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The Harmful Impact of Marine Protection Privatization on Indigenous Peoples – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

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The Harmful Impact of Marine Protection Privatization on Indigenous Peoples – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

Over the past few decades, the use of market-based financial instruments to protect the environment has gained increasing attention. Innovative debt-for-ocean conservation swaps model is a case in point. These debt swaps allow heavily indebted developing countries with a considerable marine area to create some fiscal space by restructuring their existing debt. In exchange for … Read more

Toward a universal treaty on ‘Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters’ – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

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The Harmful Impact of Marine Protection Privatization on Indigenous Peoples – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

On Wednesday 6th December, the UN General Assembly adopted by consensus resolution A/C.6/79/L.16 submitted by the UNGA Sixth Committee (here). Based on this resolution, the UNGA has decided to ‘elaborate and conclude a legally binding instrument on the protection of persons in the event of disasters, without prejudice to the legal effects of any particular provisions contained therein, by the end of 2027 at the latest’ (OP 4). With its adoption, the UNGA has thus paved the way for negotiations on a universal treaty on the international legal framework relevant to disasters, based on the draft articles of the International Law Commission (ILC DAs) adopted in 2016. This contribution will focus on the long journey of the ILC DAs towards a treaty, the next steps and the legal issues that will be at the centre of the upcoming negotiations among States.

A long way from the 2004 tsunami to the future treaty

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ABILA COO Vacancy; CfP ANZSIL Annual Conference; CfP Protection of Human Rights in Armed Conflict; CfP Use of Biometrics by Armed Forces Conference – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

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The Harmful Impact of Marine Protection Privatization on Indigenous Peoples – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

1. American Branch of the International Law Association COO Vacancy. The American Branch of the International Law Association (“ABILA”) seeks a dynamic individual with superb organizational and people skills and an interest in international law for the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO).  This part-time position will require approximately 80 hours/month, 20 hours/week on average. Workload will fluctuate throughout the year, peaking in late summer and fall during preparations for their flagship event, International Law Weekend (ILW). Compensation is $26/hour, equivalent to approximately $26,000/year. Application deadline: 15 January 2025. See more here.

2. Call for Papers: International Law – Silence, Forgetting and Remembrance, Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law (ANZSIL) Annual Conference 2025.  ANZSIL is inviting paper and panel proposals for its 32nd Conference, to be held at the Australian National University, Canberra, 2 – 4 July 2025. Submissions on a range of areas are invited, with a focus on questions relating to the theme: What is unknown to, or excluded from, international law? What doctrinal fields, subject matters, actors and objects, and approaches are we at risk of forgetting or ‘un-knowing’?  Who is given a voice in international law? What subjects are marginalised as irrelevant by international law? For the full Call and the submission process see here.  Deadline for proposals: 10 February 2025. Applications are open for the Alice Edwards Breakthrough Researcher Award, designed to assist one or two early career researchers and PhD students to present at the Conference. See here for details.

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KlimaSeniorinnen, the prohibition of actio popularis cases, and future generations – a false dilemma? – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

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The Harmful Impact of Marine Protection Privatization on Indigenous Peoples – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

“Did the Court in KlimaSeniorinnen create an actio popularis?” Eight months after the ECtHR’s climate judgment against Switzerland, this question remains a bone of contention both in Swiss politics and among scholars. It relates to whether the ECtHR, in allowing for representative climate applications by associations, jettisoned admissibility requirements and allowed for abstract public interest complaints. On several recent occasions, George Letsas has examined this question, and proposed an innovative answer: Namely that the Court’s much-discussed approaches to victim status and standing can be justified, but only if understood as a recognition of the rights of future generations. Although this proposal is intriguing, it is neither evident based on the text of the KlimaSeniorinnen judgment, nor is it the only way to avoid actio popularis allegations. This post suggests an alternative approach, arguing that a simpler and more convincing answer lies in the affectedness of the older women at the heart of the case.

I. Who was the victim in KlimaSeniorinnen? Letsas’s proposal

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Decentering Survivors as Dominus Litis in European Court of Human Rights Law – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

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The Harmful Impact of Marine Protection Privatization on Indigenous Peoples – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

Recently (25 November to 10 December), the world marked 16 days of activism against gender-based violence (GBV). The UN recognizes intimate partner violence and technology-facilitated violence against women as some of the most common forms of violence against women (VAWG) globally.

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