The recognition of animals and nature as potential rights holders has long been a controversial proposition within European legal discourse. However, we believe that the EU
legal order is more hospitable to such recognition than one might expect. In a recent article, we argued for a rights-based reinterpretation of EU animal welfare [...]
This piece has been co-published at Just Security. Resolving some legal issues requires drawing a line through a gray area. Others can be resolved without having to draw a
line, in recognition of an old insight: that there is a dawn and a dusk does not mean there is no noon or no midnight. [...]
In May 2025, the Colombian government took a historic step toward realising a long-delayed constitutional promise: by means of a decree, it recognised the right of indigenous
peoples to establish autonomous territorial entities with their own governments, legal systems and control over land and resources. [...]
On 30 May 2025, the signing of the Convention on the Establishment of the International Organization for Mediation (IOMed) in Hong Kong marked an advancement in the field
of international dispute resolution. Attended by representatives from over 85 countries and 20 international organisations – including the United Nations – the [...]
Written by Dr. Meng Yu, lecturer at China University of Political Science and Law, and co-founder of China Justice Observer. ABSTRACT In around 2019, a Chinese court
in Hebei Province refused to enforce a US default monetary judgment from a California court on the grounds that a valid arbitration agreement was in place (Sunvalley [...]
The Institute For Austrian And International Tax Law hosts a conference on The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Tax Law July 3-5 (program): This conference will compare
different approaches to the governance and use of AI for tax purposes from the point of view of various stakeholders analyzing the unprecedented... [...]
On July 10-11, 2025, a conference on “Approcci e principi di diritto internazionale dell’ambiente e tutela dell’ecosistema marino” will take place at the University
of Messina. Details are here. [...]
On 2 May 2025, the Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) – in collaboration with the African Climate Platform, the Environmental Lawyers Collective for Africa, Natural Justice,
and resilient40 – submitted a request to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights for an advisory opinion on States’ obligations in relation to climate [...]
I was enjoying the great outdoors this morning when I heard the news of the (surprising?) split verdict in the high-profile federal trial of Sean 'Diddy' Combs. This Reuters
article provides the basics: Sean "Diddy" Combs was cleared on Wednesday of sex trafficking and racketeering charges that could have put him behind bars for life [...]
