Standing as a Procedural Challenge to Advancing Climate Change Litigation at the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice

by Alejandra Ureta Melcon Background The European Court of Justice (ECJ), as the apex court in the…

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How Gender and Climate Change Intersect: A Case Study from Iraq

Written by Sierra Buehlman Barbeau   Iraq’s water supplies have been deteriorating for several decades, especially in…

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Commerce’s Use of Adverse Facts Available in Anti-Dumping Investigation on Urea Ammonium Nitrate Solutions from Russia

Written by Mia Howard Introduction Recently, the Department of Commerce’s (“Commerce”) use of adverse facts available (“AFA”)…

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A Shot in the Democratic Backsliding Dark: Poland’s Road to Judicial Independence Recovery 

Written By Reganne Hardy A Shot in the Democratic Backsliding Dark: Poland’s Road to Judicial Independence Recovery…

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Human Rights and Climate Change: An Introduction

Written by Sierra Buehlman Barbeau This article provides background information for our latest podcast episode, The Future…

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Rethinking Polluter Pays: Would “Exploiter Pays” Achieve More?

Written by Sierra Buehlman Barbeau Introduction: One of the fundamental challenges of international environmental law in the…

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Addressing the Cocaine Hippo in the Room: Ethical Dilemmas of Invasive Species Management under the Biodiversity Convention 

Written By Kathleen Burns The hippopotamus is listed as a vulnerable species and is facing serious anthropogenic…

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Proposed Criminal Law Changes to Threaten North Macedonia’s Decades Long EU Ascension Aspirations

Written by Caitlyn Olson   Introduction Shortly after North Macedonia gained its independence from the former Yugoslavia…

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Shoot for the Star(link)s – But First You Need a Targeting Analysis

Written by Elizabeth Staffeldt   INTRODUCTION The war in Ukraine has been a large part of the…

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Positive Obligations and Climate Change Under the European Convention on Human Rights

Written by Alejandra Ureta Melcon   States’ blatant failure to take sufficient action, especially concerning mitigating emissions,…

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