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- Maltese ‘golden passports’: Advocate General rejects European Commission claim of ‘genuine link’ requirement for naturalisation November 8, 2024On 21 March 2023, the European Commission brought infringement proceedings against Malta in the Court of Justice of the European Union for its continued refusal to end a perceived ‘golden passport’ investor citizenship scheme whereby Maltese citizenship, and hence citizenship of the EU, could be created by naturalisation. It asserted that Maltese naturalisation in those […]Eric Fripp
- What to Hope For? Redistribution in the Climate Crisis November 7, 2024The struggle against climate change is, fundamentally, also a struggle for justice. For one, climate law has been a focal point for articulating redistributive demands — ranging from calls for additional climate financing via demands for technology transfer, all the way to reparations and what is called ‘loss and damage’. For another, the objective of […]Ingo Venzke
- To Future-Proof the WHO Pandemic Agreement, Rethink the Amendment Clauses November 6, 2024Recent negotiations on the proposed WHO Pandemic Agreement suggest that the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) will need more time to reach consensus on critical issues within the international legal framework for pandemic preparedness and response. Key topics, including one health and pathogen access and benefit-sharing, remain under discussion. One approach to ‘supplementing’ the Pandemic Agreement […]Roojin Habibi
- COPs as Emerging Subjects of International Law? Rethinking Legal Personality in Global Governance November 6, 2024Introduction The sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) finished last week in Colombia, kicking off the 2024 COP season. A large part of the international legal community turned its attention to the discussions held in Cali, and will now focus on the upcoming debates in […]Sebastián Rioseco
- Analyzing the Guterres–Putin Meeting from the International Law Perspective: Putting Aside the Emotions, the Secretary-General Allegedly Violated the UN-ICC Relationship Agreement November 5, 2024On the 24th of October, while the President of the ICC expressed their “high appreciation” for the strong cooperative relations with the UN, commemorating the “UN Day”, something even more telling about UN-ICC relationships happened 3000 km from The Hague in Kazan, Russia. The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, smiling and bowing his head, shook hands […]Volodymyr Hryshko
- North Korea’s Troop Deployment in the Russian War of Aggression against Ukraine: The DPRK as a Principal or as an Accomplice? November 4, 2024Reporting over the past few weeks has confirmed the presence of thousands of North Korean troops in the theatre of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, and their imminent deployment on the battlefield. Estimates vary, but the North Korean regime has apparently provided more than ten thousand troops to its Russian ally. It remains to be seen whether […]Marko Milanovic
- Two Weeks in Review, 21 October – 3 November 2024 November 3, 2024United Nations Harold Bertot Triana analyzes the influence of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolutions condemning the U.S. embargo on Cuba, particularly the Helms-Burton Act, on the formation of a customary rule against unilateral economic sanctions in international law. Although UNGA resolutions lack binding authority, they may reflect an emerging opinio juris when they receive […]Tal Gross
- Announcements: CfP Netherlands Yearbook of International Law; Climate Change and Migration Webinar; EHRAC Animated Film; Business and Human Rights Workshop; AI Knut Ipsen Lecture November 3, 20241. Call for Papers: Netherlands Yearbook of International Law. The Netherlands Yearbook of International Law is inviting submissions for Volume 55 – ‘The manifold forms of contemporary international legal scholarship’. The volume editors invite contributions that address the interplay between substance and form in contemporary modes of international legal work, for example the recording of […]Mary Guest
- Political Will: The Missing Ingredient in Protecting the Environment and Environmental Defenders November 1, 2024The Escazú Agreement – a groundbreaking treaty that integrates human rights with environmental matters – is the first legally binding agreement of its kind in Latin America and the Caribbean. Nevertheless, South America is currently engulfed in a crisis. Massive deforestation and climate change are causing wildfires to spread over millions of hectares, wreaking havoc […]María Emilia Lehne Cerrón
- The livestock sector and potential violations of the Paris Agreement October 31, 2024The environmental and climatic impacts of the livestock sector are well established by science. Livestock plays a significant role in global warming across multiple dimensions. The most up-to-date estimates of the climate impact of the livestock industry are that it represents between 16.5% and 28.1% of total CO2e emissions (Richard Twine, 2021). Considering that the […]Melina Lima