022)

The Mar Menor Lagoon Enjoys Legal Standing: and now, what?

  • Blanca Soro Mateo,
  • Santiago Álvarez

Journal volume & issue
no. 2366-7044

Abstract

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On 30th September, the Spanish Parliament has completed the ‘Mar Menor Act’, granting legal personality to the lagoon of the Mar Menor and its basin. It is the first legal text in Europe which gives rights and legal standing to a natural body. Notably, the process was initiated by a public campaign triggering the legislative procedure. As legal scholars, we fear that this move, although it constitutes a strong expression of ecological awareness, will not solve the lagoon’s serious environmental deterioration.

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