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🤔 Do we all live on the same planet? Asset Publishing weighs in on a topic that carries many tensions positing that "Nature has legal rights - it is not property." Rights of Nature (RoN) on the other hand, enshrine rights for nature in some form of Charter, for example in EU law or in a written constitution, that provides civil society with a primary role as watchdog providing oversight of the environment and where necessary the ability to challenge decisions that are regarded as contrary to the protection of nature. In essence enabling the Court of Justice of the EU to have a greater environmental role than at present. It butresses well with the former #GARN The late French Philosopher Bruno Latour (2018) seemed to understand the tensions and contradictions that embody global political action today insofar as our relationship go to that part of the earth that comprises the crust and the atmosphere, where we spend most of our time and resources... when he said "Belonging to the Land/Territory is the phenomenon most in need of rethinking and careful description; learning new ways to inhabit the earth is our biggest challenge. Bringing us down to earth is the task of politics today" 📕 Given the track record of the #UN #COP Climate Change Conferences hosted to date, do they? Have a read of this highly challenging topic below including the varied comments... to see why we need a seismic shift in our thinking about how best to protect the environment in our spatial development. Keir Starmer 🌍🌎🌏

"Hello LinkedIn community, I'm excited to share the latest installment from ICJ Now, where we take an in-depth look at the ongoing Guyana-Venezuela Boundary Dispute. In Part 3 of our series, we delve into the admissibility of Venezuela's preliminary objection. Stay informed and join the discussion on this critical topic." #internationallaw #icj

Using legal processes to resolve conflict is a crucial part of South Africa’s political culture. CHECK IT OUT: https://lnkd.in/d89A7kbU #SouthAfrica #ForeignPolicy #Internationalrelations #Israel

New publication: 'The Problem of Piracy in the Early Modern World' by John Coakley, Nathan Kwan and David Wilson Across nine chapters covering regions including southeast Asia, the Atlantic archipelago, the North African states, and the Caribbean Sea, the complexities of defining and criminalizing maritime predation is explored, raising questions surrounding subjecthood, interpolity law, and the impacts of colonization on the legal and social construction of ocean, port, and coastal spaces. Read a free preview here: https://lnkd.in/eFWsjcpt

📚 The e-Competitions Special Issue on Cooperation between National Competition Authorities is now online and available for all e-Competitions subscribers: https://lnkd.in/d88Jaz4b . 💡 This Special Issue is introduced with a Foreword by Imelda Maher and Mina Hosseini (University College Dublin), Cooperation between National Competition Authorities: An overview of EU and national case law: https://lnkd.in/dDmcfAP5 . ✍ This Special Issue includes contributions by: Dan Gilman (International Center for Law & Economics); Katie Hellings, Dan Shulak (Hogan Lovells); Adam Acosta, Mark Gidley, George Paul, Gabriela Baca, Cassandra Calderon, Sandra González Sánchez (White & Case LLP); Philipp Werner, Yvan Desmedt, Mario Todino, Don McGahn, Philippe Laconte, Marta Delgado Echevarría, Charlotte Breuvart (Jones Day); Greg Heltzer, Alva Mather (McDermott Will & Emery); Zachary Siegler, Margaret Krawiec, Tara Reinhart, David Wales (Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates); Margot Vogels, Andreas Reindl (Van Bael & Bellis), and many others. #NationalCompetitionAuthorities #CooperationbetweenNCAs #CompetitionLaw #Antitrust #DireitoDaConcorrencia #DerechoDeLaCompetencia

Out now! 'Ocean Governance and Conflict in the East and South China Sea' by Christian Schultheiss is the first comprehensive and theoretically informed study of decades-long dispute settlement efforts where the expansion of China challenges the law of the sea and regional security. Read a preview on our website 🔗https://lnkd.in/e22zvEeX

This year we commemorate the 70th anniversary of the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. This treaty was the first international legal framework entirely dedicated to the protection of movable and immovable heritage, setting a precedent for the preservation of heritage in international humanitarian law. Explore the past, present, and future of this important instrument with us over the next year. Learn how the 1954 Hague Convention protects heritage, in times of both war and peace.

How can we address social media’s impact on conflict dynamics and peace efforts? Our new report with Build Up ^ and UN Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) explores how to implement and monitor social media clauses in peace agreements through a practical framework.

ICYMI, Ingrid Brunk and I posted this piece at The Lawfare Institute about the dangerous trend of territorial conflicts worldwide. Reversing this trend is critical if we are to avoid more human catastrophe. https://lnkd.in/d_tGjv9y