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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Thou shalt not cheat!
Every once in a while, I have the good fortune of reading a court case which is both fun and educational. The UK Supreme Court case Ivey (Appellant) v Genting Casinos (UK) Ltd t/a Crockfords (Respondent) is one such case, which tells an interesting story, while also explaining to the public the...
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Beyond the refugee crisis
Anyone who thinks that all asylum seekers who are granted a residence permit in the Netherlands stay here forever, is wrong.
