Treaty

Global Feedback. The Court of Appeal reverses on the meaning of Aarhus Convention’s ‘relating to the environment’ in an interesting (if debatable, one imagines) textbook application of Treaty interpretation. Finds therefore no ‘Aarhus’ cost cap may be imposed in challenge to GHG impacts of UK-Australia free trade agreement. – Go Health Pro

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Global Feedback. The Court of Appeal reverses on the meaning of Aarhus Convention’s ‘relating to the environment’ in an interesting (if debatable, one imagines) textbook application of Treaty interpretation. Finds therefore no ‘Aarhus’ cost cap may be imposed in challenge to GHG impacts of UK-Australia free trade agreement. – Go Health Pro

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CfP Latin American Society of International Law; CfA Narratives in International Courts and Tribunals; CfE HoL Inquiry into Treaty Scrutiny in the UK; TwoLaW Lecture – Illegal Occupation in ICJ Advisory Opinion; CfS Geographies of Maritime Choke Point; Human Rights & Persons Deprived of Liberty Summer School; Sustainable Development Goals Conference – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

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CfP Latin American Society of International Law; CfA Narratives in International Courts and Tribunals; CfE HoL Inquiry into Treaty Scrutiny in the UK; TwoLaW Lecture – Illegal Occupation in ICJ Advisory Opinion; CfS Geographies of Maritime Choke Point; Human Rights & Persons Deprived of Liberty Summer School; Sustainable Development Goals Conference – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

1. Call for Papers: Latin American Society of International Law. The Latin American Society of International Law (Sociedad Latinoamericana de Derecho Internacional) is inviting paper submissions for its Seventh Biennial Conference, to be held from 31 July – 2 August 2025, at the Universidad de la República in Montevideo, Uruguay. The conference, titled ‘Latin America … Read more

Judicial Independence and the EU-Switzerland Framework Treaty – Go Health Pro

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Judicial Independence and the EU-Switzerland Framework Treaty – Go Health Pro

The European Union is about to finalise a package of sectoral treaties with Switzerland. Its goal is to institutionalise five existing treaties and to conclude three new ones. At the core of these agreements lies the dispute settlement mechanism, modelled after the EU’s agreements with the post-Soviet states of Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. This … Read more

EU Law Analysis: The Italy/Albania asylum treaty reaches the CJEU: what are the issues? – Go Health Pro

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EU Law Analysis: The Italy/Albania asylum treaty reaches the CJEU: what are the issues? – Go Health Pro

  Professor Steve Peers, Royal Holloway University of London Photo credit: Pudelek, via Wikimedia Commons   Is the Italy/Albania deal on housing asylum-seekers a model of the future, to be emulated by the rest of the EU, and the UK – or is it destined to be an expensive failure, like the UK’s Rwanda policy? … Read more

Unpacking (fuzzy) cultural preservation perspectives within the Falepili Union Treaty framework – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

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CfP Latin American Society of International Law; CfA Narratives in International Courts and Tribunals; CfE HoL Inquiry into Treaty Scrutiny in the UK; TwoLaW Lecture – Illegal Occupation in ICJ Advisory Opinion; CfS Geographies of Maritime Choke Point; Human Rights & Persons Deprived of Liberty Summer School; Sustainable Development Goals Conference – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

On 28 August 2024, the Falepili Union Treaty between Tuvalu and Australia entered into force. As the first climate resettlement treaty ever adopted in history, providing a defined climate mobility pathway, this peculiar legal instrument on climate cooperation offers numerous reflections enshrined in its first four articles (e.g. the recognition of Tuvalu’s sovereignty and continuity … Read more