Mizuki ENDO

At 1:32:56, Mia Kami — storyteller from Tonga — performed ‘Generations.’

‘Choosing to be silent just cause it’s convenient. Still makes you complex it…
I know what I have to do to make sure you don’t live what we went through.’

Truly moving and empowering!

“This is a moment where we’re trying to now move from systems of oppression towards systems of change. The ICJ has given us the tools.”

— Vishal Prasad, Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change

‘Today is not like yesterday. Today is different to yesterday. We’ve shifted things. We’ve created a new baseline for climate policy going forward.’

— Ralph Regenvanu, Minister of Climate Change, Vanuatu

(600+ participants joined online!)

Quote: “The opinion’s true legacy may lie not only in its legal conclusions, but in its power to influence political will, guide national courts, and support vulnerable communities seeking justice.”

"The most significant development in international climate law since the adoption of the Paris Agreement" 🌍⚖️

MARIA ANTONIA TIGRE, MAXIM BÖNNEMANN, and ANTOINE DE SPIEGELEIR kick off a new joint blog symposium on the ICJ's advisory opinion on climate change.

verfassungsblog.de/the-icj-advi...

🔥 ⚖️ 🌐HAPPENING NOW: Historic #ClimateJustice Ruling being delivered by the 🇺🇳 🧑‍⚖️ International Court of Justice.
🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability
📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇
#ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo

昨年はInternational Disaster Lawの学習始める前に『災害法』(有斐閣出版)で国内の災害法スキームをある程度体系的に把握できたのも一つ収穫だった

生協アンケートの内容が反映され(？)出版社フェアが始まったおかげで、昨年拝読して手元に置いておきたかった書籍をげっと📚

If you teach it, they’ll enroll: IHL education in Canadian law schools Professor Sharpe's Research on Canadian law schools indicates that student interest in IHL is strong, but courses are not widely offered.

Members of armed forces are trained in #IHL as a matter of course, but do students have access to IHL courses?

In this post, Marina Sharpe shares new research on Canadian law schools, finding that while IHL is not widely offered, student interest in the subject is strong.

bit.ly/3W6p6QT

As we enter the holiday season, I'll be posting some threads on what #CalledToTheBar: International Law over Drinks covered this year.

A running theme was feminist and theoretical approaches to international law. How do such approaches change our view of the law? 🧵
soundcloud.com/calledtothebar

Cambodian interns accuse farmer of sexual abuse and wage theft One woman was raped nearly every day and endured conditions “akin to sexual slavery,” the three women's lawyer said in a statement.

Three Cambodian women, who came to Japan under the foreign technical intern program, have filed a lawsuit against their former employer over allegations he raped one of the women over a five-month period, along with regularly not paying overtime.

Toward a universal treaty on ‘Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters’ 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 ‘ela…

Toward a universal treaty on ‘Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters’ | by Giulio Bartolini

Japan university to serve as support hub for Hong Kong, Myanmar activists Hitotsubashi University will help those fleeing persecution find sanctuary

Launch of Democracy Advocates at Risk (DAR) program which is a regional mechanism to support democracy advocates in Asia 👀

Japan university to serve as support hub for Hong Kong, Myanmar activists asia.nikkei.com/Business/Edu...

Summaries are available in English.
www2.jiia.or.jp/kokusaimonda...

電子版国際問題(2024年12月 No.722) 焦点:「イスラエル・パレスチナ紛争に見る国際法の課題」

The December issue of International Affairs, the monthly journal published by the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA), focuses on the theme ‘Challenges in International Law as Seen in the Israel-Palestine Conflict.‘

www2.jiia.or.jp/BOOK/

The climate-crusading lawyer who sued Switzerland over global warming — and won Cordelia Bähr is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2024.

I'm so pleased to see Cordelia Bähr, the KlimaSeniorinnen's lawyer, on Nature’s list of 10 people who shaped science in 2024. At the same time, it's a stark reminder that even after nine years of preparation - and eight months after the ruling - the case isn't over. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A Human Rights View of the Past Cambridge Core - Global History - A Human Rights View of the Past

Just out: Antoon de Baets — A Human Rights View of the Past. Free download through January 3rd: www.cambridge.org/core/element...

The ITLOS Advisory Opinion on Climate Change

🌏 On 12 Dec 2022, the #CommissionOfSmallIslandStates requested an advisory opinion from #ITLOS ⚖️. Laisa Branco de Almeida & Julia Cirne Lima Weston explore how the tribunal succeeded in establishing an interconnection between #UNCLOS & #ClimateChangeLaw. 🌊
voelkerrechtsblog.org/the-itlos-ad...

PRIからも人権尊重と自然保護との間の相乗効果とトレードオフを特定したレポートがでたとこ。
www.unpri.org/policy-repor...

これからの民間セクターの重要な指針に！

DISTANCE.media

「....少し前の調査になりますが、京都大学の宮野公樹准教授によれば、分野連携にもっとも消極的なのは法学部なのだといいます。」

distance.media/article/2024...

Why the Romanian Constitutional Court annulled the presidential elections.

BIANCA SELEJAN-GUTAN on a ruling that was unprecedented not only in recent Romanian but also in European constitutional history.

verfassungsblog.de/the-second-r...

The Advisory Opinion could reshape global climate governance

Since Monday, the ICJ has been holding hearings in what has been described as “the world’s biggest legal case” 🌐⚖️

We spoke with Tejas Rao, Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, and Markus Gehring about what the landmark ICJ climate hearings are all about.

verfassungsblog.de/the-advisory...

Why Australia’s 🇦🇺 social media ban for kids may breach its constitution:

SARAH JOSEPH (@profsarahj.bsky.social) on children and politics, the implied freedom of political communication, and why the social media ban could fail the proportionality test.

verfassungsblog.de/why-australi...

🚨 Landmark climate justice case at the European Court of Human Rights! CAN Europe&@GLAN_LAW intervene in Müllner v. Austria.

Inadequate climate policies violate fundamental human rights.
🌍⚖️ #ClimateAction

BLOG: caneurope.org/landmark-case-european-court-human-rights/

ポケカかなにかのバトルが始まりそうですよね😅そういえば、日本にお帰りなさいませです！

ありがとうございます！！！blueskyのアカウントを意図していました😇

国際法ジャーナルのスターターパック情報欲しすぎ(既にありそうだが見つけられてない)

Emerging technologies and environmental, energy and climate law: Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law: Vol 33, No 3 Click on the title to browse this issue

Welcome to our followers on Bluesky! This is a huge week for environmental law - the hearings for the ICJ AO on Climate Change, the UNCCD COP16 & Volume 33(3) of the Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law (RECIEL) is now live here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/20500394...

レヴィナスとデリダ時間作ってちゃんと読みたい

小和田恆元判事が、勧告的意見について、法的拘束力がなくても実際に守らざるを得ない状況をどのように作るかと言う点で、国際組織の発展の重要性を強調されていたのも印象深かった（議論の総論ではないけど）

高野山会議サテライトセッション「戦争における倫理と法」 | 東京大学 先端科学技術研究センター

夕方は「戦争における倫理と法」シンポジウムを拝聴。「Why War?」という問いを出発点に「倫理と法」に焦点が当てられた学際的な議論でした。「人々は経験的に歴史から学び個人の倫理性をもって叡智を尽くすことができるという点で、人々の意思と主権国家の意思は乖離している」という小和田恆ICJ元判事の見地から、それらをつなぐ制度をどのように設計していくべきかと言う議論に広がっていて興味深かった。
www.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/news/even...