The way to Geneva and INC-5.2 after the IACtHR Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights
How might the IACtHR Advisory Opinion on climate emergency and human rights reshape the Plastics Treaty negotiations?
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Better No Treaty Than a Weak One – A Summary of INC-5
In March 2022, as part of efforts to address the triple planetary crisis, the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) unanimously adopted a resolution calling for the negotiation of an international legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution – the Plastics Treaty. Negotiations began...
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A Global Plastics Treaty to “change humanity’s relationship with the planet''
“Change humanity’s relationship with the planet.'' Words of the President of Kenya, William Kipchirchir Samoei Arap Ruto, during the opening meeting of the third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee.
Midway the negotiations on a Global Plastics Treaty, the third round of...
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The Western Balkans enlargement perspective
With the painful experiences of new Member States breaching the rule of law and democracy principles inside the EU and no tailor-made remedy to punish and enforce EU values, the Commission suggests in its Western Balkans strategy that future accession treaties could provide for such a mechanism to...
