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2020
January
2019
November
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The prospects for an ambitious treaty on marine biodiversity for the high seas
-In this talk Joanna Mossop will describe the current state of negotiations for a new UN treaty on conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction. She will highlight some key points of contention in the negotiations and evaluate whether states are on track to achieve...
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'The State Theory of Hugo Grotius: Lessons for our Time?
-Grotius is not generally considered a state theorist, but a theorist and jurist of natural law. But his accounts of natural right, sociability and sovereign power – all building blocks of his carapace of a natural legal order – generate also an exoskeleton of political order that leans upon but is not reducible to the legal order...
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Implementing International Watercourses Law Through the WEF Nexus and SDGS: An Integrated Approach Illustrated in the Zambesi River Basin
-Wednesday 6th November 2020, 12-1pm, Old Senate Room: ‘Implementing International Watercourses Law Through the WEF Nexus and SDGS: An Integrated Approach Illustrated in the Zambesi River Basin’ by Professor Zeray Yihdego and Julie Gibson
October
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Environmental Rights in Cultural Context
-The seminar serves to discuss the Environmental Rights in Cultural Context (ERCC) project that Dirk Hanschel is currently conducting as a fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle, Germany. This project looks at laws in several countries of the Global South which have combined environmental protection...
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Litigating Climate Change under UNCLOS
-This seminar will discuss the role that litigation under Part XII of UNCLOS could play in enforcing states’ obligations to protect and preserve the marine environment from the effects of climate change. Inter-state litigation is a weapon employed by weaker states with limited diplomatic leverage over their bigger, more powerful...
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The Explanation of Judicial Decisions: An Empirical Approach
-Wednesday 9th October 2019, 12-1pm, OA-Edward Wright Building G73: ‘The Explanation of Judicial Decisions: An Empirical Approach’ by Professor Tamas Gyorfi
March
February
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Towards a State-Private Actor Partnership in Securing Cyberspace
-Wednesday 27th February 2019, 12-1pm, MacRobert Building 810: ‘Towards a State-Private Actor Partnership in Securing Cyberspace’ by Irene Couzigou
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Regulating Campaign Spending in the Age of the Internet
-Admission is free, no booking required