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New blog: ‘The ‘world court’ and climate change’ – Professor Jorge Viñuales

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A Cambridge professor and counsel team member for Vanuatu gives his initial views on the landmark ICJ Advisory Opinion. The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the judicial arm of the United Nations – known as the ‘world court’ – has issued a historic Advisory Opinion on the legal obligations of States in respect of…

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New Blog: ‘The ‘world court’ and climate change’ – Professor Jorge Viñuales

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A Cambridge professor and counsel team member for Vanuatu gives his initial views on the landmark ICJ Advisory Opinion. The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the judicial arm of the United Nations – known as the ‘world court’ – has issued a historic Advisory Opinion on the legal obligations of States in respect of…

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New Blog: The ‘world court’ and climate change – Prof Jorge Viñuales

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The ‘world court’ and climate change A Cambridge professor and counsel team member for Vanuatu gives his initial views on the landmark ICJ Advisory Opinion. The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the judicial arm of the United Nations – known as the ‘world court’ – has issued a historic Advisory Opinion on the legal…

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CPP Report Launch: ‘Sport, Human Rights and Climate Change’

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Please join us for a fascinating report launch and panel discussion, at 2-4pm on Tuesday 22nd July 2025, Christ’s College (via the Great Gate on St Andrew’s Street). The Cambridge Pro Bono Project (CPP) is hosting a report launch event in collaboration with the Centre for Sport and Human Rights. The CPP project for the…

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CEENRG Thursday seminars: ‘Human rights approaches to planetary crises: from climate change to plastic pollution’

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Speaker: Dr Samvel Varvastian (Lecturer in Law, School of Law and Politics, Cardiff University) The Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy, and Natural Resource Governance (C-EENRG) is hosting a seminar series throughout the 2024- 25 academic year. We live in the age of the triple planetary crisis – climate change…

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Friday Lecture: ‘The Law of State Succession: Principles and Practice’ – Dr Arman Sarvarian, University of Surrey

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There is a sandwich lunch at 12.30 pm in the Old Library at the Centre. All lecture attendees welcome. Register here if attending online Dr Arman Sarvarian will present his new monograph entitled The Law of State Succession: Principles and Practice to be published by Oxford University Press in April. The product of seven years’…

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CEENRG Thursday seminars: ‘Striving for a renewable energy system by 2030: notes from the Government’

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Speaker: Sulaiman Ilyas-Jarrett, Head of Policy and Strategy, Renewable Electricity Delivery UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) The Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy, and Natural Resource Governance (C-EENRG) is hosting a seminar series throughout the 2024- 25 academic year. Sulaiman is Head of…

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Varieties of Climate Agency with a special focus on Climate Litigation – An International Workshop – Day 2

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2 day International Workshop Day 1: 1.00 pm – 4.45 pm, Monday 4 November 2024 Day 2: 10.00 am – 3.30 pm, Tuesday 5 November 2024 Workshop Programme Against the background of existing scholarship on climate law and governance which has been attracting an international interdisciplinary research community (Climate Law and Governance Day @COP28), this…

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Varieties of Climate Agency with a special focus on Climate Litigation – An International Workshop

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2 day International Workshop Day 1: 1.00 pm – 4.45 pm, Monday 4 November 2024 Day 2: 10.00 am – 3.30 pm, Tuesday 5 November 2024 Workshop Programme Against the background of existing scholarship on climate law and governance which has been attracting an international interdisciplinary research community (Climate Law and Governance Day @COP28), this…

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CELS Lunchtime Seminar: ‘EU Antitrust Law’s Resilience: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly’

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Speaker: Dr Andriani Kalintiri, King’s College London Abstract: Is EU antitrust law resilient in the face of change? This question has acquired prominence amidst the many crises and disruptions of recent times, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and digitalisation. Attempts to answer it though have been rather…

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