It brings me great joy to share a major milestone for Participatory Law Scholarship (PLS): 🔥 The NYU Review of Law & Social Change (RLSC) has committed to publishing a PLS article in every volume going forward, and appointing dedicated PLS editors to support that vision.

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There is, undoubtedly, much to say about the ICJ’s landmark advisory opinion on Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change. In this post, Julian and I begin by unpacking the Court’s treatment of the sources of international law governing climate change and how those sources interact.

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A fair question. It could be a make-or-break moment for the Court. I'm critical of grandiose yet ultimately apolitical judgments (see IACtHR). But if the ICJ had not even tried to jolt states out of complacency on something as vital as climate change, what, then, would make it so worth preserving?

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The ICJ says that the Paris Agreement and climate treaties do not exclude the application of other applicable law explicitly rejecting the arguments by Saudi Arabia and the USA. go.icj-cij.org/40whDN1

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IL friends watching/waiting up for the #ICJAO - I join you! What better do at 11pm on a Wednesday night in Canberra....

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