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Symposium on Advisory Opinion AO-32/25 on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights: Indigenous Peoples, Consultation, and Climate Governance

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Symposium on Advisory Opinion AO-32/25 on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights: Indigenous Peoples, Consultation, and Climate Governance

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[Milagros Mutsios Ramsay is a J.S.D. Candidate at Yale Law School. She currently serves as the Legal Advisor to the Presidency of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights] The Inter-American Court …

Colonial Logic Redux: Scholars Comment on Trump and Netanyahu’s Proposal

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Colonial Logic Redux: Scholars Comment on Trump and Netanyahu’s Proposal

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With contributions from Mohsen al Attar, Brendan Ciarán Browne, Shahd Hammouri, Nawal Hend, Ata Hindi, and Ali Osman Karaoğlu The Gaza Riviera: Colonial Fantasy Masquerading as Peace Both the Ameri…

Symposium on Advisory Opinion AO-32/25 on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights: Not Only Humans, Not Only the Present – The Leap Toward Intergenerational Justice

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Symposium on Advisory Opinion AO-32/25 on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights: Not Only Humans, Not Only the Present – The Leap Toward Intergenerational Justice

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[Ignacio Vásquez Torreblanca is the Executive Director of the Centre for Law and Climate Change Studies at the University of Valparaíso, Chile, a Research Assistant at the Max Planck Institute, Ger…

Symposium on Advisory Opinion AO-32/25 on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights: Climate Justice on Trial – Using the Opinion to Advance Criminal Accountability

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Symposium on Advisory Opinion AO-32/25 on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights: Climate Justice on Trial – Using the Opinion to Advance Criminal Accountability

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[Laura Barón-Mendoza is a legal consultant to the Office of the Prosecutor and is part of the core team responsible for drafting the upcoming policy paper on environmental crimes under the Rome Sta…

Symposium on Advisory Opinion AO-32/25 on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights: The Principle of Common but Differentiated Responsibilities

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Symposium on Advisory Opinion AO-32/25 on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights: The Principle of Common but Differentiated Responsibilities

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[Lucas Carlos Lima is professor of international law at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais and coordinator of the Brazilian Researchgroup on international courts and tribunals] The Advisory Opini…

Symposium on Advisory Opinion AO-32/25 on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights: Rights of Nature and their Interpretive Role in Future Legal Argumentation

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Symposium on Advisory Opinion AO-32/25 on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights: Rights of Nature and their Interpretive Role in Future Legal Argumentation

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[María Paula Marroquín works at the Center for Studies and Dissemination of the Constitutional Court of Ecuador. She holds a Bachelor of Laws from San Francisco de Quito University and an MA in Soc…

Symposium on Advisory Opinion AO-32/25 on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights: Finally Some Clarification on the Legal Effects of Advisory Opinions?

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Symposium on Advisory Opinion AO-32/25 on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights: Finally Some Clarification on the Legal Effects of Advisory Opinions?

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[Eduardo Cavalcanti de Mello Filho is an MPhil candidate at the Faculty of Laws, University College London. This post was written while the author was a research associate at the Centre for Interna…

Introduction to the Symposium on Advisory Opinion AO-32/25 on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights: Climate Orders – The Inter-American Court Speaks

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Introduction to the Symposium on Advisory Opinion AO-32/25 on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights: Climate Orders – The Inter-American Court Speaks

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[Erick Guapizaca Jiménez is an S.J.D. candidate at the University of Michigan Law School, a lecturer at the Universidad Internacional del Ecuador, and an Assistant Editor with Opinio Juris] Once ag…

Protest Repression in Indonesia as Torture under International Law

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Protest Repression in Indonesia as Torture under International Law

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[Debora N. Gunawan is a Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) student at University of Michigan Law School] The Indonesian government’s response to the August 2025 protests should not be dismissed a…

Disarming the Rubber Stamp: Armenia’s Extra Mile for Turkey’s Territorial Integrity

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Disarming the Rubber Stamp: Armenia’s Extra Mile for Turkey’s Territorial Integrity

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[Davit Khachatyan is an international lawyer and lecturer, teaching international law, arbitration, and investment law at the Russian-Armenian University and the American University of Armenia] Arm…

Events and Announcements: 28 September 2025

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Events and Announcements: 28 September 2025

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To have your event or announcement featured in next week’s post, please send a link and a brief description (1-2 paragraphs) to [email protected]. Call for Applications Workshop &#…

Jus ad Bellum Under Strain: The Illegality of the June 2025 Strikes and September’s Legal Risk Picture

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Jus ad Bellum Under Strain: The Illegality of the June 2025 Strikes and September’s Legal Risk Picture

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[Winona Xu teaches international law and reproductive health at UCLA] Introduction As of September 15, 2025, eight weeks after Israel’s Operation Rising Lion (June 13) and the U.S. companion strike…

