China's top court improves judicial interpretations on environmental cases-Xinhua

China's top court improves judicial interpretations on environmental cases

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2023-08-15 22:09:31

BEIJING, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) on Tuesday released new judicial interpretations on a set of specific issues regarding environmental violation cases.↳

The judicial interpretations further prescribe the applicable scope and accountability principles of cases involving environmental infringement liability disputes, including the multiple-violator scenario, among other issues.↳

The documents also specify content such as the collection and protection of evidence, and loss assessment in civil environmental lawsuits.↳

The SPC pledged further efforts to provide improved legal services and safeguards for building a Beautiful China in all respects and advancing the country's modernization featuring harmony between humanity and nature.↳

Aug. 15 marks China's first National Ecology Day.