Public International Law Notes

Dutch court draws on ICJ advisory opinion to rule the Dutch Government failed to protect Bonaire’s inhabitants from the adverse consequences of climate change

Defining State Obligations in a Warming World: The ICJ's Advisory Opinion on Climate Change

Inter-American Court of Human Rights takes a Landmark Step in Climate and Human Rights Jurisprudence: Implications for States and Private Actors

The European Commission proposes withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty

On 7 July 2023, the European Commission formally proposed a coordinated European Union withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), one of the …

Treaty on maritime biodiversity finalised

On 4 March 2023, the UN Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (Conference) …

8th ANNUAL EFILA CONFERENCE ON 16TH MARCH 2023 IN MADRID: CLIMATE CHANGE AND INVESTMENT LAW

We are pleased to share with you the details of the upcoming Conference of the European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration (EFILA), taking …

SMALL ISLAND STATES SEEK CLIMATE CHANGE ADVISORY OPINION FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

On 29 November 2022, a group of 19 States published the draft text of a proposed United Nations General Assembly resolution which would request an …

EFILA 8th ANNUAL LECTURE, 13 OCTOBER 2022

We are pleased to share with you the details of the upcoming 8th EFILA Annual Lecture, taking place in Brussels on Thursday 13 October 2022 (from 15:00 …

THE MODERNISATION OF THE ENERGY CHARTER TREATY – SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING NEW?

EXPERT PANEL DEFINES 'ECOCIDE', FOR POTENTIAL ADOPTION AS A CRIME TO BE PROSECUTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

ICSID Tribunal declines jurisdiction due to claimants' failure to obtain environmental impact assessment in breach of local law

In a recent investment arbitration Award, in Cortec Mining v Kenya, an ICSID tribunal has declined jurisdiction over a claim brought by a trio of mining …

Upcoming Fossil Fuels Trial: Juliana v. United States

In August 2015, the United States, then president Barack Obama, and the heads of numerous federal executive agencies were sued in a civil rights action …