From Register to Remedy: Promises and Limits of the Draft Convention Establishing an International Claims Commission for Ukraine

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From Register to Remedy: Promises and Limits of the Draft Convention Establishing an International Claims Commission for Ukraine

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[Illia Chernohorenko served as Director-General for the Rule of Law Directorate at the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, consulted the President of Ukraine on legal reform, and worked at the Supreme …

Symposium on the ICJ Climate Change Advisory Opinion: What it Means for Seabed Mining for the Green Energy Transition (Part II)

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Symposium on the ICJ Climate Change Advisory Opinion: What it Means for Seabed Mining for the Green Energy Transition (Part II)

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[Digvijay Rewatkar is an LLM candidate at Harvard Law School and an international lawyer with seven years of experience. The views expressed here are those of the author and do not reflect the view…

Symposium on the ICJ Climate Change Advisory Opinion: What it Means for Land-based Mining in the Green Energy Transition (Part I)

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Symposium on the ICJ Climate Change Advisory Opinion: What it Means for Land-based Mining in the Green Energy Transition (Part I)

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[Digvijay Rewatkar is an LLM candidate at Harvard Law School and an international lawyer with seven years of experience. The views expressed here are those of the author and do not reflect the view…

Symposium on the ICJ Climate Change Advisory Opinion: New Impetus for Climate Non-Refoulement Cases in International Court Advisory Opinions

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Symposium on the ICJ Climate Change Advisory Opinion: New Impetus for Climate Non-Refoulement Cases in International Court Advisory Opinions

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[Monica Iyer is an Assistant Professor of law at the Georgia State University College of Law] Climate change-related migration is an issue very much in the public mind, and the question of whether …

Symposium on the ICJ Climate Change Advisory Opinion: What’s Next? A Proposal for a UN General Assembly Special Session on Climate Change

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Symposium on the ICJ Climate Change Advisory Opinion: What’s Next? A Proposal for a UN General Assembly Special Session on Climate Change

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[David W. Patterson is a PhD candidate at the Groningen Centre for Health Law, Faculty of Law, University of Groningen, and a coordinator of the Human Rights and the Climate Crisis Working Group of…

Symposium on the ICJ Climate Change Advisory Opinion: Carrying the Flag of the Progressive Development of International Law (Part II)

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Symposium on the ICJ Climate Change Advisory Opinion: Carrying the Flag of the Progressive Development of International Law (Part II)

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[Dr. Fabián Cárdenas is a Professor of international environmental law at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana] The decision of 23 July 2025, issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), display…

Symposium on the ICJ Climate Change Advisory Opinion: Carrying the Flag of the Progressive Development of International Law (Part I)

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Symposium on the ICJ Climate Change Advisory Opinion: Carrying the Flag of the Progressive Development of International Law (Part I)

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[Dr. Fabián Cárdenas is a Professor of international environmental law at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana] The Advisory Opinion (AO) issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on 23 July 2…

Symposium on the ICJ Climate Change Advisory Opinion: A Landmark Moment for International Law

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Symposium on the ICJ Climate Change Advisory Opinion: A Landmark Moment for International Law

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[María José Alarcón Santillán is an international lawyer and S.J.D. candidate at GW Law, serves as Counsel in the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change, is a CISDL Fellow, and Regional Co-leader a…

A Rash Move: U.S. Sanctions Undermine the Privileges and Immunities of UN Special Rapporteurs

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A Rash Move: U.S. Sanctions Undermine the Privileges and Immunities of UN Special Rapporteurs

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[Alyssa Yamamoto is the Senior Legal & Policy Advisor at the Atlantic Council Strategic Litigation Project, a Legal Advisor with the End Gender Apartheid Campaign, and a Visiting Fellow with th…

Too Little, Too Late? On the Meaning and Consequences of the Recognition of the State of Palestine

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Too Little, Too Late? On the Meaning and Consequences of the Recognition of the State of Palestine

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[The following are remarks to be delivered by the author at the Sorbonne on 25 September 2025.] For many. it will seem absurd that we should be gathering today to discuss the recognition of the Sta…

Symposium on Protest and Legal Mobilization: Protest as Rule of Law Engagement – Reflections on Protest as Legal Mobilization

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Symposium on Protest and Legal Mobilization: Protest as Rule of Law Engagement – Reflections on Protest as Legal Mobilization

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[Sanne Taekema is Professor of legal theory at Erasmus School of Law] In April 2025, there was a two-day workshop in Oñati on Legal Mobilization and Infrastructures of Protest Culture. Spending two…

Symposium on Protest and Legal Mobilization: Reimagining the Rule of Law Through Mass Protest

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Symposium on Protest and Legal Mobilization: Reimagining the Rule of Law Through Mass Protest

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[Michał Stambulski is an Assistant Professor in legal theory at Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University] Contemporary conflicts over democracy play out on two intertwined planes. In the streets, …