{"id":11086,"date":"2026-07-05T10:27:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T09:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pravnizapisi.rs\/pravni-zapisi-1-2026\/11083-2\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T22:34:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T21:34:19","slug":"11083-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pravnizapisi.rs\/en\/pravni-zapisi-1-2026\/11083-2\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PRAVNI ZAPISI \u2022 Year XVII \u2022 No. 1 \u2022 pp. 20-70<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>RESISTING THE ALLURE OF FUTURE GENERATIONS\u2019 \u201cRIGHTS\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10627\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10627\" style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pravnizapisi.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PZ-2026_01-02-Luisa-Cristina-Pinto-e-Netto.pdf\" data-wp-editing=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10627 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/pravnizapisi.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pravni-zapisi-1-25-thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10627\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jezik rada:<br \/>Engleski<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Lu\u00edsa Cristina Pinto e Netto<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Assistant Professor, Leiden University, The Netherlands<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"s2\">e-mail: <a href=\"mailto:l.c.pinto.e.netto@law.leidenuniv.nl\">l.c.pinto.e.netto@law.leidenuniv.nl<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><b style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">ORCID ID: <\/b><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">0000-0001-9185-9213<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pravni zapisi, No. 1\/2026, pp. 20-70<br \/>\n<b><\/b>Original Scientific Article<br \/>\n<b>DOI<\/b>: 10.5937\/pravzap17-64657<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>KEY WORDS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Climate Discourse, Climate Litigation, Future Generations, Right\u00adsholders, Fundamental Rights, Objective Dimension of Fundamental Rights<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>ABSTRACT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The language of future generations (FG) has become prominent in climate litigation; they are increasingly being treated as present rightsholders. Using a con\u00adstitutional perspective, the paper argues that FG cannot function as present right\u00adsholders since the category is legally vague, conceptually unstable, and epistemically indeterminate, preventing identification of rightsholders, specification of the scope of rights, and their operationalization in adjudication. The paper further shows that reliance on FG rights is neither necessary nor effective in tackling climate change, risking the shift of attention away from present duties and responsibility. Constitu\u00adtional rights frameworks already contain objective norms and state duties that can safeguard future conditions without attributing rights to non-existing individuals. The paper argues we should resist the allure of FG rights and focus on legally coher\u00adent tools capable of advancing inter- and intragenerational justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRAVNI ZAPISI \u2022 Year XVII \u2022 No. 1 \u2022 pp. 20-70 RESISTING THE ALLURE OF FUTURE GENERATIONS\u2019 \u201cRIGHTS\u201d Lu\u00edsa Cristina Pinto e Netto Assistant Professor, Leiden University, The Netherlands e-mail: l.c.pinto.e.netto@law.leidenuniv.nl ORCID ID: 0000-0001-9185-9213 Pravni zapisi, No. 1\/2026, pp. 20-70 Original Scientific Article DOI: 10.5937\/pravzap17-64657 KEY WORDS Climate Discourse, Climate Litigation, Future Generations, Right\u00adsholders, Fundamental Rights, Objective Dimension of Fundamental Rights ABSTRACT \u00a0The language of future generations (FG) has become prominent in climate litigation; they are increasingly being treated as present rightsholders. Using a con\u00adstitutional perspective, the paper argues that FG cannot function as present right\u00adsholders since the category is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":11069,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-article.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11086","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>- Pravni Zapisi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pravnizapisi.rs\/en\/pravni-zapisi-1-2026\/11083-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"- Pravni Zapisi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PRAVNI ZAPISI \u2022 Year XVII \u2022 No. 1 \u2022 pp. 20-70 RESISTING THE ALLURE OF FUTURE GENERATIONS\u2019 \u201cRIGHTS\u201d Lu\u00edsa Cristina Pinto e Netto Assistant Professor, Leiden University, The Netherlands e-mail: l.c.pinto.e.netto@law.leidenuniv.nl ORCID ID: 0000-0001-9185-9213 Pravni zapisi, No. 1\/2026, pp. 20-70 Original Scientific Article DOI: 10.5937\/pravzap17-64657 KEY WORDS Climate Discourse, Climate Litigation, Future Generations, Right\u00adsholders, Fundamental Rights, Objective Dimension of Fundamental Rights ABSTRACT \u00a0The language of future generations (FG) has become prominent in climate litigation; they are increasingly being treated as present rightsholders. 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