Reporting 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 … Read more
On 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 … Read more
Recent 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 … Read more
The 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 … Read more
Introduction 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 … Read more
