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Symposium on Climate (Im)Mobility and the African Court’s Climate Advisory Opinion: Addressing Climate Adaptation and Displacements – The Role of Legal Empowerment in ...

Dr Wambua Kituku is the executive director of Kituo Cha Sheria (KITUO), Kenya’s oldest legal empowerment civil society organization (CSO). KITUO is a member of the Global Strategic Litigation ...
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Positive Retorsion and the Power and Responsibilities of States Parties to Protect the ICC

Jens Iverson is an assistant professor of international law at Leiden University.] In November 2025, I wrote on this site about The Power and Responsibility of the EU to Protect the ICC from US ...
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Symposium on Climate (Im)Mobility and the African Court’s Climate Advisory Opinion: An Opportunity for Leadership on Migrants’ Rights

Luwam Dirar is an Associate Professor of Law and Associate Dean of Faculty Research and Development at Western New England University School of Law. Ian Kysel is a Clinical Professor of Law and ...
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Symposium on Climate (Im)Mobility and the African Court’s Climate Advisory Opinion: Climate Displacement and Protection from Refoulement – A Defining Moment for the African ...

Cleo Hansen-Lohrey is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Tasmania whose research focuses on African regional refugee law and climate-related displacement. Tamara Wood is a Senior ...
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Key International Legal Obligations and Principles Relevant to Marine Geoengineering

Stephanie Prufer J.D. is a Legal and Policy Officer at OceanCare and holds a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School and a Master of Environmental Management from the Yale School of the Environment.
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Symposium on Climate (Im)Mobility and the African Court’s Climate Advisory Opinion: A Shared Call for Climate Justice – The Amicus Submissions Before the African Court

Priyanka Naidoo is a South African human rights lawyer and an African Lawyers Alliance Fellow. She holds a BSocSci in Politics and Law, LLB and LLM from the University of Cape Town. She writes in ...
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UN Fact-Finding Mission on Iran: U.S. War Crimes and Precautions in AI-Enabled Warfare

Jessica Dorsey is an Assistant Professor of International Law at Utrecht University School of Law and Managing Editor of Opinio Juris.]The UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the ...
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The Iran IIFFM’s Unconvincing War Crimes Analysis

The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran (IIFFM), created by the Human Rights Council, has released a new report. It’s a depressing read, ...
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Symposium on Climate (Im)Mobility and the African Court’s Climate Advisory Opinion: Putting Workers at the Center of Africa’s Climate Advisory Opinion

Jacquline Wambui Wamai is a labour rights lawyer and an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. She is currently the Regional Coordinator for Sub‑Saharan Africa at the International Lawyers ...
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INTERPOL and the Enforcement Gap in War Crimes Cases

Veronika Vozniuk is a Ukrainian legal and policy professional working on issues related to international humanitarian law, human rights, and the legal consequences of armed conflict.] Since the ...
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How the Politics of National Determination Erode Trust in Climate Cooperation

Wassim Dbouk is a Research Fellow at the Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute at the University of Southampton and serves as a climate negotiator for Lebanon, where he leads on the ...
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The Potential Emergence of African Universal Jurisdiction Legislation to Address Atrocity Crimes

Godfrey Odongo is a nonresident senior fellow with the Strategic Litigation Project at the Atlantic Council.] Introduction Africa has witnessed several intractable armed conflicts, political ...