AbstractIn the Ministerial Decision on Dispute Settlement Reform of 1 March 2024 the World Trade Organization (WTO) Members decided to continue working on resolving the issue

of blocked appeal function. Unfortunately, it has already been six years that the WTO Members failed to resolve the crisis of the WTO Appellate Body. [...]

AbstractA recurrent question in climate litigation is that of the appropriate judicial role. This article offers some reflections, based on the evidence that may be gleaned

from developments thus far, on the possibilities and limits of the judicial role on climate governance. [...]

This report surveys key developments in 2024, and one development in 2023, across the non-compliance procedures of several multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs), with

a particular focus on the Paris Agreement, the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Montreal Protocol), and the chemicals and waste conventions [...]

AbstractThe literature on a ‘just transition’ has grown exponentially over the last decade. The success of the just transition scholarship is due to the earlier endorsement

and dissemination of a common analytical framework borrowed from justice-related theories, which has allowed a multidisciplinary dialogue on problem-based concerns. [...]

This report analyzes developments under international law processes concerning Indigenous Peoples and the environment that occurred in 2024. It will address the following themes:

Indigenous Peoples’ right to a healthy environment; Indigenous Peoples in voluntary isolation; and mobile Indigenous Peoples. [...]

The European region has always taken the lead in developing state practice on transboundary cooperation through prior information, consultation, or environmental assessment.

In this context, the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention), adopted by the United Nations Economic Commission [...]

AbstractThis article explores the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ or the Court) use of various forms of de facto transparency, enacted beyond normative constraints.

It focuses on three examples: the ICJ’s online activities (website and social media), the Court’s press releases and summaries of judicial decisions, and the [...]

AbstractIn today’s global commerce, sustainability has become a common concern of the international society. In some jurisdictions, the regulator is introducing regulations

to demand global firms to take appropriate actions, such as the EU’s CSDDD. In others, a legal duty is yet to be established, but the social pressure on firms to [...]